Ten photographs by Walter Christeller depicting sites and views in Palestine. [ca. 1940s].
Among the photographs: • Photographs of the ancient synagogue in Baram – general view and details. • Photograph of the Tower of David. • Portrait photograph of a young girl. • And more. The photographs are mounted on cardboard and signed on the cardboard.
Walter Christeller (1893-1961), stills and film photographer, immigrated to Palestine from Germany in 1933. Late in the same year he founded a photography studio in his home, in Tel-Aviv. Christeller specialized in filming advertising and publicity films (among other things, he photographed and directed publicity films for JNF, with the director Erich Bruck).
10 photographs, approx. 18X23.5 cm, on 35X25 cm cardboard boards. Good condition. Some stains, mostly on boards. Peelings and some damage to a number of photographs.
Provenance: Rimon Family Collection.