From the Shoe Box







name unknown. 80 " " "
newborn, ", "
name not clear. 70 " " "
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name unknown. 75 " " "
newborn " "
unknown, 2 years. " "
unknown 18 " " "


The work is based on a collection of approximately 700 passport images found in the Yad Yizhak Ben Zvi Image Archive, Jerusalem. The images were taken at the Hashed immigration camp ('Geula'), Yemen, during the first wave of immigration of the 'On Wings of Eagles' operation (December 1948 - March 1949). Written on the verso of each picture are the names of the person photographed, date of photography, and one repeating name - Yechiel Shlomo Kessar.

The collection was digitized and cataloged by the artist, and is available at the archive.