Items Similar to Yemenite Woman Picking Bananas in her Garden, Rehovot Original Silver Gelatin
- Want more images or videos?Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 3
Yaacov Ben DovYemenite Woman Picking Bananas in her Garden, Rehovot Original Silver Gelatin
$850
About
Yaacov Ben-Dov (21 June 1882– 7 March 1968) was an Israeli photographer and a pioneer of Jewish cinematography in Palestine.[1]
Contents [hide]
1 Biography
2 Filmography
3 Films
4 Awards and recognition
5 See also
6 References
7 External links
Biography[edit]
Ya'acov Ben-Dov was born in a shtetl near Kiev in the Ukraine, son of Dov and Raizel Lasutra. He studied religious studies in a heder and secular subjects with private tutors. In his mid teens, he joined a movement devoted to reviving the Hebrew language. He attended the Academy of the Arts in Kiev and became a professional photographer. Menachem Ussishkin is said to have asked Ben Dov "What does Jerusalem need with a photographer" Ben Dov answered "I need Jerusalem more than Jerusalem needs a photographer.[2] Ben Dov arrived in Eretz Yisrael in 1907 as part of the Second Aliyah and attended the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design where he continued his studies and later taught photography.[1] In 1909, he married Roza Rabinowitz, a pharmacist, who immigrated from Zhytomir, Ukraine. In 1922, he was one of the founders of the Jerusalem neighborhood of Talpiot.
Ben-Dov first encountered film in 1911 when British Zionist Murray Rosenberg filmed his visit and visited Bezalel Academy. He was enchanted but it took him several years to obtain a camera and raw film stock. At the outbreak of World War I, he joined the Ottoman Imperial Army and obtained a commission as a medical photographer in the Austrian army in Jerusalem. In 1917, he finally acquired the equipment he needed probably through his Austrian military connections.[3]
Filmography[edit]
Ya'acov Ben-Dov as a filmmaker
Ben-Dov established the Menorah Film Company and became the sole cameraman filming key historical events. His first film, Judea Liberated documents General Edmund Allenby's historic entry into Jerusalem on 11 December 1917. Just a month earlier, the Balfour Declaration, expressing British support for a Jewish state in Palestine, was issued. And thus, Allenby's entry was enthusiastically received. In addition, Ben-Dov photographed Hanukkah festivities in Jerusalem schools, craftsmen working in workshops, public gatherings, etc. under the title Mirror of the Return to Zion. After the production of this film, he received some financial support from the official Zionist bodies who now recognized the value of his work.[4]
Ben-Dov immortalized images of the Jewish Legion in Eretz Israel in his second film Land of Israel Liberated (1919), which includes a portrait of Legion founder Ze'ev Jabotinsky in uniform. In February 1915, a small committee in Alexandria approved Ze'ev Jabotinsky and Joseph Trumpeldor’s plan to form a Jewish military unit that would participate in the British effort to conquer the Land of Israel from the Ottoman Empire. Instead a Zion Mule Corps unit of 560 soldiers was formed fighting in the Gallipoli Campaign in Turkey. After the dissolution of the Mule Corps, a number of veterans, Jewish soldiers from abroad and fresh recruits from Eretz Israel eventually formed an official Jewish regiment called the Jewish Legion in August 1917 seeing action north of Jerusalem, in the Jordan River and in the Battle of Megiddo (1918). In addition to the fragments of the Jewish Legion, the Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive holds one reel showing Jewish communities in north of the country including Merhavia, Sejera, Degania, Rosh Pinna, Safed, Migdal and Metula.
Ben-Dov shot some of the earliest footage of an archaeological expedition, the excavation of the Hammat Tiberias Synagogue, in 1920. The footage was used in his film Shivat Zion (Return to Zion).[5] The film was screened at the 12th Zionist Congress in Carlsblad.
In 1923, he produced Palestine Awakening, the first film to be shot exclusively for the Jewish National Fund. It is also the first Hebrew film using actors and containing dialogue.
Yaacov Ben-Dov photographed key events in the life of the yishuv, such as the wedding of Rachel Ussishkin to Shimon Fritz Bodenheimer, the arrival of the first British Commissioner to Palestine Herbert Samuel, the funeral of Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and the opening of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Baruch Agadati purchased Ben Dov's film archives in 1934, when Ben Dov retired from filmmaking owing to his inability to adapt to sound. Agadati and his brother Yitzhak used it to start the AGA Newsreel.
Details
- ArtistYaacov Ben Dov (1882 - 1968, Ukranian Israeli)
- DimensionsHeight: 11.75 in. (29.85 cm)Width: 7.5 in. (19.05 cm)
- Medium
- Period
- Conditionneeds new mat and frame. some minor wear to surface of Photograph.
- Gallery LocationBal Harbour, FL
- Reference Number1stDibs: LU3822027313
Shipping & Returns
- ShippingRates vary by destination and complexity. We recommend this shipping type based on item size, type and fragility.Ships From: Bal Harbour, FL
- Return Policy
A return for this item may be initiated within 3 days of delivery.
1stDibs Buyer Protection Guaranteed
If your item arrives not as described, we’ll work with you and the seller to make it right. Learn more
About the SellerLocated in Bal Harbour, FL
4.9 / 5
Platinum Seller
This distinction is for experienced sellers who continually surpass customer expectations.
Established in 1995
1stDibs seller since 2014
743 sales on 1stDibs
Typical response time: 1 hour
More From This Seller
- By Kim MacConnelLocated in Bal Harbour, FLCategory
1990s Contemporary
MaterialsMirror, Acrylic Polymer, Mixed Media, Photographic Paper
- By Kim MacConnelLocated in Bal Harbour, FLCategory
1990s Contemporary
MaterialsAcrylic Polymer, Mixed Media, Photographic Paper
- By Kim MacConnelLocated in Bal Harbour, FLCategory
1990s Contemporary
MaterialsAcrylic Polymer, Mixed Media, Photographic Paper, Mirror
- By Jerome LieblingLocated in Bal Harbour, FLCategory
20th Century American Realist
MaterialsPhotographic Paper, Color
- By Rashid JohnsonLocated in Bal Harbour, FLCategory
1990s Contemporary
MaterialsPhotographic Paper
- By Yakov KaszemacherLocated in Bal Harbour, FLCategory
1980s Op Art
MaterialsPhotographic Paper
You May Also Like
Glitter I
By Andreas Mierswa and Markus Kluska
Located in New York, NY
Category
2010s
Materials
Photographic Paper
Down the Water's Edge
By Alex Farnum
Located in New York, NY
Category
2010s
Materials
Photographic Paper
Street Lips
By Laurence Laborie
Located in New York, NY
Category
2010s
Materials
Photographic Paper
Watersmoke
By Laurence Laborie
Located in New York, NY
Category
2010s
Materials
Photographic Paper
Dive In
By Alex Farnum
Located in New York, NY
Category
2010s
Materials
Photographic Paper
Until the Surf Calms
By Alex Farnum
Located in New York, NY
Category
2010s
Materials
Photographic Paper
Denise
By Tim Petersen
Located in New York, NY
Category
2010s
Materials
Photographic Paper
Summer Love
By Sam Livm
Located in New York, NY
Category
2010s
Materials
Photographic Paper
The 1stDibs Promise
Learn MoreExpertly Vetted Sellers
Confidence at Checkout
Price-Match Guarantee
Exceptional Support
Buyer Protection
Insured Global Delivery