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Micha Bar-Am Biography
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1930 |
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Born in Berlin, Germany
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1936 |
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Moved with family to Israel (then Palestine)
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1959 - 1960 |
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Robert Capa Award
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1968 |
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Joined Magnum Photos. Became the Contracted Middle East photographic correspondent for the New York Times (until 1992).
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1974 |
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Founding member of ICP, The International Center of Photography, New York, NY
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1985 |
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IBM Fellowship, Aspen, Colorado, USA
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1985 |
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Golden Flamingo Award for Photographic Poster, Arles, France
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1985 - 1986 |
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Nieman Fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachussetts, USA
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1977 - 1993 |
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Curator of photography at the Tel Aviv Museum
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1993 |
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Enrique Kavlin Prize, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
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2000 |
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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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| Selected Public Collections |
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Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany
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Folkwang Museum, Essen, Germany
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Musee d’Art et d’Histoire du Judaïsme, Paris, France
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National Maritime Museum, London, UK
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Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
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Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Haifa Museum, Haifa, Israel
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Diaspora Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel
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The Museum of Photography at Tel Hai, Tel Hai Kibbutz, Israel
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International Center of Photography, New York, NY
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The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,TX
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International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
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Skirball Museum, Los Angeles, CA
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| Literature |
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1998
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Israel: A Photobiography, Simon & Schuster, USA
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1996
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The Last War, Keter Publishers, Israel
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1991
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Painting With Light: The Photographic Aspect in the Work of E.M. Lilian, Tel Aviv Museum of Art/Dvir Publishing, Israel
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1984
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Jewish Sites in Lebanon, Moreshet Erets-Yisrael/Ariel, USA
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1981
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The Jordan, Massada Ltd., Israel
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1970
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Portrait of Israel, New York Times/American Heritage Press, USA
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1957
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Across Sinai, Hakibbutz Hameuhad, Israel
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