First of all, let me just thank you all fot the massive support and comments I got on my last journal About freedom of speech and ethics. I recieved almost 600 comments to date. All the different views, sides, arguments just painted the jornal pages with the colours of the world. We are so different, but still, the basic desire for respect and equale society is heart warming. This journal is a proof, if one was needed, that we are a wonderful community, wonderful people and atrists.
I am proud to be a part of this community.
Thank you.
A Different Look At Israel
I would like to use this journal to tell you about a little project I've been doing.
It all started one day, when I got to my e-mail two power point shows with "The Best Pictures You Will Ever See" bla bla bla... you probably know the kind that goes all through the web. I was very surprised to open them and find a few of my works inside.
No credit to me, no nothing.
Now, it's a compliment and all, but if nobody knows it's me, what's the point?
So I decided to make a power point of my own. I wanted it to be conceptual, with an added value for the user, and not just a collection of photos. Because I do most of my photographic work in Israel, where I live, I thought that this could be a fresh and good idea to make the power point show about Israel, but from my point of view, A different point of view.
So, I made a presentation of Israel photographs I took, from the north to the west, with the elements that appear in my work. I didn't add any IR shots, since they alter the reality to much to even recognize the place they were taken in, and I tried to add as little vertical shots as I could, since It doesn't really fit the presentation format.
You probably know a lot of the work there. Pieces like:
You can see the full presentation "A Different look at Israel" here --> www.3max.co.il/Gilad/Presentat…
I've sent this presentation to 40 of my friends on my mailing list.
Personal friends, friends at work, photographers I know.
It took something like 2 days before the response from people I never heard of began. The response was unbelievable. I got about 20 e-mails a day with comments about this presentation, just from adding my mail into the presentation. I was overwhelmed. I mean, I've seen presentations before, but I never thought of writing the author an e-mail.
I did the presentation, and sent it 6 months ago, and I got over a 1000 e-mail to date. Some were very supportive and nice, and some had even job proposals.
I was invited to do show my work in Toronto, London and it's in the process. I was ordered prints, and even sold mega-prints for an office building in Israel that decorated the office, based on my work.
I got messages from all around the world, fowm former Israeli that got homesick, and from people that simply enjoyed the photographs and wanted to visit Israel.
So, Two weeks ago I made another presentation. Another part to "A different look at Israel". I used more current work, with more landscapes. Like:
You can see the full presentation "A Different look at Israel / part 2" here --> www.3max.co.il/Gilad/Presentat…
This time I sent it to over 500 people, that asked me to send them more, after they saw the first one. The response is amazing. In two weeks I got over a 1000 e-mails. It's hard to even imagine how many see this, that a 1000 people actually respond. I get feedback from all around the world, and I feel like I'm spreading Israel throughout the world through my eyes.
I have a lot more of my work to share, and the huge response and support is showing me that there are many that want to see it. That appreciate my work, and also want to see Israel, in the way I see it.
BTW
If you want me to send you future presentations, simply mail me to giladbenari@walla.com and write: "add me to your mailing list" and I will
If you want an easy to share page of the presentations, there is one here --> www.3max.co.il/Gilad/minisite.…
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Keep supporting!
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1. Art is all about expression
2. About Photography, and Israel too
3. DA Thoughts
4. Infra Red
5. Let me shed some Light
6. All the Info you can probably get on me – The BTL with G
7. Listen to "One Day"
8. About freedom of speech and ethics
If you didn't hear about the wonderful project of ArtistsForCharity now its the time! go, share, and help.
These are five prints of my work, I gave to the project so far:
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Yours, G
