itch Magazine
Itch Magazine features visuals and texts in an online and a print version. Each issue has an original and often quite obscure theme, the latest being “i”. My photo “An I and A Man” is featured in this issue (issue 6).
Wednesday, June 23rd 2010 5:30pm
London Philharmonic Orchestra CD Cover
A new release from First Hand Records: London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Adrian Boult, The 1956 Nixa-Westminster Stereo Recordings, a triple CD set (full CD details here).
I was commissioned to shoot the cover photo at the Walthamstow Assembly Hall in London, where the concert was originally recorded. Graphic design by David Murphy.
Thursday, May 27th 2010 2:07pm
Transition Exhibition in Tel Aviv
I’m taking part in the group art show “Transition”, opening in Tel Aviv on 15 May.
[Zilum Baam Gallery, 13 Bet Alfa Street, Tel Aviv]
This is the third in a series of exhibitions curated by artist collective Mugdarim.
“Each one of us is marked by transition, be it between countries, creeds, traditions, genders, worldviews. The transition makes us scrutinize the places we wish to remember, obscure others, acquire a new language, construct a new narrative.
The transition-experience, as well as the complex perspective of the beholder, are never included in society’s main narrative. Their place remains in the margins. Those making the transition speak the language of the majority well, yet carry the weight of their otherness.” [From the call for entry]
Wednesday, May 12th 2010 4:52pm
Composition Magazine
Composition Magazine (Issue 009 - April 2010) is out, I’m featured in the Portfolio section.
All issues of the magazine are available on its download page
Wednesday, April 28th 2010 4:16am
Recent Prints
Here are some recent prints published in my RedBubble shop (which I update on a somewhat irregular basis…)
They woke up and one of them was smiling
Saturday, April 24th 2010 7:50am
HOW Journal
I’m among the featured artists in the latest issue of HOW Journal (Issue 6, Spring/Summer 2010).
HOW Journal is an art & literary journal that publishes an eclectic mix of today’s prominent writers and artists alongside upcoming talents with an effort to raise money and awareness for the approximately 163 million children throughout the world that have been orphaned. The publication features works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and visual arts.
Procceds from HOW Journal sales go towards supporting Safe Sapce New York, an organization that works with the city’s most at-risk youth and families to prevent foster care placement, build strong families and promote self-sufficiency. Money to help start a music and art program at the organization.
Issue 6 Fundraiser & Art Auction will take place on Thursday, May 6th, 2010 7:00 - 10:00PM at a private loft in Tribeca, NYC, 112 Franklin St, 4th Floor, NYC 10013. Full details on the fundraiser and auction.
Wednesday, April 21st 2010 1:34am
Thursday, March 25th 2010 5:24pm
Monday, January 25th 2010 4:19pm
STREET UNDERDOGS
While wandering the streets my eye is always drawn to mundane details in the urban environment - unimportant, negligible, easy to ignore or even plain ugly things and places. I find them rather than seek them. I like to call them “street underdogs” and take them out of their ordinary context in an attempt to make them remarkable in some way, or even to beautify them. These street underdogs often include some traces of human presence or byproducts of human activity, but the humans themselves are not present in the frame, which leaves those newly observed traces open to interpretation.
Monday, January 18th 2010 9:33am
This is the latest release by First Hand Records - London Mozart Players/Harry Blech- The Complete HMV Stereo Recordings. The cover design features my photo almost
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Saturday, December 5th 2009 11:24pm
NO LADDERS TO THE STARS
I’m taking part in this exhibition alongside other talented photographers and writers. The opening night is on 8th September 2009.
I exhibit photos from Power Lunch.
(Info in Hebrew)
Sunday, September 6th 2009 1:44pm
RANDOMNESS IS HARD TO ACHIEVE
I am fascinated by randomness. These photos are not completely random, of course, as I did frame each photo one way rather than the other, but it would certainly be very hard to achieve anything similar by deliberate design of the scene.
Friday, August 14th 2009 1:40pm
POWER LUNCH
This series came about while I was participating in an artists’ workshop on environmental issues in 2008. Back then the headlines went on for a little while about a world food crisis. Some people who looked at the photos said that there was nothing to do about it - wherever there are humans there will be rubbish and what on earth can you do with a banana peel? But none of it is rubbish, of course. Those peels are perfectly good compost material and that bread could have been kept in the freezer. Another reaction I got about those photos was that they “elevate” the food and give it some kind of an aura. I like the idea of giving our resources the respect that they deserve. Almost everywhere in Tel Aviv you can find food thrown away in the street. It is part of the natural fabric of this rather dirty city and it is easy to ignore, even when the headlines panic about a food crisis.
Some of these photos were included in my workshop final project and exhibited in a group exhibition in Jerusalem in September-October 2009 (“No Ladders to the Stars”)
Friday, August 14th 2009 1:30pm
HOME IS ANYWHERE
Houses at various stages of decay are not rare in Tel Aviv. There is usually nothing attractive or appealing about these facades, it is quite easy to pass them by, until the traces of human presence attract the eye.
This series was shot over a period of four years in various parts of the “White City”, some in poor areas and some gentrified areas that are becoming increasingly unaffordable to most people.
I did not set out to document these houses as such, but was intrigued by the way urban aesthetics in the city correlate with the suffocating political environment in which people live in Israel. I find a general sense of helplessness and lack of control in what should be a safe and stable home.
Friday, August 14th 2009 1:06pm
Prints to buy
To buy a print please visit these stores:
If you are interested in a photo that is not featured in these stores, please contact me by email.
Friday, August 14th 2009 1:00pm
