1. | ![]() | Alfons Himmelreich 1946, April Advert for A.Himmelreich in HaTa'assia Advert Silver Print Gallery and Archive |
2. | ![]() | Alfons Himmelreich 1940 Land is Life Gelatin silver print 24 x 30 cm Silver Print Gallery and Archive This photograph was used on the cover for A Land in Construction, vol. II, no. 6; May 1940. |
3. | ![]() | Alfons Himmelreich 1940, May Land is Life Magazine cover Silver Print Gallery and Archive Cover for A Land in Construction, vol. II, no. 6; May 1940. This is one of the few images Himmelreich made for the Jewish National Fund - at the time to protest restrictions imposed by the British on land purchase for Jews. The reasons are clarified in the catalogue Alfons Himmelreich: Photographer on the Roof (Israel, The Open Museum of Photography in the Tel-Hai Industrial Park, 2005) |
4. | ![]() | Alfons Himmelreich n.d. Kidma moveable lift Gelatin silver print 18 x 24 cm Silver Print Gallery and Archive The word Kidma in Hebrew means progress. |
5. | ![]() | Alfons Himmelreich n.d. Kidma moveable lift advert Advert Silver Print Gallery and Archive The word Kidma in Hebrew means progress. |
6. | ![]() | Alfons Himmelreich n.d. Kidma moveable lift advert Advert Silver Print Gallery and Archive The word Kidma in Hebrew means progress. |
7. | ![]() | Alfons Himmelreich 1941 Soldier portrait Gelatin silver print 30 x 40 cm Silver Print Gallery and Archive This photograph was used on a poster to mark Soldier's Day, 1941. The poster was designed by Franz Kraus, one of the most prominent graphic designers of the period. |
8. | ![]() | Alfons Himmelreich 1941 Soldiers Day poster Poster Silver Print Gallery and Archive The poster was designed by Franz Kraus, one of the most prominent graphic designers of the period. |
9. | ![]() | Alfons Himmelreich 1941, August Untitled Gelatin silver print 24 x 30 cm Silver Print Gallery and Archive This image of a bolt was used in numerous publications of the time to mark the modernist and progressive development of industry in Palestine, HaTa'assia, vol. 7 (November 1941). It was made at a time when it was forbidden to photograph the horizon of Tel-Aviv because of possible attacks by enemy aircraft. The image with the fencing was also used as a cover for the magazine HaTa'asia, probably in 1947. Using the device of placing a piece of fencing on the printing paper Himmelreich then enlarged the bolt, and made his exposure - thus protesting against the British curfews on Tel-Aviv. |
10. | ![]() | Alfons Himmelreich 1942 Bolt on cover of "Machinery and Technical Supllies Made in Palestine" (Tel Av, Foreign Trade Institute) Cover Silver Print Gallery and Archive This image of a bolt was used in numerous publications of the time to mark the modernist and progressive development of industry in Palestine, HaTa'assia, vol. 7 (November 1941). It was made at a time when it was forbidden to photograph the horizon of Tel-Aviv because of possible attacks by enemy aircraft. |
11. | ![]() | Alfons Himmelreich 1947 (ca) Bolt with fence - curfew Gelatin silver print 18 x 24 cm Silver Print Gallery and Archive This image was used as a cover for the magazine HaTa'assia, probably in 1947. Using the device of placing a piece of fencing on the printing paper Himmelreich then enlarged the bolt, and made his exposure - thus protesting against the British curfews on Tel-Aviv. |
12. | ![]() | Alfons Himmelreich 1946 Tove Ereg fabrics Gelatin silver print 18 x 24 cm Silver Print Gallery and Archive This photograph was used in publicity for the company "Tove Ereg" (Well-woven) fabrics. |
13. | ![]() | Alfons Himmelreich n.d. Tove Ereg advert Advert Silver Print Gallery and Archive Graphic for the company "Tove Ereg" (Well-woven) fabrics. |
14. | ![]() | Alfons Himmelreich 1948 Armored cars Gelatin silver print 18 x 24 cm Silver Print Gallery and Archive Image which appeared in HaTa'assia, Feb 1948. |
15. | ![]() | Alfons Himmelreich 1948, February Armored cars, HaTa'assia Magazine page Silver Print Gallery and Archive The text clarifies the danger in moving around prior to the formation of the State in May 1948. Goods are being loaded from the Foreign Trade Institutue for delivery to Switzerland. |
16. | ![]() | Alfons Himmelreich 1942 Argaman dying works Gelatin silver print 18 x 24 cm Silver Print Gallery and Archive Image of the Argaman dying works was the cover of the publication HaTa'assia, December 1942 |
17. | ![]() | Alfons Himmelreich 1942, December Argaman dying works, HaTa'assia Magazine cover Silver Print Gallery and Archive |
18. | ![]() | Alfons Himmelreich 1950, February Beit Midrash in home for aged, Tel-Aviv Gelatin silver print 18 x 24 cm Silver Print Gallery and Archive Beit Midrash (study hall) in home for aged in Tel-Aviv and image which appeared in a calendar Feb. 1950. |
19. | ![]() | Alfons Himmelreich 1950, February Beit Midrash in home for aged, Tel-Aviv Calendar page Silver Print Gallery and Archive Beit Midrash is the Hebrew for study hall. |
20. | ![]() | Alfons Himmelreich n.d. Naan sprinkler Gelatin silver print 18 x 24 cm Silver Print Gallery and Archive Naan, a company for irrigation supplies, and a major company today. |
21. | ![]() | Alfons Himmelreich n.d. Naan advert for a sprinkler Advert Silver Print Gallery and Archive Naan, a company for irrigation supplies, and a major company today, with a sprinkler and graphics. |
22. | ![]() | Alfons Himmelreich n.d. Naan advert for a sprinkler Advert Silver Print Gallery and Archive Naan, a company for irrigation supplies, and a major company today, with a sprinkler and graphics. |
23. | ![]() | Alfons Himmelreich 1939 Ship building Tel Aviv port Gelatin silver print 18 x 24 cm Silver Print Gallery and Archive This photograph was the cover of Technics and Science, Boat building, March 1939 |
24. | ![]() | Alfons Himmelreich 1939, March Front cover of "Technics and Science" Boat building Magazine cover Silver Print Gallery and Archive |
25. | ![]() | Alfons Himmelreich 1960 Portrait for Dubek cigarette advert Gelatin silver print 18 x 24 cm Silver Print Gallery and Archive Portrait was used in a poster made for the Dubek cigarette company. |
26. | ![]() | Alfons Himmelreich 1960 Dubek cigarettes poster Poster Silver Print Gallery and Archive |
27. | ![]() | Alfons Himmelreich 1957 (ca) School bus Tu've beShvat Gelatin silver print 18 x 24 cm Silver Print Gallery and Archive The Dan bus company, the main company until today in Tel-Aviv, advertising the Tu've beShvat (Festival of the Trees in early Spring) for school children. |
28. | ![]() | Alfons Himmelreich 1957 School bus Tu've beShvat advert Advert Silver Print Gallery and Archive The Dan bus company, the main company until today in Tel-Aviv, advertising the Tu've beShvat (Festival of the Trees in early Spring) for school children. |
29. | ![]() | Alfons Himmelreich 1953 (ca) Teva penicillin Gelatin silver print 18 x 24 cm Silver Print Gallery and Archive Teva, one of the giant pharmaceutical companies world wide, with its penicillin laboratory in 1953. |
30. | ![]() | Alfons Himmelreich 1953 Teva penicillin publicity publication Advert Silver Print Gallery and Archive Teva, one of the giant pharmaceutical companies world wide, with its penicillin laboratory in 1953. |
31. | ![]() | Alfons Himmelreich 1930s-1940s Advert for Restaurant Stern, Tel-Aviv Silver print and poster paint Silver Print Gallery and Archive Graphics applied directly to the image in an advertisement for the Stern Restaurant, Tel-Aviv. |
32. | ![]() | Alfons Himmelreich 1941 Agricultural produce Tnuva Gelatin silver print 18 x 24 cm Silver Print Gallery and Archive Agricultural produce photographed for Tnuva, now a dairy enterprise, but then an umbrella marketing company for agricultural produce. |
33. | ![]() | Alfons Himmelreich 1958-1959 Amcor refrigerators Gelatin silver print 18 x 24 cm Silver Print Gallery and Archive Amcor refrigerators (a major company that continues until today). |
34. | ![]() | Alfons Himmelreich 1960s (early) Assembly line at the Yachin Canning Company Gelatin silver print 30 x 40 cm Silver Print Gallery and Archive |
35. | ![]() | Alfons Himmelreich 1944 Cooking pots Palalum (Palestine Aluminium Company) Digital print made from negative Silver Print Gallery and Archive |
36. | ![]() | Alfons Himmelreich 1945 Merino wool Gelatin silver print 24 x 30 cm Silver Print Gallery and Archive |
37. | ![]() | Alfons Himmelreich 1956-1958 Cordage Gelatin silver print 18 x 24 cm Silver Print Gallery and Archive Cordage, made for the client Israel Cordage, 1956-58. The sisal twine came from fields of sisal established in the 1950s in the Negev desert. |