honorable mention
Itay Levin israel
title
TERRESTRIAL ROCK
Itay took photos of gravestones from the 1930th of residents, who played an important role in the realization of the Zionist idea,
Which led to the establishment of the state of Israel – a state that they didn’t succeed to experience. The lens cut and isolated the graves.
Identity and affiliation didn’t left traces in the stone – the signs of the time, the disintegration of the material, of gray; creates an evidence of a forgotten people, who did not receive the proper respect.
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entry description
TERRESTRIAL ROCKItay took photos of gravestones from the 1930th of residents, who played an important role in the realization of the Zionist idea,
Which led to the establishment of the state of Israel – a state that they didn’t succeed to experience. The lens cut and isolated the graves.
Identity and affiliation didn’t left traces in the stone – the signs of the time, the disintegration of the material, of gray; creates an evidence of a forgotten people, who did not receive the proper respect.
about the photographer
I was born in 1975 in Israel. Graduated with honors visual communication design in Tel Aviv and Social Sciences at the Open University of Israel. Over the years I used to paint, I was influenced from Surrealism, Cubism, Architecture and Industrial music. I always followed the geometrical form and its interaction with the environment. At the last eight years I worked as a user experience designer, visual designer and user research at the mobile technological realm. As part of my current work I am creating visual and interaction designs to meet the needs and habits of my users. For me the camera is a tool to imprint ideas, reviews or manifests; related to personality and inner feelings affected from my daily life. My creative process is not always distinct, sometimes is coincidental and sometimes follows a processes and research. I am seeking for a systematic and mechanical way to transfer a concept, sequence repetition of images emphasize the message and the experience. The camera freezes the inanimate object, emphasize any wrinkle or an aesthetic “mistake”. The inanimate object involve with my feelings, emotions and ideas; not less than a living body. The human body undergoes erosion during his life and in parallel it creates erosion on its individual and global environment. I follow this weathering, over time; trying to use the camera to document this process through materials and objects.back to gallery