Simcha Shirman

Simcha Shirman
שמחה שירמן
Simha Shirman in his studio in Tel Aviv
Born1947 (age 78–79)
Germany
Known forPhotography

Simcha Shirman (Hebrew: שמחה שירמן; born 1947) is a German-born Israeli photographer and educator.

Biography

Simcha Shirman was born in 1947 to Batya and David, both Holocaust survivors. He was born in Saint Ottilien Convent, which was converted by USA occupation authorities to a soldier and refugee hospital after WWII. His birth certificate states that he is a displaced person. The family immigrated to Israel in May 1948 and settled in the city of Acre.

Shirman got is first camera when he was 12. A relative from America who visited Israel gave it to him. At age 15, Shirman set up a photography lab in a bathroom.

Shirman did his military service in 1965 in the Shaked patrol unit, as an officer and commander.

In 1970, Shirman went to New York to study photography. In 1972, he began his undergraduate studies at the School of Visual Arts. In 1976, he continued his graduate studies at the Pratt Institute, where he studied with Arthur Fried, and met and befriended Philip Perkis.

Upon graduation in 1978 and receiving an MFA in photography and art, Shirman returned to Israel with his family to the city of Tel Aviv.

References

  1. ↑ Niv, Tal (2014-06-19). "A Glance at Five Works by Photographer Simcha Shirman". Haaretz. Archived from the original on July 21, 2022. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
  2. ↑ Katz-Freiman, Tami (2003). ""Don't Touch My Holocaust" - Analysing the Barometer of Responses: Israeli Artists Challenge the Holocaust Taboo". In Hornstein, Shelley; Levitt, Laura; Silberstein, Laurence J. (eds.). Impossible Images: Contemporary Art after the Holocaust. New York: New York University Press. p. 139. ISBN 9780814798256. OCLC 51931377.