David Serry was born in Jerusalem in 1913, to a religious family of Yemenite origin. He started his studies in "Heder" and later moved to "Tachimoni" school, where he studied engineering, physics and chemistry, but mainly he was attracted to the arts, and excelled in drawing and handicrafts. Already when he was 15 years old, he worked at the Bezalel art school in the presence of Ze'ev Raban and Zeev Gur Aryeh in copper engravings and Judaica works.
In 1930, when he was 17 years old, he purchased a Zeiss-Ikon camera in 6x9 cm format and began to photograph, first in Jerusalem and then in Tel Aviv and throughout the country. He continued to take pictures with that camera until 1936, from then onwards he mainly photographed with a Leica camera in 35 mm format.
In 1933, 1941, and 1944, Serry joined the trips of the Eretz Israel Wanderers' Association to the Dead Sea region and photographed during them.
In 1936, he opened a workshop for signage, Judaica and fine metalwork in Herzel Street In Tel Aviv.
Despite enduring a serious injury from his military service in 1948, and during his long recovery period, he continued to photograph, mainly his wounded friends and the members of the medical staff and convalescent homes where was hospitalized.
Serry was recognized as war disabled by the IDF, he worked from his home until 1975 as a craftsman. He died in 1981.
Exhibitions:
2002. - David Serry, asking for the time that has passed, Jerusalem Theater (solo exhibition)
2004. - Landscape Pattern, University of Haifa, Faculty of Humanities, Art Gallery
2004. - The family as an aesthetic space, the Photography Museum, Tel Hai Industrial Park
2006 - Bezalel Version 2, House of Artists, Jerusalem
2011. - David Serry, photographs 1950-1930, Tova Osman Gallery, Tel Aviv (solo exhibition)
2019. - David Serry, Shlomo Serry, photographs 1933-2019, Marrie Gallery, Jerusalem
Publications:
David Serry - Photographs 1950-1930, Even Hoshen, 2004.
David Serry - The family as an aesthetic space, Naama Chaikin, The Israel Museum of Photography
Tel Hai Industrial Park, 2004.
A book of photographs was recently published (2022) by Yad Yitzhak Ben Zvi - "David Serry - Wandering Photographer", Photographs between the years 1930-1964.
David Serry was born in Jerusalem in 1913, to a religious family of Yemenite origin. He started his studies in "Heder" and later moved to "Tachimoni" school, where he studied engineering, physics and chemistry, but mainly he was attracted to the arts, and excelled in drawing and handicrafts. Already when he was 15 years old, he worked at the Bezalel art school in the presence of Ze'ev Raban and Zeev Gur Aryeh in copper engravings and Judaica works.
In 1930, when he was 17 years old, he purchased a Zeiss-Ikon camera in 6x9 cm format and began to photograph, first in Jerusalem and then in Tel Aviv and throughout the country. He continued to take pictures with that camera until 1936, from then onwards he mainly photographed with a Leica camera in 35 mm format.
In 1933, 1941, and 1944, Serry joined the trips of the Eretz Israel Wanderers' Association to the Dead Sea region and photographed during them.
In 1936, he opened a workshop for signage, Judaica and fine metalwork in Herzel Street In Tel Aviv.
Despite enduring a serious injury from his military service in 1948, and during his long recovery period, he continued to photograph, mainly his wounded friends and the members of the medical staff and convalescent homes where was hospitalized.
Serry was recognized as war disabled by the IDF, he worked from his home until 1975 as a craftsman. He died in 1981.
Exhibitions:
2002. - David Serry, asking for the time that has passed, Jerusalem Theater (solo exhibition)
2004. - Landscape Pattern, University of Haifa, Faculty of Humanities, Art Gallery
2004. - The family as an aesthetic space, the Photography Museum, Tel Hai Industrial Park
2006 - Bezalel Version 2, House of Artists, Jerusalem
2011. - David Serry, photographs 1950-1930, Tova Osman Gallery, Tel Aviv (solo exhibition)
2019. - David Serry, Shlomo Serry, photographs 1933-2019, Marrie Gallery, Jerusalem
Publications:
David Serry - Photographs 1950-1930, Even Hoshen, 2004.
David Serry - The family as an aesthetic space, Naama Chaikin, The Israel Museum of Photography
Tel Hai Industrial Park, 2004.
A book of photographs was recently published (2022) by Yad Yitzhak Ben Zvi - "David Serry - Wandering Photographer", Photographs between the years 1930-1964.
