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Shai Apeloig swedenPhoto © Shai Apeloig
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Marled
This kind of conscious, mindful shooting is still my philosophy today. Slow-photo is also an integral part of my multi-exposure work inspired by the expressionist movement. The result is not immediate. Images will slowly be rediscovered during the post-editing process. My intention is to transmit my subjective experience to the viewer. I studied photography at the NB Haifa School of Design 1994-95.
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entry description
Marled or Mareel, is a luminous phenomenon in the ocean where seawater appears to glow caused by bioluminescent bacteria. This is normally observed during late summer but in December 2020 the phenomenon unusually broke out on the Swedish west coast. The day before Christmas Eve, I took a chance and wandered off to the nature reserve “Amundön” outside Gothenburg in the dark to look for it. It offered an unforgettable spectacle in the faint moonlight.about the photographer
I started shooting in 1993 when I went backpacking with a friend in South America for a year. That trip changed my life and eventually led me from Israel to Sweden where I live since 1996. While traveling I didn't want to carry all the photocopies on my back so I sent the negatives home to be developed. As a result, I did not see my photos until about a year later. That's certainly a different creative process than the one we are used to today within digital photography, where the result is instant. At that point, I learned to wait for the right moment and imagine the image in my head before pressing the shutter. This way the images remained in my mind until this day.This kind of conscious, mindful shooting is still my philosophy today. Slow-photo is also an integral part of my multi-exposure work inspired by the expressionist movement. The result is not immediate. Images will slowly be rediscovered during the post-editing process. My intention is to transmit my subjective experience to the viewer. I studied photography at the NB Haifa School of Design 1994-95.
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