Creator Bio

Paul Goldman

1900–1986

Unrecognized until after his death, Paul Goldman produced an extensive body of work, totaling more than forty thousand images; it is now celebrated as one of the greatest photographic archives of a critical period in Israeli history. Born in Budapest, Goldman immigrated to Palestine in 1940, joining the British Army and then earning a living as a freelance photojournalist for local newspapers and international news services. Because press photographers were not credited for their work at this time, Goldman’s oeuvre remained unacknowledged until 2000, when David Rubinger, Time magazine’s Israel photographer, uncovered his remarkable collection of negatives. A selection of Goldman’s photos was the subject of a 2005 exhibition at the Hebrew Union College’s Jewish Institute of Religion Museum in New York.

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David Ben-Gurion Standing on His Head (Sharon Hotel Beach, Herzliya)

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Paul Goldman was notable for keeping his distance from his subjects, perhaps as a show of respect. He photographed many of Israel’s early leaders. Here, David Ben-Gurion, Israel’s first prime minister…