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The author of Egypt: Caught in Time (Garnet, 1997) and editor of the PhotoHistorian journal draws from the late 19th- very early 20th century photos of the Palestine Exploration Fund's collections for this survey of biblical Palestine's anthropological, archaeological, and natural history. Includes an introduction to the era's photography and market for Holy Land photos, Jerusalem demographics, and biographies of the international photographers represented. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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The significance of the city of Jerusalem to the world's Muslims, Christians, and Jews cannot be overstated. Jerusalem: Caught in Time captures a bygone era in this holy city, allowing the reader to become acquainted with the city as it was a century ago. Based on a treasure chest of photographs from the archives of the Plestine Exploration fund, this beautifully illustrated volume presents a compilation of images from the middle of hte nineteenth century until the First World War. collected with the aim of recording the most minute details of the city and the surrounding area, they include the first photographic survey of Jerusalem and present a unique record of the country. Rather than viewing Jerusalem trough a political, religious, or missionary lens, the photographs chronicle everything from archeological digs to the ordinary people of the city going about their daily business. The photographs and accompanying text of Jerusalem: Caught in timeprovide a remarkable window into the Jerusalem of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and reveal the true face of the city and its people.
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