Mahmoud Darwish
“Unfortunately, it was Paradise”
Mother and Child. Photographer: Khalil Raad, circa 1920
Bedouin portrait taken between 1898 and 1914. G. Eric & Edith Matson Collection
A Palestinian Madonna, taken between 1934 and 1939. G. Eric and Edith Matson Collection. American Colony Photo Department
Sisters, taken between 1898 and 1946. G. Eric and Edith Matson Collection
Packing oranges in a family workshop in Jaffa, 1907. Source: Bibliothèque nationale de France
Grading Jaffa oranges. American colony Photo Dept, taken between 1900 and 1920. G. Eric and Edith Matson Collection
A wild flower in Palestine, taken between 1925 & 1946. G. Eric & Edith Matson Collection
Portrait of a Palestinian bedouin photographed in Jerusalem between 1898 & 1914. G. Eric & Edith Matson Collection
A Palestinian bedouin in Jerusalem. G. Eric and Edith Matson Collection
A bedouin photographed in Jerusalem between 1898 and 1914. G. Eric and Edith Matson Collection
Palestinian protesting in Jaffa. "Down With Balfour" Declaration. 1929. Source: Institute for Palestine Studies
Jerusalem from Tower of Notre Dame de France. 1934 to 1939. G. Eric and Edith Matson Collection
Three women standing by a door with their children. Bethlehem, circa 1936. G. Eric and Edith Matson Collection
Palestine, 1921. From Frank Scholten's Palestina De Toeganspoort Jaffa
The Bride. Taken between 1900 and 1920. G. Eric & Edith Matson Collection
Yousef Saad, Passport Officer for Palestine's British Mandate Government. in Kantara, Egypt. Circa 1934. Private Collection
Bedouin wedding series. The bridegroom. Taken between 1900 & 1920. G. Eric & Edith Matson Collection
Wild flowers of Palestine. The 'Great Carrot' (Daucus maximus Desf.) Taken between 1900 & 1920. G. Eric & Edith Matson Collection
Train in the village of Battir, pulling up a steep grade. Taken between 1920 & 1937. G. Eric & Edith Matson Collection
Sir Herbert Samuel talking to Palestinian villagers on July 10, 1920. G. Eric & Edith Matson Collection