<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>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.</p></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.

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

Kibbutz College of Education, Technology and Arts

Journal of Landscape Ecology

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The physical dimensions of people in archeological photographs in Palestine from before 1948 and in Western tourist landscape photography have played a role in...

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

Published Online: Feb 06, 2018

Page range: 49 - 57

Received: Apr 22, 2017

Accepted: Sep 15, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jlecol-2017-0025

Keywords
photography, archeology, Zionism, colonialism, Palestine

© 2017 Edna Barromi-Perlman, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

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

Published Online: Feb 06, 2018

Page range: 49 - 57

Received: Apr 22, 2017

Accepted: Sep 15, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jlecol-2017-0025

Keywordsphotography, archeology, Zionism, colonialism, Palestine

© 2017 Edna Barromi-Perlman, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
photography, archeology, Zionism, colonialism, Palestine