Large Collection of Photographs by Press Photographer Nachum Gutman – Israel, 1960s-1970s – Hundreds of Photographs ...

Large Collection of Photographs by Press Photographer Nachum Gutman – Israel, 1960s-1970s – Hundreds of Photographs from the Yom Kippur War
A collection of more than 1500 photographs by press photographer Nachum Gutman. Israel, [ca. 1960s-1970s].
Nachum Gutman, born in Hungary, immigrated to Palestine after the Holocaust and worked as a press photographer for many years, documenting with his camera the public life in Israel during the 1960s-1970s, and especially the leaders and founders of the state, the army and the wars. He was one of the founders of the Newsphot photography agency and the owner of a photography shop in Tel-Aviv.
The photographs in the collection before us reflect the full scope of Gutman's work, from documentation of important events, leaders and dignitaries, to scenes of the daily life in Israel. Many of the photographs document the Yom Kippur War and the IDF forces in the southern front, including: photographs of the battles in Sinai, the crossing of the Suez Canal on a floating bridge, the IDF soldiers on the west bank of the Suez Canal, IDF divers in the Canal, and more; many photographs of IDF commanders and soldiers during the War (Chief of Staff David Elazar, southern front commander Chaim Bar-Lev, Moshe Dayan, Ariel Sharon, and others); and photographs from performances of Israeli entertainers for the soldiers ("HaGashash HaChiver" and Yaffa Yarkoni).
In addition, the collection contains: • Photographs from the Six-Day War, including photographs of IDF soldiers and photographs of Yitzchak Rabin and Levi Eshkol. • Many photographs of leaders, politicians, Israeli public figures and intellectuals – David Ben-Gurion, Golda Meir, Menachem Begin, Shimon Peres, Yitzchak Rabin, Zalman Shazar, Yigal Allon, Nathan Alterman, Assi Dayan and many others. Some were taken during official events. • Photographs of sports competitions and various performances. • Photographs of the daily life in Tel-Aviv and Jerusalem. • And more.
Most of the photographs are signed on verso with Gutman's stamps. Several of them are captioned by hand.
A total of approx. 1600 photographs. Size and condition vary. Several of the photographs appear in multiple copies.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.