Foto Friday – Guy Raivitz’s Back Yard

May 30, 2008 - 11:38 AM by · Leave a Comment
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Guy Raivitz is an Israeli freelance photojournalist who’s worked all around the local and foreign media. He also does pro bono work for social conscience organizations, including the UNICEF Angola mine awareness project, and Integrated Rural Development and Nature Conservation in Namibia. He’s trained his sharp lens on Israel as well – he was a staff photographer for “Haaretz”, among other publications – and produced a powerful portraiture series of people in soup kitchens.

Today’s Foto Friday presents four works from Guy’s latest project – a soon-to-be published book documenting Israeli reality called “Back Yard“. Each is a stand-alone work, but there is also a logic to the way he’s set them up on his website, in pairs.

Guy Raivitz - Jaffa Beach

Guy Raivitz - Ayalon Freeway near Holon

Maybe its because I commuted on that freeway for six and a half years – and sat trapped in so many traffic jams while it was being built – but I found this combination strangely moving.

Guy Raivitz - Israel Independence Day, Rabin Square, Tel Aviv

Guy Raivitz - Israel Independence Day, Tel Aviv Municipality, Rabin Square

Guy has captured the craziness that engulfs the country on Yom Ha’atzmaut, when we tread a fine line between revelry and violence. The next day, the city lies quiet, covered by a layer of soot and shaving cream.

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