Conflict

Micha Bar Am: Southward

A photo story documenting the vast landscape and multifaceted communities of Israel's Negev region from the 1950s through to the 1990s

Micha Bar Am

Micha Bar Am | Southward Biblical animal reserve. Near the town of Eilat, Israel. 1978. © Micha Bar Am | Magnum Photos
Micha Bar Am | Southward The Festival of Hebrew Song. Israel. 1997. © Micha Bar Am | Magnum Photos
Micha Bar Am | Southward People standing in line to collect their Social Security checks and benefits at the local post office. Beersheba, Israel. 1977. © Micha Bar Am | Magnum Photos
Micha Bar Am | Southward. David Ben Gurion, in Kibbutz Sede BokirIn. Israel. December, 1953. © Micha Bar Am | Magnum Photos
Micha Bar Am | Southward The Ma'abara Immigrant Transit Camp. Azata, Israel. 1958. © Micha Bar Am | Magnum Photos
Micha Bar Am | Southward Israeli soldiers after a night patrol. 1958. © Micha Bar Am | Magnum Photos
Micha Bar Am Israeli military helicopter putting up border marker stones in rough terrain along the Sinai desert territory, the land is being returned to Egypt according to the 1982 peace agreements. March, 1982. © Micha Bar Am | Magnum Photos
Micha Bar Am | Southward Trenches. Kibbutz Hazerim, Negev, Israel. 1956. © Micha Bar Am | Magnum Photos
Micha Bar Am | Southward Jail for high security prisoners. Prisoners "tally" the remaining days with chalk marks on the wall. Beersheba, Israel. 1971. © Micha Bar Am | Magnum Photos
Micha Bar Am | Southward High Security Prison. Beersheba, Israel. 1971. © Micha Bar Am | Magnum Photos
Micha Bar Am | Southward Fatah members in Israeli prison. Beersheba, Israel. 1971. © Micha Bar Am | Magnum Photos
Micha Bar Am | Southward The capital of the Negev. Beersheba, Israel. 1973. © Micha Bar Am | Magnum Photos
Micha Bar Am | Southward The new Israeli/Egyptian borderline in the Sinai desert. Rafah, Israel. 1982. © Micha Bar Am | Magnum Photos
Micha Bar Am | Southward A bedouin woman has made a passage through the fence to collect some firewood from a remote oasis. Israel. February, 1982. © Micha Bar Am | Magnum Photos
Micha Bar Am | Southward Military Manoeuvre. Negev Heights, Israel. 1975. © Micha Bar Am | Magnum Photos
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