14 Facts About David Rubinger

David Rubinger was an Israeli photographer and photojournalist.

David Rubinger, an only child, was born in Vienna, Austria.

David Rubinger's father had already fled to England, but his mother was murdered in the Holocaust.

David Rubinger took his first professional photo of Jewish youths climbing a British tank to celebrate the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine, creating the Israeli state.

David Rubinger offered to marry her to secure her emigration to Palestine, but the marriage of convenience ended up lasting more than 50 years until her death.

David Rubinger described his marriage as "tempestuous" and stated in his autobiography Israel Through My Lens that he had numerous affairs over the years.

David Rubinger then joined the staff of Yedioth Ahronoth, followed by The Jerusalem Post.

David Rubinger ended up working for them for more than 50 years.

David Rubinger hopped aboard a helicopter ferrying wounded soldiers to Beersheba, although he didn't know its destination at the time.

David Rubinger's car happened to be there, and he drove the rest of the way, at one point asking a hitchhiking soldier he had picked up to drive because he was too sleepy.

David Rubinger arrived in the Old City and after visiting quickly with his family, made his way to the wall.

David Rubinger was awarded the Israel Prize in communications for 1997, the first year it was awarded in that category.

David Rubinger was the first photographer to receive the Israel Prize, as the category of Photography was not awarded until 2000.

On 5 March 2017, Israel's mass-circulation Hebrew-language daily Yedioth Ahronoth, for whom David Rubinger had worked in the past, published a 21-page special photographic supplement in colour of selected photographs spanning his career.