YEMONITE JEWELLER, EARLY 1950S, PRINTED LATER

BORN IN MOSCOW IN 1914, CARMI BEGINS A CAREER AS AN INDEPENDENT PHOTOGRAPHER IN 1945, AFTER SERVING WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN WWII. FROM 1949-53 HE WORKS FOR THE DAVAR NEWSPAPER IN ISRAEL, CONCENTRATING ON SEVERAL STORIES ABOUT THE WAVES OF IMMIGRATION INTO ISRAEL AT THIS TIME. IN 1959 HE ENJOYS HIS FIRST SOLO EXHIBITION AT BEIT SOKOLOV IN TEL AVIV. HE CURRENTLY LIVES IN ISRAEL BUT HAS NOW STOPPED PHOTOGRAPHING.