Archeology, Zionism and Photography in Palestine: Analysis of the Use of Dimensions of People in Photographs

Edna Barromi-Perlman

doi:10.1515/jlecol-2017-0025

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Archeology, Zionism and Photography in Palestine: Analysis of the Use of Dimensions of People in Photographs

Journal of Landscape Ecology

Volume 10 (2017): Issue 3 (December 2017)

By: Edna Barromi-Perlman

Open Access

|Feb 2018

Abstract

The physical dimensions of people in archeological photographs in Palestine from before 1948 and in Western tourist landscape photography have played a role in forms of local documentation. The study discusses how this component affects readings and perceptions of photographs. It addresses Jewish propaganda photographs in which pioneers were intentionally enlarged and centered in photographs. It discusses forms of visual empowerment in relation to constructed dimensions of people as a form of Zionist defiance of British colonialism in Palestine.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jlecol-2017-0025 | Journal eISSN: 1805-4196 | Journal ISSN: 1803-2427

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Language: English

Page range: 49 - 57

Submitted on: Apr 22, 2017

Accepted on: Sep 15, 2017

Published on: Feb 6, 2018

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