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Micha Bar-Am Biography
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1936 |
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Moves with family to Israel (then Palestine)
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1968 |
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Joins Magnum. Becomes the Contracted Middle East photographic correspondent for the New York Times (until 1992).
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1973 |
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Covers Yom Kippur War
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1974 |
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Founding member of ICP, The International Center of Photography in New York
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1977 |
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Establishes the department of Photography at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art
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1982 |
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Covers the war in Lebanon
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1985 - 1986 |
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Nieman fellow at Harvard University
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The Israel Prize for Visual Arts
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Lives and works in Ramat Gan, Israel
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2009
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Tel Aviv. Through the Lens of a Magnum Photographer, Jewish Museum Berlin, Berlin
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2007
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Micha Bar-Am, Andrea Meislin Gallery, New York
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2006
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Eyes Of Time, TAMMEN Galerie, Berlin
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2002
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Magna Brava, Beurs van Berlage Museum, Amsterdam (Traveling Magnum group exhibition)
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2001
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Magnum – A Community of Thought, Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York
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2000
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Micha Bar-Am: Photographs, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
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2000
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From Mirror to Memory, Mane-Katz Museum, Haifa
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2000
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Time Frame, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
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2000
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Open Ends, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
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1998
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Israel: Die Ersten 50 Jahre- Eine Fotobiographie, traveling exhibition, Germany
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1998
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Israel: A Photobiography, Internationl Center for Photography, New York (travels to L.A, Houston, Memphis, Oklahoma City)
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1996
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The Last War, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv
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1992
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Patterns of Jewish Life, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
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1990
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Israel: The Stormy Years, Barbican Centre, London
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1985
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Micha Bar-Am, International Museum of Phoography at George Eastman House, Rochester
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1982
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Israel Diary: 1956-1982, International Center for Photography, New York
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1981
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Micha Bar-Am, G.Ray Hawkins Gallery, Los Angeles
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1979
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Jews in Egypt – Spring 1979, Diaspora Museum, Tel Aviv
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1975
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Micha Bar-Am: Photographs, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
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Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
Haifa Museum, Haifa, Israel
Diaspora Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel
The Museum of Photography at Tel Hai, Israel
International Center of Photography, New York, USA
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA
International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, Rochester, USA
Skirball Museum, Los Angeles, USA
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, USA
Henry Buhl Collection, New York, USA
Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany
Folkwang Museum, Essen, Germany
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, France
Musee d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme, Paris, France
Collection FNAC, Paris, France
Fundacion "La Caixa", Barcelona, Spain
National Maritime Museum, London, UK
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