The Western Vista, 2009
What we don’t see from here

Avraham Soskin’s photograph “Ahuzat Bayit Society’s Lottery of Building Plots” from 1909 marks the site of the metaphorical founding of Tel Aviv and the covert point to which I direct my camera lens.

Installation. 2009

For the past five years I have been regularly photographing the Tel Aviv skyline seen from my home to the east of the cityline the foreground, the eye of the observer discerns a strip of land – with the aspect of an agricultural area signifying the vision of working the land. Beyond this – the changing horizon bearing witness to the realization of the dream of building the city and the country. And beyond both of these – the skyline marked by the protruding tops of the towers hinting that the sky's the limit.

T.A 1. Triptych. 30x120 cm (each). Lambda print

T.A 2. 76.5x90 cm. Lambda print

T.A 3. 76.5x90 cm. Lambda print

T.A 4. 76.5x90 cm. Lambda print

T.A 5. 76.5x90 cm. Lambda print

T.A 6, T.A. 7, T.A 8. 48.75x65 cm (each) Lambda print

Prolonged observation from my viewpoint opens up a perspective that affords an objective gaze encompassing time and expanse. In my work, I combine a didactic message together with a deep impression of the city’s distant beauty. I portray nature and record the dream. All of these sights are swathed within the confines of the ever-changing colors of the day and of the seasons.

T.A. 11. Poster. 90x150 cm. Lambda print

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