Rudi Weissenstein

Rudi Weissenstein
Weissenstein in 1940
Born
Shimon Rudolf Weissenstein

(1910-02-17)17 February 1910
Jihlava, Bohemia, Austro-Hungary
Died20 October 1992(1992-10-20) (aged 82)
Tel Aviv, Israel
Known forphotography

Shimon Rudolf "Rudi" Weissenstein (Hebrew: רודי ויסנשטין; February 17, 1910 – October 20, 1992) was an Israeli photographer. He was best known for his extensive documentation of the everyday life of Jewish immigrants in the 1930s. The only photographs of Israel's declaration of independence by David Ben Gurion in 1948 are by Weissenstein, who built a collection of over a million negatives.[1]

  1. ^ "Rudi Weissenstein". Retrieved 2018-09-22.