FINDERS
Research Services
Professional Content and Visual Research for your Book, Film, Art, Media, Organization or Dissertation.
A LITTLE ABOUT FINDERS
Elisha Baskin
Historical investigator, living between France and Jerusalem.
Specializes in historical photography of the Middle East and visual research.
Studied Art History at Tel Aviv University, International Development at Brandies University (MA) and Political Science at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya (BA).
HUMANITIES CONTENT
Content research and writing, scholarly & popular, on local/international topics from politics to the arts, including bibliographic services and literature reviews.
VISUAL CONTENT
Obtaining and clearing rights for photographs, newsreels, historical and contemporary footage, newspapers, artworks and more.
ARCHIVAL MATERIAL
Finding documents, books, monographs, family papers, periodicals, court decrees, letters and more.
RESEARCH CONSULTATION
Referring you to the right locations, helping you navigate the local archives before embarking on a research project or trip, connecting you with the right archivists and librarians.
CLIENTS & PROJECTS
Cataloging
for Jerusalem Cinematheque
2020
THE ISRAEL FILM ARCHIVE
Visual Research
Documentary Series by Anat Zeltser and Modi Bar-On for
Hot 8, 2019
TANGLED ROOTS
Cataloging
Digitizing Israeli Visual Culture and Performance Arts Collections by the National Library of Israel, 2017
ISRAEL DANCE COLLECTIONS
Research Assistant, Fixer & Image Licensing
Book by Judy Batalion, Harper Collins, 2020
THE LIGHT OF DAYS: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos
Research Assistant for Two Exhibitions & Administrator of the Michal Heiman Test #4
2016/17
MICHAL HEIMAN
Image Licensing
Book by Benjamin Balint, W. W. Norton & Company, 2018
KAFKA'S LAST TRIAL: THE CASE OF A LITERARY LEGACY
Visual Research
The Making of Modern Egypt, a film by Michal Goldman, 2016
NASSER'S REPUBLIC, THE MAKING OF MODERN EGYPT
Associate Producer and Researcher
Film by Ben Loeterman on the early encounters between Jewish & Arab nationalism, 2014
1913: SEEDS OF CONFLICT
Research Assistant
Book by Brian Miller and Mike Lapham, Berrett-Koehler, 2012
THE SELF-MADE MYTH
Cataloging
Online archive containing visual documentation of social and political movements in Israel and Palestine, 2015
ACTIVESTILLS
Research Associate
Focused on indigenous rights and the human right to water
2012/2013
HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL CARR CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY
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Research & Campaign Coordinator for "Hamushim"project
2016
THE AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE
Collaboration with "Museum Works" on diverse tasks related to the American Colony Archive
2018/19
AMERICAN COLONY ARCHIVE COLLECTIONS
Visual Research
An inside look at Netanyahu’s political rise and his relationship with the U.S.A., 2016
NETANYAHU AT WAR, FRONTLINE
Research and Artist Assistant
2016/17
RELLI DE VRIES
Follow my research adventures on "The Librarians"
Israel's National Library Blog
