Palestine Lost
Stereopticon Images of Palestine from the Early 1900's
Stereopticon images, or lantern slides, became popular in the late 1800’s as a way for armchair travelers to experience faraway places. Viewed through an image merging device, the dual photographs become three-dimensional, resulting in a realistic, you are there feeling. The Jerusalem Fund Gallery showcases 45 rare images of a Palestine that has been mostly erased from view, a Palestine of people, farms, homes and life that for a large part only exists in these images and in memory.To complement these images, we showcase the moving artwork of Rajie Cook and Helen Zughaib, both with the theme of keys to Palestinian family homes now vanished. Keys, that are the only tangible symbol remaining of a very personal Palestine Lost.
This exhibit will be on display at the Jerusalem Fund Gallery from 10 September - 13 November 2009
Gallery hours: M - F, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., or by appointment
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The Jerusalem Fund Gallery
The Jerusalem Fund's cultural program promotes the work of artists from Palestine as well as from the Arab and Islamic worlds through art exhibits, book signings, film screenings and musical performances. The cultural activities at the Jerusalem Fund Gallery, located in Washington, D.C., are being made available to a wider audience through our website and through lesson plans for educators and students of all ages.
