My photographic practice is an ontological and archaeological inquiry into the primal riddles of existence: the intertwining of memory and oblivion, and the delicate tension between presence and absence. I view my works as mediators of a fragile encounter between myself and the site (Makom), photographing like a photojournalist arriving at an event centuries late. I seek to document that which is no longer there, yet remains etched in the landscape through the persistent presence of culture and history.Working exclusively in large-format black-and-white photography, I embrace a rigorous, slow discipline. The heavy camera dictates a meditative pace that reclaims the vital span of time between the act of capture and the final print. This process is fundamentally dialogical, influenced by Martin Buber’s
"I-Thou" relationship and the teachings of the Tao. Through this minimalistic form, I unravel deep layers of human struggle intertwined beneath the surface of the landscape, documenting being and absence simultaneously.
Born in Israel, 1971
Solo Exhibitions
2018 - "Still-Life Fleeting," Hadassah Academic College Jerusalem, Israel; curator: Nimrod Bar-Am
2012 -" Black and white Forest: Two Journeys to Treblinka, "The Ghetto Fighters' House –
Itzhak Katzenelson Holocaust and Jewish Resistance Heritage Museum, Kibbutz Lohamei Hageta'ot, Israel (cat.) ; Exhibition proposed by: Moshe Ninio, Gallery curator: Evelin Akherman
2011 - "Black and white Forest," The Joseph Zaritsky Artists' House, Tel Aviv
2005 - "Black Light," Dear Noga Art Window, Jaffa; curator: Moran Shoub
2001 - Opal Gallery, Tel Aviv; curator: Stéphanie Benzaquen (cat.)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011 - "Making Room: Contemporary Israeli Photography," Tel Aviv Museum of Art; curator: Nili Goren (cat.)
2009 - "2009 Tel Aviv Time," Tel Aviv Museum of Art; curator: Nili Goren (cat.)
2007 - "Moods and Modes in Israeli Photography: Works from the Collection, Gift of Leon and Michaela Constantiner," Tel Aviv Museum of Art; curator: Nili Goren (cat.)
2006-2007 - "The Neighbor Next Door," Nizio Gallery, Warsaw, Galeria Wschodnia, Łódż, Auschwitz Jewish Center (Centrum Żydowskie), Oświęcim, and other venues in Poland; curator: Yifat Laist
2005 - "On the Banks of the Yarkon: The Yarkon River in Israeli Art," Tel Aviv Museum of Art; curator: Varda Steinlauf (cat.)
- "Power," Turbine Hall, Reading Power Station Compound, Tel Aviv; curator: Doron Rabina
2004 - "Water, is Taught by Thirst," Gallery Noass, Riga, Latvia; curator: Stéphanie Benzaquen
2003 - "Hereafter: Tel Aviv Video," CAC – Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania; curator: Stéphanie Benzaquen
2002 - "Local Time 5," Tel Aviv and Jerusalem Cinematheques; curator: Elyasaf Kowner
1999 - "White Nights," as part of "Art Focus 3: International Biennial of Contemporary Art," Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem; curator: Idit Porat (cat.)
1998 - "Open House," Beit Hagefen – Arab-Jewish Cultural Center, Haifa; curator: Hana Kofler (cat.)
Curatorial & Collaborative Projects
2011 – Co-curator (with arch. Rivka Guttman), "Depth of Field: Photographic Architecture," The Architect's House Gallery, Jaffa (cat.).
2011 – Co-organiser (with archaeologists Michael Jasmin, Ph.D., and Yifat Thareani, Ph.D.), Science-Art Workshop "Visualizing the Negev – A Desert Between Documents and Reality: Dialogue Between Humanities and Visual Arts",
The Centre de Recherche Français de Jerusalem
Awards
1998 - Head of the Photography Department Excellence Award,
Camera Obscura School of Art, Tel Aviv
Education & Professional Experience
2025 - The Jerusalem Hub – The national program for excellence and leadership for arts teachers, The Jerusalem academy of Music and Dance
2005–Present - Head of the Department of Photography, Camera Obscura School of Art, Tel Aviv
2011 - Jury member, EMET Prize for Science, Art and Culture (first award in the field of photography)
2009-2014 - B.A. in Humanities, Department of History, Philosophy, and Judaic Studies, The Open University of Israel
1995-1999 - Department of Photography, Camera Obscura School of Art, Tel Aviv
Collections
Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Leon and Michaela Constantiner Collection
Private collections