Reuven Milon was born in Jerusalem in 1928 and lived there throughout his life until his death in 2023. For 70 years, Jerusalem has been viewed through the lens of Milon's camera. His photographs reveal the development of the city, the buildings that characterize it, the variety of local types who lived there or visited it – Jerusalem in all its glory and all its humility. This documentation displays a perspective that is both sensitive and scrutinizing.

This exhibition presents photographs from the early 1950s to the late 1970s. Whether they feature main streets or a narrow alley, a private house or well-known public buildings, they very clearly reflect the unique atmosphere of the city. A look at the stone buildings so characteristic of the city raises a question about the change the city has undergone in recent decades. Is this a significant change or is the general feeling that time has stopped in this city? And perhaps the real change is the people, and tradesmen who were once there, but are no longer seen – the milkman, the shoe-shine man, and the pen-repairer – while the Jerusalem stones watch over everything and continue to keep silent about their story.

The exhibition is displayed in the lounge of Ussishkin West Hall
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