Photographing Israel
Thursday May 16, 2013 to Sunday August 11, 2013

Changing Visions over 150 years

In The Borowsky Gallery

This exhibit, guest curated by Netanel Portier, weaves together rarely-seen images of Israel from the mid-19^th century to the mid-20^th century – drawn from the Lenkin Family Collection of Photography at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries – along with photographs by two noted Israeli photographers working today, Yosaif Cohain and Gilad Ophir. 

Petah Tikvah: Photographs by Netanel Eliezer Portier

In The Open Lens Glalery

Petah Tikvah is known as “the mother of all settlements” – the first Zionist settlement in then-Palestine The artist investigates this city's changing landscape while exploring its myths and complex realities with portraits and landscapes. 

Free opening reception:

Thursday, May 23

6-8:00 pm

Featuring a walk-through with photographer Netanel Portier