AMPHIBIOUS TANK ON IT'S WAY TO THE SUEZ CANAL DURING THE YOM KIPPOUR WAR, OCT. 1973, PRINTED LATER

TWO DAYS AFTER THIS IMAGE WAS TAKEN THE TEAM OF SOLDIERS ON THE TANK WERE KILLED IN ACTION, ONE OF THEM BEING THE SON OF THE MAN IN THE FOREGROUND.

BORN IN AUSTRIA IN 1936, ARAD EMIGRATED TO ISRAEL AFTER THE WAR IN 1947. HE LIVED ON A KIBBUTZ UNTIL 1956 AND FROM 1956-60 HE SERVED IN THE ISRAELI ARMY. HE THEN WORKED AS A FASHION PHOTOGRAPHER UNTIL 1966 BEFORE BECOMING AN INDEPENDENT PHOTO-JOURNALIST FOR VARIOUS ISRAELI NEWSPAPERS AND INTERNATIONAL PHOTO AGENCIES. FROM 1977-93 HE WAS UNDER CONTRACT WITH NEWSWEEK AND HE TRAVELLED THE WORLD ON ASSIGNMENTS. ARAD NOW WORKS AS AN INDEPENDENT PHOTOGRAPHER.