Artikelomschrijving
During the turbulent period following the First World War, Dutch photographer Frank Scholten (1881-1942) travelled to Palestine with the aim of producing an ‘illustrated Bible’. He arrived in Palestine in 1921, ultimately staying for two years, documenting Palestine as the British Mandate was formally being established. Contrarily to many other European photo graphers portraying Orientalist inspirations, Franck Scholten photographed daily life through the various confessional and ethni
