Often people ask me to explain what my work means. I try to avoid
answering. I want the viewer to answer that for himself to tell me what
it means to him. That is what good art is supposed to do to make you
to think, to make you feel.
But, there is something to be said for opening up about
your own work and sharing with the viewer why you took that shot and
what you wanted to capture in that moment. The viewer can take it from
there, using your explanation as platform to beginning thinking about
what the photo says to him.
In that spirit, I have decided to write a little
something about a past work of mine every Wednesday. Each photo carries
a special meaning for me and I hope a few carefully selected words will
push the viewer to find meaning in it as well.
"Looking Out My Cell"
"Looking Out My Cell"
The
photo was taken while looking out the bathroom window of the religious
boarding school I went to for the year after I graduated from high
school.
The days were long: seven in the morning until eleven at night.
Now don't get me wrong, all-in-all I had a great time. But still, in
many ways the building was my prison. Plus there were no girls.
When I tell people I spent most of my year in Israel in a
prison cell...well you can imagine their reaction. All I wanted to do
was explore a new world, hike in the desert, climb the hills, and get
lost in the streets of Tel Aviv. And, of course, photograph all of it.
The room kept me locked up, when all the artist in me wanted to
do was break free.
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