Boris Carmi

Carmi (on the left), 1948. Meitar collection, National Library of Israel
Carmi (on right) in 1948. Meitar collection, National Library of Israel.

Boris Carmi (1 January 1914 in Moscow, as Boris Winograd – 18 September 2002 in Tel Aviv) was a Russian-born Israeli photographer. He is considered as one of the pioneers of Israeli photojournalism and documented the very beginnings of the foundation of the state of Israel. His work totals around 60,000 negatives in all.