Black-and-white photographic prints primarily depicting people and conditions in Palestine in 2015, probably during an increase of violence in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. Prints feature candid photographs of groups of people in Palestine, graffiti on walls, children playing, and people going about their day-to-day activities in the presence of armed soldiers. In 2015, there was an increase in violence called the "Intifada of the Individuals" by Israeli sources or Habba by Palestinian sources. Harvey Finkle (born March 28, 1934) is a self-taught documentary still photographer and photojournalist who has documented social, economic, cultural, and political issues across the city of Philadelphia, the United States, and the world. Finkle's work largely focuses on activism relating to historically underrepresented communities, including people living on low income, unhoused/unsheltered/houseless people/people experiencing homelessness, refugees, immigrants, and disabled people.
The contents of the "Harvey Finkle photographs," an archival collection of photographic material created by Harvey Finkle, of which this volume of digitized images is a part, is held at the University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts and is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0.
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All photographs taken by Harvey Finkle. The front and back of each black-and-white photographic print has been scanned. In some cases, pertinent information is written or inscribed on the back of the prints that is not reflected in the description of this volume of photographs.
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