After living in Israel for so many years living but mainly shooting abroad and creating photo-albums of the far-away countries I visited; I decided to compile an album of Israel - my country.
The really difficult task was choosing from the massive assortment I compiled in over 4 years and sorting them into coherent groups.
Too many pictures, too many subjects and no clear and cohesive objective made me decide on three distinct albums:
- Between Two Cities – An album about Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
- Down to Earth - An album devoted to the landscapes between Eilat and the Golan Heights –the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea.
- People | Places | Photos – is an attempt to bring together the different peoples/places/persuasions that make up this crazy country.
In the meantime I continue taking photos and hope to expand the trilogy into a tetralogy or even a pentalogy as I compose more albums on different aspects of this nation.
People | Places | Photos
In this album I wanted to show that Israel has thousand faces. The kaleidoscope of Israeli society with its different religious and ethnic groups, converging and diverging histories, make it an ideal playground for an “in your face” photographer.
Places like Nazareth and Netivot show off the unique while towns like Acre and Peqi'in illustrate the uniting factors that make up Israeli society.
And yet, beyond theory, ideology and belief - each face has its own beauty and distinctive character.
Information about the Album ...
Title: People | Places | Photos
Photographer: Deniz Bensason
Width: 32 cm
Height: 26 cm
Number of Pages: 147
Cover: Hard cover.
Additional Information: Printed on high quality gloss paper.
Laminated in matt silk to maintain maximum protection for the album.
Design & Layout: Nili Glick Studio.
Book 2 of the ISRAEL TRILOGY. A scenic tour of the locations and the individuals that make this land what it is.
Excerpts from ISRAEL: People | Places | Photos Album
Page 12: Inside the Acre Mosque
Page 13: Inside the Acre Mosque
Page: 26 The Walls of Acre
Page: 27 The Walls of Acre
Page 44: Nazareth - St. Gabriel Greek-Orthodox Church
Page 44: Nazareth - St. Gabriel Greek-Orthodox Church
Page 68: Netivot - Woman by the Grave
Page 69: Netivot - Woman at Prayer
Page 84: Beersheba - Open Air Market
Page 85: Beersheba - Open Air Market
Page 86: Negev - Lone Shepherdess
Page 87: Negev - Shepherdess with her Flock
Page 134: Peqi'in - Protrait of a Druze Lady
Page 135: Peqi'in - Old Druze Man at Home
Page 140: Fishing in Crocodile Creek
Page 141: Fishing in Crocodile Creek
Page 142: Jisser a-Zarka - Fishing boats in the Sea
Page 143: Jisser a-Zarka - Fishing boat on Land