30/9/2009
Rudi Weissenstein
Photo4, Paris
Tel Aviv, 1936-1960. 60 photographies. Every negative in his enormous archive (more than a quarter of a million negatives) is testament to Israel, the character of its inhabitants, the way they dressed and behaved. During the White Night 2009 projection of the exhibited pictures.
60 photographies
Rudi Weissenstein was born in Iglau (Czech Republic) in 1910. In the years 1929-1931 he studied at the "graphische Lehr - und Versuchsanstalt" in Vienna. After his immigration to Palestine in 1936 he worked as a photographer and a journalist and in 1940 he opened the "Photohouse Pri-Or" studio on 30 Allenby Street in Tel-Aviv with his wife Miriam.
Rudi's work in documenting the development of Tel Aviv, the biggest city of Israël, is probably unparalleled. Every negative in his enormous archive (more than a quarter of a million negatives) is testament to Israel, the character of its inhabitants, the way they dressed and behaved. His photographs give the observer a sense of that is the way we were, that is how we looked. Weissenstein's photographs were displayed in many exhibitions in Israel and abroad and were awarded numerous prizes.
Image: Jaffa, 1969
During the night of October 3rd, projection of the exhibited pictures (White Night 2009)
Opening: Thursday, October 1st at 6pm
at Photo4 4 rue Bonaparte Paris Tel. +33 (0)1 43542303 contact@photo4.fr
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