Lebanon 82

Moshe went to Lebanon soon after the 1982 Israeli invasion to photograph a series about local minorities.
It was a euphoric time when local Lebanese greeted Israeli soldiers as heroes who liberated them from the militia’s control.

Moshe travelled with an Israeli female journalist and for protection, an Israeli army soldier. When they arrived at the Rashedia Palestinian refugee camp, they asked the soldier to remain in the car, so his presence would not intimidate the people in the camp.

The journalist met with people in their homes, and Moshe wandered around the camp, photographing the effects of the war. A group of Palestinian kids with slingshots, believing Moshe was a French photojournalist, showed him around the devastated camp. When they realised he was Israeli, they turned their slingshots at him.

Upon Moshe’s return home, he realised most of the photos were of children - some happy, some frightened, some angry. Moshe often wonders where these kids are now.

Biography:
Moshe is the founder, creative director & lead curator of Head On Photo Festival, Australia’s premier photography event.

Moshe’s career spans over 40 years as a photojournalist, commercial photographer, educator and an award-winning television producer/director at SBS Television. Moshe’s work has been screened, published and exhibited in Australia and overseas.

Moshe received Masters in Journalism from the University of Technology (UTS) and had a long teaching career at UTS, the Australian Film, Television and Radio School (AFTRS) and others.

In 2018, Moshe was awarded an Order of Australia Medal (OAM) for his contribution to Visual Arts, in particular, photography.