Purim festival in Mea Shearim
On the festival of purim people, especially kids, get dressed up. Here in the ultra orthodox Mea Shearim. The celebration is to commemorate a miraculous legendary event when the Jews were saved from a malicious plot in the babylonian times. People are supposed to get drunk and bring presents to their friends and neighbors. This normally austere neighborhood celebrates in particular enthusiasm.
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Tao of Photography
I wanted to share with you all my photo friends a wonderful book Tao of Photography – seeing beyond seeing. by Philippe L. Gros ad S.I. Shapiro. In this book the authors try to connect Taoist wisdom with the art of photography. They show how being receptive to the world is both a great way of living and of taking great photos. Unlike many guidebooks on photography this is much more of a ph…
Islamic beauty features
I was delighted and honored to find today THREE of my photos featured in the wonderful Islamic Beauty group. In these horrible and violent times for an Islamic Beauty group to feature photos of an Israeli photographer is a brave act. I want to denounce all violence which is counterproductive and only causes suffering. Art is one of the ways that can bring people together and promote understanding…
San Francisco advice required
My camera and myself will be traveling tomorrow all the way to San Francisco. We would like to have some advice about good places to shoot.
Thanks in advance.
Michael
Rainbow in the desert
Just came back from two days at a rainbow meeting in the Arava valley in southern Israel. The atmosphere was very friendly and relaxed so that (in contrast to hardcore meetings) I could take many photos.
Rainbow Gatherings are temporary intentional communities, typically held in outdoor settings, and espousing and practicing ideals of peace, love, harmony, freedom and community, as a consciously …
Machane Yehuda market
Machne Yehuda is a wonderful open air food market in west Jerusalem. I go there once a week to buy fresh food and get great shots at the same time (well my wife does the shopping and I the shooting). I apologize in advance if this journal will make you run for the fridge. Enjoy
Security first but which such a beautiful police officer who cares
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Chola bread for shabat
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Yemenite beauty …
Candids from Mea Shearim before sukkot
Here are some more candid from this fascinating neighborhood. Thank you to Caroline Gorka for teaching me this nice trick of showing a series
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Checking the tip of the lulav
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A Toldot Aharon Chasid carrying a Lulav kit
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Psalms for sale
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The pink photographer with the pink camera
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Photographing a Lulav
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In the play ground after bu…
Candid shot features- who would have believed
If anybody would have told me six months ago that most of my features would be candid shots I would have laughed out loud. Me ???? I shoot birds, flowers, mountains, lakes. Something here must have helped to transform my artistic way of looking at people. Shooting candid shots is one of the best way of studying people and having to look at them more carefully and liking how they look. Thanks for…
A big thank you to all my bubbly friends
A few minutes ago I passed the 10000 views and I thought this is a great opportunity to thank you all for the interest, the comments and the chance to watch your amazing art. I made many friends here, some became very close. In the three months since I joined RB I probably learned more on art then in years of individual work. It is great to be part of this really universal community. This is pr…
Back from Bulgaria
We climbed mountains, slept in tents and ancient monasteries, walked down caves (also in boats), visited colorful houses, took trains without doors, drove along hair raising roads down amazing gorges, collected blueberries, ate shopska salad with bulgarian cheese, drank loads of beer, climbed the tallest mountain in the Balkan and the fourth one as well, took part in a huge white dancing circle o…