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| Remembering Ariel Sharon: 1928-2014 It was a warm summer morning in Sagaponack when I received a phone call from Life Magazine. It was John Loengard, the magazine's picture editor, asking if I would fly to Israel do a photo story on the then 54-year-old Israeli Defense minister Ariel Sharon. I said I would need to discuss it with my husband and that I would call back.
And so it was that I flew Tel Aviv, a 14-hour overnight flight on El-Al. Upon landing I took a cab to the Hotel Alexander where I met up with Life reporter David Friend. I spent a week photographing Arik, as he was called, his wife Lily, and their two young sons, Omri and Gilad. As the photographs show, the Sharons were amiable hosts. The first few days were devoted to a tour of their thousand-acre farm in Israel's Negev dessert and glimpses into their warm family life. Lily even took me on a shopping tour at a flea market in Jaffa. But there was a war going on and by being patient we finally got the exclusive we wanted. Surrounded by Sharon's bodyguard detail we boarded his helicopter for a daytrip into West Beirut. These were the photographs that would end up being published around the world and featured in both Stern and Paris Match. |
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| A visit to Sharon's office |
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| At the flea market in Jaffa |
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| Enroute to Lebanon |
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| Text and photographs © by Jill Krementz: all rights reserved. Contact Jill Krementz here. |