Foto Friday – Danny Yanai’s Israeli Walls
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Israel is all about walls. Read the daily news headlines and you’ll come to believe that all Israeli walls are either Western or Separation. But Israel has other walls, more modest and colorful, less emotionally charged and politically burdensome. It’s these sorts of walls that photographer Danny Yanai has collected into into an online gallery entitled “Mainly Walls”.
Wall – Neve Tzedek Photo by Danny Yanai Israelpics.com
Yanai looks at walls both close up…
Lock – Peki’in Photo by Danny Yanai Israelpics.com
And at arm’s length…
Wall – Tel Aviv Photo by Danny Yanai Israelpics.com
There are walls that depict a slice of life…
Wall – Tel Aviv Mural by Rami Meiri. Photo by Danny Yanai Israelpics.com
A city’s extreme energy…
Wall – Tel Aviv Photo by Danny Yanai Israelpics.com
It’s history…
Wall – Tel Aviv Photo by Danny Yanai Israelpics.com
Even it’s seamier side… or as Yanai puts it: “Shit happens”.
Wall – Tel Aviv Photo by Danny Yanai Israelpics.com
Danny Yanai specializes in documentary and geographical photography. His work is on display at the HP Israel offices in Raanana, and he has exhibited in both solo and group shows. Yanai has an extensive online gallery on a range of subjects, most recently the Kumbh-Mela festival in India. But perhaps the most moving series — and the most heartbreaking — is Baby Sivan Fighting For Life that documents the short life of his daughter who died of cancer last year. Sivan was treated at Hadassah Medical Center’s Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation And Cancer Immunotherapy and donations in her memory are gratefully acknowledged by the family.
Foto Friday – The Israel Photography Exhibition
Filed under: Art, Foto Friday, General, History and Culture, Pop Culture
POV, a retrospective of new works by Israel’s leading photographers/curators took place this past week at Tel Aviv’s newest landmark, the refurbished old train station structure in Neve Tzedek (pictured left). For those who missed the show (and that includes your humble scribe), POV has provided video portfolios for the group, as well as individual photographers. A portion of these works are presented in this Foto Friday column, with more to follow. Enjoy! And for those who can’t wait, visit the POV website and YouTube channel.
Show Portfolio
Moshe Shay
Yuval Tebol
David Perlov
Tel Aviv is the new Miami
The Tel Aviv municipality has launched several information points for tourists – except you might have a tiny bit of a problem locating them since they are mobile!
Our friends at Green Prophet report:
The unique, colorful Segways can be found on the streets of Tel Aviv seven days a week from 13:00 – 19:00, particularly in areas of concentrated tourist traffic such as the Tel Aviv Port, the boardwalk or tayelet along the seashore, Jaffa, the Neveh Tzedek neighborhood and Rothschild Boulevard. The stewards on the Segways offer tourists general information and details about events and special happenings in the city, and distribute maps, flyers and promotional material that will help the tourist make the most out of his time in the city.
It seems like Tel Aviv has finally warmed up to the huge potential the city has a tourist destination and the potential revenue that such a destination can bring. The Association for Tourism Tel-Aviv-Jaffa has also recently launched a new website promoting tourism to Tel Aviv (though the video on launch is a huge web design no-no). The site features events, nightlife, restaurants, free walking tours, bus tours and of course Tel Aviv’s incredible and accessible beaches.
Hoki pokey
Perched on the couch in her eclectic Neve Zedek apartment in Tel Aviv, designer Shlomit Slavin is a whirlwind of energy as she describes her transition from advertising executive to rubber sandal designer. Partnered and mother of two, Slavin was on one of her regular bike rides around the Big Orange when she spotted a pair of old-fashioned, navy blue rubber slides in a dusty Tel Aviv store.
Struck by the simplicity and comfort of the crisscross design, she tracked down the original manufacturers who were happy to hand over the molds to Slavin, who began reproducing them in bold hues of red, white, yellow, purple and silver. Several months later, she was showing them at European and American shoe shows, and had orders from stores in France, Japan, Canada and across the U.S.
“These were sandals that were worn by old people, housekeepers, and religious women when they went to the mikvah (ritual bath),” says Slavin, a self-described lover and setter of style. “I had an older lady from Petach Tikva call me to complain that she’s been buying these for 40 years and now the price has gone up. So now I give a 50% discount to people who’ve been wearing them for years.”
Called the Hoki, which means street broom in Japanese — a nod to this simple slipper’s modest origins — Slavin is now transitioning to Hoki-like gladiator sandals and a selection of boots for the winter. But don’t compare them to Crocs; these flip-flops are comfortable, but hip. And Israeli-created and produced.
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