Foto Friday – Israel Hadari’s Best & Brightest
Filed under: Art, Business, coexistence, education, Foto Friday, General, History and Culture, Israeliness, Life, Politics, Profiles, Science, Technology
Israel Hadari is a 25-year veteran of Israeli photojournalism who has covered Israel’s private, public and government sectors, as well as the business and finance community.
He’s worked with visiting business, cultural and political leaders such as Bill and Hillary Clinton, Sir Paul McCartney, Steve Ballmer and many others, and served as the official campaign photographer for the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and for former Prime Minister and current Defense Minister Ehud Barak.
Following visitors also gives Hadari the chance to see cutting edge tech close up, like this delegation from Africa visiting the seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant at Palmachim.
Among Hadari’s corporate clients: the local branches of multinationals such as Intel, IBM, Google as well as leading Israeli high-tech companies, photographing official portraits and corporate events. This also affords him the opportunity to capture images of corporate social responsibility (CSR); those moments when big business puts the community at the forefront.
Intel was one of the first companies in Israel to implement and encourage socially responsible activities, such as running educational programs for outstanding high-schoolers. It consistently ranks high on the MAALA Index, the local organization promoting CSR.
Hadari snapped this image of a group of Arab and Jewish teens visiting the Intel plant in Kiryat Gat.
Fuel company Dor Alon is also involved in sponsoring educational activities, including the Philharmonic Orchestra Scholarship Fund which grants scholarships to musically gifted children from low-income areas. One sunny day, Hadari was invited to photograph their bike race to promote green energy.
And sometimes, his work is a chance to photograph the local tech community celebrate its success, like fire-dancing at the Deloitte Fast 50 Israel.
More of Hadari’s work, including some rare candids of Yitzhak Rabin and many others, can be found on his website and Facebook page.
Foto Friday – Israel Weathering the Storms
Filed under: Environment, Foto Friday, General, Life, Picture of the Week, Travel
Israel has quite a lot of weather these days – which is pretty amazing considering that only less than a generation ago, we had no weather at all.
Photo by Zohar Shachar
More accurately put, we had no weather report. Before the advent of Channel 2 and cute-as-a-button weatherman Dani Rupp, each evening we were treated to the following day’s temperatures, but were given no indication as to where the winds were blowing in from. There were no maps, no Arab countries to blame for making sandstorms or Russians and Europeans to accuse for sending in cold fronts. Not like today, when any Israeli can access a weather satellite view online — or just watch the evening news — and be treated to sights like this one. Here’s what the weather is like today… and it’s not getting any better. Look at what’s sweeping in from Europe. Thanks a whole lot, Europe!
Source: Sat24.com
Today, Israel’s amateur weather buffs (like Jessica’s niece) brave rain, thunder, lightening, hurricanes and flash floods — all in the hope of getting a snap of that perfect storm…
Photo by Prof. Haim Kutiel
They then upload them to sites like IsraelWeather.co.il, run by forecaster Boaz Dayan. The site has shots of unusual weather phenomena, like this squared-off lightening bolt…
Photo by The Chessmaster
…and this water spout.
Photo by Noam Halfon, Nahariya.
It’s worth checking out, especially as Israel is finally getting a good watering. Now we can look forward to a bright green spring.
Photo by Revital BA, Kiryat Shemona
Foto Friday – Pearls of Music at Azrieli contest
Filed under: Foto Friday, General, History and Culture, Pop Culture
With so many top-flight orchestras and musicians, Israeli is a feast for lovers of classical music and folklore That population is well-served by Pninei HaMuzika or Pearls of Music, a non-profit organization dedicated to showcasing Israeli and international artists – in variety of musical styles: baroque, classical music, liturgical music, jazz, Klezmer, Irish, Balkan, gypsy, country and other folk music, flamenco, as well as children plays — through festivals and concert series. Pearls of Music selects unique venues, from Jerusalem’s Ticho House, churches, monasteries, and caves, to, in this case, the stark modernity of the Azrieli Center, which will serve as the backdrop for a unique photo competition.
The contest, which was just announced this week, offers music loving photographers the opportunity to participate in a competition that combines music with the urban landscape of the Azrieli Center Amphitheater, an open-air venue located on the third floor rooftop of the Azrieli Mall, at the base of the Center’s towers.
This year, the Amphitheater will host a series of festive summer concerts, presented by Pearls of Music, kicking off on June 11 with Celtic Fire, a celebration Irish music and dance – yes, that’s them looking like Riverdance — followed on June 20 by the Latino-Argentino Ensemble featuring Natan Formansky who, together with Israeli tenor Yotam Kohen, will perform Latin American songs on acoustic guitars and and exotic instruments. 
“Brazilian Carnival” an evening of Samba, Salsa, Bosa Nova, Lambada and Capoeira, happens on July 4; an evening of Viennese dance music – from the waltz to the polka – with harp, flute and orchestra on July 24; Israeli folklore on August 13; Jazz, Blues & Swing on August 29; and others to be announced. The series of concerts runs from June 11 to September 25, and tickets can be ordered via the Pearls of Music website.
Now, as to the competition. Check out this trippy pic. Clearly there is plenty of room for improvement and I guess Photoshopping is allowed!
It is sponsored by the Geographical Photography College, Azrieli Malls and Pearls of Music. Participating photographers will be allowed to enter eight of the 11 concerts, with entry limited to six photographers per performance, to take pictures before during and after the show. (Two photographers per performance will be GPC students). Photos will be judged for quality and originality, as well as fidelity to the competition theme “Pearls of Music at Azrieli”. The winning photos will go on display in October at the Azrieli Center gallery. Winners will receive a free subscription to the 2010 Pearls of Music summer concert series, and runners up will receive a course in photography at the GPC.
Interested photographers should contact Giora Shalmi of the Geographical Photography College at: giora@gpc.co.il.
CREDITS: The top two photographs come courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. The latter two are courtesy of Pearls of Music.
Nostalgia Sunday – Mekorot’s water portfolio
Filed under: Environment, General, History and Culture, Nostalgia Sunday
To celebrate Tel Aviv’s Centennial anniversary, Mekorot, Israel’s national water company, has dug into its photo archive and released images from the construction of the Tel Aviv water pipeline project. Check out the kovaei tembel, the soft cloth hats that once symbolized the Israeli pioneer worker.
These images are from 1963. The original Western Pipeline – Yarkon-Negev Plant pipeline was completed in 1955 but as Tel Aviv’s population grew, along with demand for water, it was decided to add the additional Dan pipeline to boost the water supply. The project was completed in the mid-60s.
Today, Mekorot is considered one of the world’s most technologically advanced water companies and a world leader in desalination, water reclamation, water project engineering, water safety, water security and water quality. Its all-important task is formulating and implementing the country’s national water policy.
Over the past 12 months, Mekorot has embarked on a number of major projects, including the construction of a fifth pipeline to Jerusalem…
…construction of the desalination facility in Ashdod with a capacity of 100 million cubic meters a year and linking of the desalination facilities along the coastline — such as the world’s largest such plant at Ashkelon, pictured here — with the national water system…
…plus other projects aimed at increasing the supply of water, for example, cloud seeding in the winter months. Mekorot has engaged in “rain-enhancement” for over 45 years and has managed to increase the annual rainfall in the Sea of Galilee catchment by 13%-18%.
Mekorot facilities have visitors centers with guided tours. As for the archive, it isn’t presently online but give them time. And, given their technological edge, it will be amazing to think of what pictures Mekorot will release when Tel Aviv’s 200th rolls along.
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