Welcome to The Robert A. Cumins Collection of Photography

In February 1988, photographer Robert A. Cumins had the rare opportunity to gain special access to this heretofore inaccessible world leader and provide readers around the globe with a visual insight into the private world of Yitzhak Shamir, who died this week at 96.  Having total access to Shamir for ten days, first in Italy, then Israel, Cumins revealed him to be a thoughtful studious man, an avaricious reader who turned to books at every opportunity and a gentle husband and grandfather which belied the public image of a stiff-necked intransigent government leader. Following the photo opportunity, his images of Shamir appeared in Life Magazine, as a cover story in The New York Times Magazine and major magazines around the world. In the above photograph, Shamir is seen here looking at a picture of himself taken forty years earlier when was a commander in the Jewish Underground.

©Photograph by Robert A. Cumins.  

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We update our web site as often as possible.  Please email your questions to us at RCUMINS@AOL.COM

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September 11, 2001

To read more about the Robert A. Cumins 

September 11, 2001 photograph, please click here

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RABIN AND CLINTON 

TOGETHER FOR THE LAST TIME

The Final Photographs

On this site, you can now see my exclusive photographs of the well known black tie event in Washington with Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and President Bill Clinton together for the last time. Immediately following this night time event in late October 1995, Rabin returned home to Israel where he was assassinated two weeks later.

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The Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty.  March 1979.

Now you can order this print.  For its background and ordering information, please click here or on the image above.

To see additional images from this series, click "Treaties for Peace." 

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The Kennedy Collection

Jacqueline Kennedy