Origin: Netherlands | Documentary | Director: Maartje Alders & Sary Zananiri | 10 minutes

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Frank Scholten legacy

The Scholten photographic collection comprises a large number of original photographs that Frank Scholten took on his travels through the Middle East in 1920-1923.

The Netherlands Institute for the Near East holds the legacy of Frank Scholten (1881-1942), author of the two volume publication La Palestine illustrée (1929, subsequent editions in English, German, and Dutch). The volumes, “including references to passages illustrated in the Bible, the Talmud and the Koran”, were richly illustrated with photographs made by Scholten.

The Scholten Collection consists mainly of the many photographs taken by Scholten, an avid amateur photographer, on his travels in Europe and the Middle East. From his large number of photos from the Levant he selected images for his publication. He did not live to complete his plan to produce further volumes of La Palestine illustrée, and the majority of his photos were never published. A few highlights from the Scholten photographic collection are presented here.

Info: http://www.nino-leiden.nl/collections/frank-scholten-legacy

Full feature: https://vimeo.com/453255694

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