The Declaration - crop
50.00 ₪ 100.00 ₪-
Location: Tel-Aviv
Year: 1948
Negative: 7837
Photographer: Rudi Weissenstein
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The most iconic photograph from the event of the independence declaration of Israel.
On the morning of May 14, 1948, under the threat of an upcoming war, a secret invitation was sent out telling recipients to arrive at 15:30 at the Tel Aviv Museum on 16 Rothschild Blvd.
Rudi Weissenstein was amazed to find out that he had been chosen to be the official photographer of the historical event of the declaration of independence of the state of Israel.
The ceremony lasted less than half an hour, and only 26 photos were taken by Rudi (one film roll). When asked why there was no photograph of the participants singing "Hatikvah" at the end of the ceremony, Weissenstein answered: "At that moment I was not a photographer. I stood and I sang and I wept with everyone else at the most exciting day of my life".
