Description: Large Oversized Hardcover collection of black and white photos of Old Jerusalem by native photographer Elia Kahvedjian, compiled by his son Kevork Kahvedjian. The following description is by: Arda Aghazarian Writer/Editor, Jerusalem Story In the late 1980s, Kevork Kahvedjian and his wife, Hasmik, discovered old film strip images that Kevork’s father, Elia, had kept inside the Armenian Convent in the Old City of Jerusalem. When Kevork asked his father about those photos, he dismissed them as unimportant. But Kevork went ahead and printed them. It turned out that these photographs, taken mainly in Jerusalem between 1924 and 1947, would become valuable for the family business as well as for people worldwide. What Elia the photographer had deemed unimportant would become a historic treasure that documented life in Jerusalem prior to the 1948 War. In 1998, one year before Elia the photographer passed away, his son, Kevork, published the black-and-white photos his father had taken in a hardcover book collection. He titled the book Jerusalem through My Father’s Eyes. In the acknowledgments, Kevork writes: Compiling this collection of my father’s photographs for publication has been a labor of love. It gives me great satisfaction to think that a part of his work is now available in book form to the many people who love and live Jerusalem, whether here or abroad. The book comprises a rich collection of 131 impressive pictures, mainly of Jerusalem and the surroundings, taken since 1924. Many photographers have described the coffee table book as “the best buy for Jerusalem lovers.” Jerusalem through My Father’s Eyes has photographs of historic sights, nature reserves, and daily life in Palestine from more than 80 years ago. Photos of Jaffa and Damascus Gates at different years appear with images of fortune-tellers, farmers, shoe shiners, olive grinders, Bedouins, and gypsies. Among the interesting details one finds are the distinct clothing styles of Palestinian women in the 1930s, and the love of great hummus—which is a passion that has persisted across the decades. There are also a couple of photos of the Graf Zeppelin, the Nazi passenger-carrying airship, that flew over the Old City of Jerusalem in April 1931. In some ways, the photos bear witness to a time in Jerusalem when Jews and Arabs interacted naturally, having lunch together and going to the same fortune-tellers. The collection gives readers a feeling of hope and harmony.
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Location: Cedar Lake, Indiana
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Binding: Hardcover
Author: Kevork Kahvedjian
