Israel Matzav: Life Magazine photos of Israel 1948-67 Part 4: The Life and death of photographer Paul Schutzer

Life Magazine photos of Israel 1948-67 Part 4: The Life and death of photographer Paul Schutzer

This is the fourth and final installment in the collection of Life Magazine photographs of Israel 1948-67 published by Ben Atlas. They are pictures taken by Paul Schutzer, a Life Magazine photographer. Ben explains what happened to him:

Lenny wrote that Paul Schutzer “was embedded with an Israeli armored column moving into Gaza in the 1967 war. His half-track took a direct hit”. They found this film roll in the camera next to Paul Schutzer’s body. I went back to the archive and this is the last roll:

Here's a picture from the roll with Ben's caption:

You can see from the roll that Paul was taking several photos of this moving tank and then the tank takes a direct hit. Next is the direct hit on Paul Schutzer’s track and the three last photos by Paul Schutzer.

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Israel Matzav: Life Magazine photos of Israel 1948-67 Part 4: The Life and death of photographer Paul Schutzer