kibbutz; he used borrowed cameras until he bought a Leica. After his military service, he began photographing more seriously. After publishing his first book, Across Sinai (1957), Bar-Am gained work as a press photographer and in the editorial staff of the Israeli Army magazine, Ba-Mahaneh, from 1957 to 1967. In 1961 he covered the Eichmann trial. In 1967 he covered the Six-Day War, during which time he met Cornell Capa. Many of his war images brought him renown. Since 1968, he has been a correspondent for Magnum Photos. In 1974 he helped Capa found the International Center of Photography in New York City. In 1968, Bar-Am also became the photographic correspondent from Israel for The New York Times, a position he held until 1992. From 1977 to 1992, he was head of the department of photography at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. He continues to work on his photography. He writes about his work: I keep my internal eye open for that other, metaphorical image that transcends illustration to achieve a wholeness of its own. I strive for the elusive entity that is both evidence and evocation, public record and personal vision.He says that he has adopted Robert Capa's saying, "If your photographs aren't good enough, you weren't close enough," but has added a caveat: If you're too close you lose perspective. It is not easy to be fair with the facts and keep your own convictions out of the picture. It is almost impossible to be both a participant in the events and their observer, witness, interpreter. The effort brings great frustration, and equally great reward. Awards and recognition 1985: Fulbright Grant 1985: Golden Flamingo Award for Photographic Poster, Arles, France 1985: IBM Fellowship, Aspen, Colorado, USA 1985-86: Nieman Fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA 1993: Enrique Kavlin Prize, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel 2000: Israel Prize for photography Publications Across Sinai. Israel: Hakibbutz Hameuhad, 1957. Portrait of Israel. USA: New York Times/American Heritage, 1970. The Jordan. Israel: Massada, 1981. Jewish Sites in Lebanon. USA: Moreshet Erets-Yisrael/Ariel, 1984. Painting With Light: The Photographic Aspect in the Work of E.M. Lilian. Israel: Tel Aviv Museum of Art/Dvir, 1991. The Last War. Israel: Keter, 1996. Israel: A Photobiography. USA: Simon & Schuster, 1998. Insight: Micha Bar-Am's Israel. London: Koenig / Israel: Open Museums, 2011. Southward: Micha Bar-Am, Photographs. Israel: The Negev Museum of Art, 2013. See also List of Israel Prize