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 In Hebrew Lit. class we read some poems by famous Israeli poets. One of the most famous Israeli poets was a woman called Lea Goldberg. She wrote a lot of amazing poems, a lot for children, and most of them with very deep meanings and messages. This photo is from a series of photos I have made based on her poem called 'The Lost Son'. If you would read the poem, you would get a very dark and foreboding feeling from the first verse, as the son who left his home and his family a couple of years before-hand decides to go back and all of the road signs are 'asking' him: "are you sure it's the right decision?" That is why they are all in black&white. In the first series there are four paragraphs that describe the journey and the dilemma of the son. Each photo from this series is based on one paragraph from the first verse of the poem. In each paragraph a different road sign is talking to him. Thus, I gave color and emphasis to each road sign. In the series, Daniel Gilenson is starring as my 'lost son'.

This picture is my least favorite out of the series, but it still represents the poem well. Again, I gave the photo a dark feeling, and made the son look like he is struggling in his decision and his journey. In this paragraph, the 'milestones' did not recognize the son and are standing out defensively when he walks by. As you can see, both the tree and the flowers are standing up straight, ready to 'attack' the son.

The translation of this paragraph is:

And the milestones stood up
Not recognizing the stranger.
And the milestones stood up as thistles.

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In Hebrew Lit. class we read some poems by famous Israeli poets. One of the most famous Israeli poets was a woman called Lea Goldberg. She wrote a lot of amazing poems, a lot for children, and most of them with very deep meanings and messages. This photo is from a series of photos I have made based on her poem called 'The Lost Son'. If you would read the poem, you would get a very dark and foreboding feeling from the first verse, as the son who left his home and his family a couple of years before-hand decides to go back and all of the road signs are 'asking' him: "are you sure it's the right decision?" That is why they are all in black&white. In the first series there are four paragraphs that describe the journey and the dilemma of the son. Each photo from this series is based on one paragraph from the first verse of the poem. In each paragraph a different road sign is talking to him. Thus, I gave color and emphasis to each road sign. In the series, Daniel Gilenson is starring as my 'lost son'.

Again, in this picture I used black&white and decreased the brightness in some places, using curves and levels, in order to create a dark feeling. Here, the bush is telling the son that his stature is bent and down, as the son look sin the picture, and asks him how will he get like that without falling. I used color balance to give the bush a red color. 

The translation of this paragraph is:

And on the way the bush told him:
Your stature is very bent.
How will you - said the bush -
How will you go without tripping?

Lost Son- Page 1

In Hebrew Lit. class we read some poems by famous Israeli poets. One of the most famous Israeli poets was a woman called Lea Goldberg. She wrote a lot of amazing poems, a lot for children, and most of them with very deep meanings and messages. This photo is from a series of photos I have made based on her poem called 'The Lost Son'. If you would read the poem, you would get a very dark and foreboding feeling from the first verse, as the son who left his home and his family a couple of years before-hand decides to go back and all of the road signs are 'asking' him: "are you sure it's the right decision?" That is why they are all in black&white. In the first series there are four paragraphs that describe the journey and the dilemma of the son. Each photo from this series is based on one paragraph from the first verse of the poem. In each paragraph a different road sign is talking to him. Thus, I gave color and emphasis to each road sign. In the series, Daniel Gilenson is starring as my 'lost son'.

I took this picture in school, behind the Middle School lockers. Actually, it was a very bright day, but I made it black&white and decreased the brightness to make it look like a very dark day. In this paragraph of the verse the stone is telling the son that he looks very heavy and asks him if he is really going to go back home. So I put color to the stone, to emphasize that it is an important part of the picture. Using curves, I also made the right side(the side he is walking towards) darker than the left size to show that he is walking into a dark place.

The translation of this paragraph is:

And on the way the stone told him:
Your steps are so heavy.
Are you - said the stone -
Are you really going back to your forgotten home?

I took this photo in the Baha'i gardens in Akko. I love the composition of this photo and how the architecture really stands out. I also love the shadows on each set of stairs.

The power of a battleship

I chose to upload these two images because they represent the power of a battleship. It's called "Patiño" and it is a Spanish battleship that visited Haifa port a month ago. The sailors were sailing all over the Mediterranean sea for months. 

The first picture is a front view of one side of the battleship. I liked this angle because it perfectly shows every element and it has a nice contrast with the sky. While the sky has a strong blue tone the battleship creates a good contrast with it's rusty but strong grey tone.

The second picture shows an angle of one the highest towers in the battleship. I took a picture of it from there because I wanted to reflect how big it was. It was tremendous. I like this picture because it reminds me of warfare movies with dark tones. This battleship in my opinion reflects a lot of power and strength. 

Inside the piano

This is a picture of the felt-covered hammers that hit the strings attached to the frame while we press the keys of the piano. I thought it would have been interesting to capture the movement of these hammers so I slowed down the shutter speed and since it is inside the piano case I opened the aperture. I like this picture because it is a different part of the piano that is normally unknown since the case is closed most of the time. Also it gives me a little sense of "time passing by" and reminiscence with the black and white and the movement of the hammers.

Melanie

I absolutely love the contrast between the light on Melanie compared to the rest of the gym. The vantage point this picture was taken from also adds to the picture, as well as augmenting her height. The scenery around her act as lines pointing towards her as well as adding more vibrance to the picture.