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Re'em Bar, born December 73 and resident of northern Israel. In 1990 I finished drawing The Dragons Album and began my Architecture studies at the Technion, Israel institute of technology, completed cum laude after five years. My graduation project dealt with the development of a deployable structure and I won an award for the design of a suspended bridge. I was then drafted for three years army service, ended November 1998. In 2006 I was granted my MA in Medieval History from the University of Haifa and two years later a MLS (of Library and Information Science) from the same university. Until 2020 I worked as a librarian in Kiryat Yam's Public Library. During that time I studied Geology and Music courses in the Open University, and later a course in Network Administration. For two years I directed the library of the NB Haifa School of Design and following its merging into the University of Haifa, became an employee of the university. I've illustrated one children's book, edited one book for adults and published one academic article, in Hebrew: |
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Abstract: Harry Whittier Frees was the pioneer and most influential figure in the translation of the ancient theme of anthropomorphic animals to the language of photography. The article briefly reviews the history of this theme, how it became a feature of children's literature and its photographic versions. It then focuses on Frees' photographs for the Mother Goose nursery rhymes and presents their design techniques, from straightforward mimicry of previous illustrations, through adherence to traditional iconography, to a parody on popular American visual motives that have nothing to do with Mother Goose. |
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On a more personal note, two of my favorite books are Edward Crankshaw's "Khrushchev Remembers" and Wisława Szymborska's "Nonrequired Reading"; two of my favorie films are "Separate Tables" with David Niven and "Murder Most Foul" starring Margaret Rutherford; two of my favorite audiobooks are Plato's Republic abridged version narrated by Bruce Alexander and Darren Henley's "The Story of Classical Music" narrated by Marin Alsop; two of my favorite podcasts are Michael Harsgor's "Historical Hour" episodes with Alex Ansky and Yaron London's "Wars of the Jews"; my favorite opera performer is Maria Ewing as Rosina and as Dido; my favorite cat is Milou and the name of my favorite dog is Shih Tzu. |
בר, ראם: "חיות בלבוש אדם ומסורות חזותיות בשירי אמא אווזה של הארי ויטייר פריס",