1341 Frames of Love and War

Synopsis

Composed entirely of images taken by the acclaimed photo-journalist Micha Bar-Am over the course of more than 50 years, 1341 Frames of Love and War reveals the enormous price that comes along with documenting atrocities and wars. Born in Berlin in 1930, Bar-Am found his vocation as a new immigrant in Israel in the early 1950s. His photographs depict images of the struggles of a new nation and its ongoing wars and conflicts, as well as personal images of his family. The events and wars he pursued turned into iconic images and his photographs graced countless covers of the world's major magazines. Today, at the age of 91, Bar-Am looks at his photographs anew, wondering aloud why he photographed and what photography means. This film is a complex love letter to the power, beauty and horror of the photographic imagery.