<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7237749039018381818</id><updated>2011-09-30T17:59:23.665+03:00</updated><category term='georgia o&apos;keeffe'/><category term='flowers'/><category term='fine art photography'/><category term='maleor'/><category term='caesarea'/><title type='text'>Fine Art Photography Blog of Dan Diamant</title><subtitle type='html'>I will share with you my thoughts about fine art photograpy.
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I will write about books I read, exhibitions I have saw, ideas I learnt. 
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I beleive that the best way to learn is trying to explain it to someone else. 
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Thank You for listening</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dandiamant.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7237749039018381818/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dandiamant.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Dan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05104945024127888218</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uMTSf1mcM6o/TRJbm78EtZI/AAAAAAAAAIk/GdXCFXkQ3uE/S220/Dan%2BDiamant%2B-%2BPortrait%2B-%2B2.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>10</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7237749039018381818.post-1052169924091856149</id><published>2011-07-04T22:26:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2011-07-04T22:26:37.495+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fine art photography'/><title type='text'>Festival D-Art at Tel Aviv, July 8-9, 2011</title><content type='html'>I am going to participate in&amp;nbsp;Festival D-Art at Tel Aviv, July 8-9, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.festival-d-art.com/"&gt;Site of Festival D-Art Tel Aviv&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7237749039018381818-1052169924091856149?l=dandiamant.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dandiamant.blogspot.com/feeds/1052169924091856149/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dandiamant.blogspot.com/2011/07/festival-d-art-at-tel-aviv-july-8-9.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7237749039018381818/posts/default/1052169924091856149'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7237749039018381818/posts/default/1052169924091856149'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dandiamant.blogspot.com/2011/07/festival-d-art-at-tel-aviv-july-8-9.html' title='Festival D-Art at Tel Aviv, July 8-9, 2011'/><author><name>Dan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05104945024127888218</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uMTSf1mcM6o/TRJbm78EtZI/AAAAAAAAAIk/GdXCFXkQ3uE/S220/Dan%2BDiamant%2B-%2BPortrait%2B-%2B2.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7237749039018381818.post-4989384427139705408</id><published>2011-01-14T18:16:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-01-14T18:16:43.459+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Photography of the month: Berlin 2009 by Moria Lahis</title><content type='html'>During my wandering in the infinite fields of the Internet I have met several photographers and their photographs that really impressed me. They were completely unknown to me and maybe to many of us. As I  continue my journey I will share my experiences. Every month &amp;nbsp;I am going to present here one photograph which I really appreciated.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Photography of the month: &lt;br /&gt;Berlin 2009 by Moria Lahis&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uMTSf1mcM6o/TTB17cMxglI/AAAAAAAAALE/tJ0Gdjpk-pA/s1600/berlin-20091.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="224" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uMTSf1mcM6o/TTB17cMxglI/AAAAAAAAALE/tJ0Gdjpk-pA/s320/berlin-20091.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We see a family photo, black and white. It has a &amp;nbsp;simple diagonal composition. It looks like a daguerreotype. The picture has a timeless spirit. Our sight is attracted to the eyes of the child. This sharp part is the centre of the picture though it is in the corner.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This picture reminds me the photographs of Julia Margaret Cameron. It has the same serenity and clear composition I like very much.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I like the multiple facets of this photograph. This is a charming picture. It is a family photo but also it is a piece of art. It is like a snapshot but perhaps it was staged. It looks old but it is actually modern. It conveys innocence and at the same time exhibits a small girl with a young man in the same bed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think that the special merit of this photo is blending two seemingly contradicting qualities: abstraction and intimity. The artist succeeded to express her ideas presenting a simple, beautiful and sincere image.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Artists Website:&lt;br /&gt;http://www.morialahis.com/&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7237749039018381818-4989384427139705408?l=dandiamant.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dandiamant.blogspot.com/feeds/4989384427139705408/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dandiamant.blogspot.com/2011/01/photography-of-month-berlin-2009-by.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7237749039018381818/posts/default/4989384427139705408'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7237749039018381818/posts/default/4989384427139705408'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dandiamant.blogspot.com/2011/01/photography-of-month-berlin-2009-by.html' title='Photography of the month: Berlin 2009 by Moria Lahis'/><author><name>Dan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05104945024127888218</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uMTSf1mcM6o/TRJbm78EtZI/AAAAAAAAAIk/GdXCFXkQ3uE/S220/Dan%2BDiamant%2B-%2BPortrait%2B-%2B2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uMTSf1mcM6o/TTB17cMxglI/AAAAAAAAALE/tJ0Gdjpk-pA/s72-c/berlin-20091.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7237749039018381818.post-544102191442353933</id><published>2011-01-01T19:46:00.008+02:00</published><updated>2011-01-01T19:57:18.573+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Pictures (a few minutes before) of  an Exhibition</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uMTSf1mcM6o/TR9pFZ79vHI/AAAAAAAAAKA/YTA7uNuC1AQ/s1600/ex-1_3215.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 250px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557276006781140082" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uMTSf1mcM6o/TR9pFZ79vHI/AAAAAAAAAKA/YTA7uNuC1AQ/s320/ex-1_3215.JPG" height="175" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uMTSf1mcM6o/TR9qhSxsKRI/AAAAAAAAAKg/8rJospvhwFI/s1600/ex-2_3231.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 236px; HEIGHT: 177px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557277585406961938" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uMTSf1mcM6o/TR9qhSxsKRI/AAAAAAAAAKg/8rJospvhwFI/s200/ex-2_3231.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uMTSf1mcM6o/TR9pF5EEiVI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/ZqrvFh_-17k/s1600/ex-3_3222.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557276015136639314" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uMTSf1mcM6o/TR9pF5EEiVI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/ZqrvFh_-17k/s320/ex-3_3222.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uMTSf1mcM6o/TR9pGP5QgCI/AAAAAAAAAKY/Zqfc_lZq3nM/s1600/ex-4_3223.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557276021265301538" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uMTSf1mcM6o/TR9pGP5QgCI/AAAAAAAAAKY/Zqfc_lZq3nM/s320/ex-4_3223.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7237749039018381818-544102191442353933?l=dandiamant.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dandiamant.blogspot.com/feeds/544102191442353933/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dandiamant.blogspot.com/2011/01/pictures-few-minutes-before-of.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7237749039018381818/posts/default/544102191442353933'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7237749039018381818/posts/default/544102191442353933'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dandiamant.blogspot.com/2011/01/pictures-few-minutes-before-of.html' title='Pictures (a few minutes before) of  an Exhibition'/><author><name>Dan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05104945024127888218</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uMTSf1mcM6o/TRJbm78EtZI/AAAAAAAAAIk/GdXCFXkQ3uE/S220/Dan%2BDiamant%2B-%2BPortrait%2B-%2B2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uMTSf1mcM6o/TR9pFZ79vHI/AAAAAAAAAKA/YTA7uNuC1AQ/s72-c/ex-1_3215.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7237749039018381818.post-121575839392537534</id><published>2010-12-25T20:02:00.009+02:00</published><updated>2011-01-08T17:54:39.133+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Flowers as an Allegory - a Tribute to Georgia O'Keeffe (Hebrew version)</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uMTSf1mcM6o/TRY05J52UXI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/AXNpfKHYd4w/s1600/2010-05-maleor16-version1-img_10902.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554685346923827570" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uMTSf1mcM6o/TRY05J52UXI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/AXNpfKHYd4w/s200/2010-05-maleor16-version1-img_10902.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; height: 134px; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span lang="HE" style="font-family: Narkisim;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;פרחים כמשל - מחוה לג'ורג'יה אוקיף&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="HE" style="font-family: Narkisim; font-size: 14pt;"&gt;תערוכה בגלרית מלאור קיסריה, פתיחה 01/01/2010 בשעה 11:00&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span lang="HE" style="font-family: Narkisim;"&gt;בדרך כלל אני מצלם ביוזמתי. אני הוגה איזה רעיון ראשוני ועובד עליו עד שגוף העבודה החדש מקבל את צורתו הסופית. תערוכה זו היא שונה, מין עבודה מוזמנת. הנושא היה נקבע&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;: פרחים כמשל - מחוה לג'ורג'יה אוקיף&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/b&gt; אני חייב להודות שלא ידעתי עליה הרבה, מלבד העובדה שהיא היתה אישתו&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="LTR"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="LTR"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="LTR" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';"&gt;&lt;span dir="LTR"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="LTR"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="RTL"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="RTL"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="HE" style="font-family: Narkisim;"&gt;&lt;span dir="RTL"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="RTL"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; השראתו ודוגמנית העירום של הצלם האמריקאי המוכר, אלפרד שטיגליץ.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span lang="HE" style="font-family: Narkisim;"&gt;בהמשך למדתי כמה עובדות בסיסיות על ג'ורג'יה אוקיף. היא חייה כמעט 99 שנים. היא נחשבת אחת הציירות הגדולות של אמריקה במאה ה-20. היא מפורסת בזכות ציוריה גדולי המימדים של פרחים ושל ציורי הנופים המדבריים שיצרה בעשורים שהתגוררה בניו-מקסיקו.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span lang="HE" style="font-family: Narkisim;"&gt;כמו תמיד, יש נקודה יהודית ונקודה הונגרית. בעלה והמנטור שלה, אלפרד שטיגליץ היה יהודי. סבא שלה מצד אמא, ג'ורג' טוטו היה ממוצא הונגרי, הוא עזב את הונגריה ב-1848 אחרי המרד הכושל נגד אוסטריה.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span lang="HE" style="font-family: Narkisim;"&gt;בשנת 1976 פירסמה ג'ורג'יה אוקיף ספר אוטוביוגרפי. הבנתי שאני מזדהה עם רעיונותיה האמנותיים. אספר כמה ממחשבותיי על התערוכה כעין תגובה &lt;i&gt;לאמירות שלה&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="HE" style="font-family: Narkisim;"&gt;"אני פשוט מציירת  מה שאני רואה"&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span lang="HE" style="font-family: Narkisim;"&gt;מה זה פרח? פרחים הם יפים, בצבע לבן ואדום, ורוד וסגול. ריחם עדין. אולם פרח הוא איבר רביה של הצמח. היופי שלו הוא מעין פירסום: תאהב אותי. קישוטי פרחים הם דבר נפוץ אך קצת משונה, הצצה לאינטימיות של הצמח.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="HE" style="font-family: Narkisim;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="HE" style="font-family: Narkisim;"&gt;"אף אחד לא רואה פרח באמת, זה כה קטן ולוקח זמן, אין לנו זמן, ולראות לוקח זמן, כמו שלהיות חבר לוקח זמן"&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span lang="HE" style="font-family: Narkisim;"&gt;אמנות הצילום ידועה על תכונתה 'לעצור את הזמן'. כך נוכל להסתכל מקרוב על דברים זעירים או על שינויים שקורים באיטיות. בימינו רעיון זה עוד פחות אופנתי כמו שזה היה בימי ג'ורג'יה אוקיף. הקולנוע, הטלוויזיה והוידאוקליפים החליפו את התמונה הסטטית. בפייסבוק אפשר להשיג אלפי חברים בקלות ההקלקה.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="HE" style="font-family: Narkisim;"&gt;"החלטתי שאם אצייר פרח בגודל ענק אז לא יהיה אפשרי להתעלם מיופיו."&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span lang="HE" style="font-family: Narkisim;"&gt;אני חושב שיש מקום לצילום יפה ושליו וגם כן ואמיתי. אכן, לוקח זמן להיכנס לעולמה של האמנות. אחד מאתגריו של האמן הוא לגרום לאנשים לעצור, להסתכל ולהרהר על יצירת האמנות.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="LTR"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="LTR"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="LTR" lang="HE" style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';"&gt;&lt;span dir="LTR"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="LTR"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="RTL"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="RTL"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="HE" style="font-family: Narkisim;"&gt;&lt;span dir="RTL"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="RTL"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; התחרות עבור תשומת הלב היא גדולה. החוויה עצמה של ההאטה וההכרה של משהו מקרוב, היא המתנה שהאמנות מעניקה לצופה.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="HE" style="font-family: Narkisim;"&gt;"לעתים קרובות ציירתי רק חלק מהנושא כי היה נדמה לי כי הם ביטאו את האמירה שלי כמו השלם ואפילו בצורה יותר טובה."&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span lang="HE" style="font-family: Narkisim;"&gt;כחברה בחוג האמנים סביב אלפרד שטיגליץ, ג'ורג'יה אוקיף היתה מושפעת מצלמים כמו אדוורד שטייכן, אדוורד ווסטון ואנסל אדמס שלהראות דברים קטנים בקנה מידה גדול או להתמקד בפרט יחודי של הנושא הם מאפיינים של אמנותם.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span lang="HE" style="font-family: Narkisim;"&gt;אני מנסה ללכת בעקבות גישה זאת בצילומים שבתערוכה. קיימות מאות מיליוני תמונות של פרחים, פשוטו כמשמעו. אני בספק אם יש צורך בעוד צילומים. אבל אולי יש צורך באמירות.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="HE" style="font-family: Narkisim;"&gt;"הייתי חייבת ליצור דבר שווה ערך של מה שהרגשתי כלפי מה שראיתי ולא להעתיק אותו."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="HE" style="font-family: Narkisim;"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span lang="HE" style="font-family: Narkisim;"&gt;בצילומים שלי אני מנסה להביע תכונות פנימיות של הפרחים, או יותר נכון, מה שאני מרגיש כלפיהם. פרחים הם מהונדסים היטב, פוקציונליים, עדינים וצבעוניים. הם רוצים להרשים. לפעמים יש להם פגמים וליכלוך, פצעים וצלקות. הם נלחמים עם היופי שלהם. פרחים הם זמניים, ברגע שהם מילאו תפקידם נובלים ונעלמים. אך בינתיים הם מתחלקים ביופים עם כל אחד שמוכן להסתכל מקרוב&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span lang="HE" style="font-family: Narkisim;"&gt;לסיום שני משפטים של ג'ורג'יה אוקיף שאין לי מה להוסיף רק להסכים:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="HE" style="font-family: Narkisim;"&gt;"ליצור את עולמך באמנות דורש אומץ"&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="HE" style="font-family: Narkisim;"&gt;"כל הישג שאתה מוכן להכריז עליו הוא שלך"&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7237749039018381818-121575839392537534?l=dandiamant.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dandiamant.blogspot.com/feeds/121575839392537534/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dandiamant.blogspot.com/2010/12/flowers-as-allegory-tribute-to-georgia_25.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7237749039018381818/posts/default/121575839392537534'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7237749039018381818/posts/default/121575839392537534'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dandiamant.blogspot.com/2010/12/flowers-as-allegory-tribute-to-georgia_25.html' title='Flowers as an Allegory - a Tribute to Georgia O&apos;Keeffe (Hebrew version)'/><author><name>Dan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05104945024127888218</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uMTSf1mcM6o/TRJbm78EtZI/AAAAAAAAAIk/GdXCFXkQ3uE/S220/Dan%2BDiamant%2B-%2BPortrait%2B-%2B2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uMTSf1mcM6o/TRY05J52UXI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/AXNpfKHYd4w/s72-c/2010-05-maleor16-version1-img_10902.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7237749039018381818.post-5056163916987830954</id><published>2010-12-22T22:15:00.018+02:00</published><updated>2011-01-08T17:55:17.082+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='georgia o&apos;keeffe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='caesarea'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='maleor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flowers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fine art photography'/><title type='text'>Flowers  as an Allegory - a Tribute to Georgia O'Keeffe</title><content type='html'>&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553608369021287218" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uMTSf1mcM6o/TRJhYykmezI/AAAAAAAAAJc/SJyjeIyxxCk/s200/2010-05-maleor18-version1-img_10897.jpg" style="cursor: hand; 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font-family: 'Palatino Linotype'; font-size: 14pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uMTSf1mcM6o/TRJhYX3zjbI/AAAAAAAAAJU/eH1-i-mUfNg/s1600/2010-05-maleor-21-version1-img_10983.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype';"&gt;Exhibition at Maleor  gallery at Caeserea &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype';"&gt;Opening Jan 1, 2011. 11am&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;I usually create photographs on my own initiative. I conceive some basic idea and then I work on it until a new body of work gets its final form. This exhibition is different; it is a kind of a commissioned work. The theme is: &lt;i&gt;Flowers as an Allegory -  a tribute to Georgia O'Keeffe.&lt;/i&gt; I admit that I knew hardly anything about her beside the fact that she was the wife, muse and nude model of the famous American photographer, Alfred Stieglitz.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;Then I learnt some basic facts about Georgia O'Keeffe. She lived for almost 99 years. She is considered one of the greatest painters of &lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;America&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt; in the 20t&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype';"&gt;h century. She is famous for her large scale flower paintings and&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype';"&gt; desert landscapes she created during the decades she lived in &lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;New Mexico&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;As always, there is both a Jewish and a Hungarian point. The husband and mentor of Georgia O'Keeffe, Alfred Stieglitz was Jewish. Her maternal grandfather, George Totto, was of Hungarian origin who left &lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;Hungary&lt;/st1:country-region&gt; after the failed revolt against &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;Austria&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; in 1848.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype';"&gt;In 1976 Georgia O'Keeffe published her autobiography. I realized that some of her artistic ideas &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype';"&gt; resonate with me. I offer my thoughts about this exhibition as a kind of response to some of &lt;i&gt;her statements&lt;/i&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;"I simply paint what I see."&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;What is a flower?  Flowers are beautiful, white and red, pink and violet. T&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;hey have delicate scents. However, a flower is actually a reproductive organ of a plant. Its beauty is a kind of advertisement: &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;Love&lt;/st1:city&gt; &lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;Me!&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; Flower decoration is routine but it is a bit odd too. Peeking into the intimacy of a plant.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype';"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype';"&gt;Nobody sees a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype';"&gt;flower&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="HU" style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype';"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype';"&gt; really, it is so small it takes time, we hav&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype';"&gt;en't time, and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype';"&gt;Photography is well-known for its special quality of 'stopping the time'. Thus we can have a closer look at small things or slow changes. This idea is even less in vogue today than in the days of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype';"&gt;Georgia O'Keeffe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype';"&gt;. The movie screen, television and video clips displace the static image.  On Facebook one can have thousands of friends at the ease of a click.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h4 style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype'; font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;"I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge sca&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype'; font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;le, you could not ignore its beauty."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;I believe that there is a place for photographs which are serene and fair but also true and sincere. Indeed, it takes time to get into the world of the art. One of the challenges of the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype';"&gt;artist is to cause people to stop, look and contemplate the artwork. The competition for the attention span is huge. But the very experience of slowing down and getting to know something really is the gift the art presents to the viewer.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;"I often painted fragments of things because it seemed to make my statement as well as or better than the whole could."&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;As a member of the artistic circle around Alfred Stieglitz, Georgia O'Keeffe &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype';"&gt;was influenced by photographers like Edward Steichen, Edward Weston and Ansel Adams. Showing small things in a large scale or concentrating on a peculiar detail of an object is one of the characteristics of their fine art photography. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype';"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype';"&gt;I tried to follow this concept in the photographs I have exhibited here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span lang="HU" style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype';"&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype';"&gt;The&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype';"&gt;re are literally hundreds of millions of flower photos, I doubt if there is a real need for some more. But maybe there is a need for statements.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;I had to create an equivalent for what I felt about what I was looking at- not copy it."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype';"&gt;In my photographs I try to express some inner &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype';"&gt;characteristics&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;of the flower, better said, what I feel or imagine about them. Flowers are well-engineered and functional, delicate and colorful. They want to impress. Sometimes they have defects and dirt, wounds and scars. They fight for their beauty. Flowers are evanescent, the moment they fulfill their role they wither a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype';"&gt;nd die. But in the meantime they share their beauty with anybody who is ready to look at them from close up.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype';"&gt;Finally two statements from &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype';"&gt;Georgia O'Keeffe, I cannot add anything, I completely agree with them.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype';"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;"To create one's world in any of the arts takes courage."&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;"You get whatever accomplishment you are willing to declare."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7237749039018381818-5056163916987830954?l=dandiamant.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dandiamant.blogspot.com/feeds/5056163916987830954/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dandiamant.blogspot.com/2010/12/flowers-as-allegory-tribute-to-georgia.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7237749039018381818/posts/default/5056163916987830954'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7237749039018381818/posts/default/5056163916987830954'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dandiamant.blogspot.com/2010/12/flowers-as-allegory-tribute-to-georgia.html' title='Flowers  as an Allegory - a Tribute to Georgia O&apos;Keeffe'/><author><name>Dan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05104945024127888218</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uMTSf1mcM6o/TRJbm78EtZI/AAAAAAAAAIk/GdXCFXkQ3uE/S220/Dan%2BDiamant%2B-%2BPortrait%2B-%2B2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uMTSf1mcM6o/TRJhYykmezI/AAAAAAAAAJc/SJyjeIyxxCk/s72-c/2010-05-maleor18-version1-img_10897.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7237749039018381818.post-411973905887262434</id><published>2010-01-09T11:42:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-01-09T11:49:02.931+02:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Exhibition at B.S.R. Towers, Ramat Gan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uMTSf1mcM6o/S0hQxZhuG_I/AAAAAAAAADU/HHTjOy0PHlk/s1600-h/flyer.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424674560763894770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 224px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uMTSf1mcM6o/S0hQxZhuG_I/AAAAAAAAADU/HHTjOy0PHlk/s320/flyer.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7237749039018381818-411973905887262434?l=dandiamant.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dandiamant.blogspot.com/feeds/411973905887262434/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dandiamant.blogspot.com/2010/01/exhibition-at-b.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7237749039018381818/posts/default/411973905887262434'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7237749039018381818/posts/default/411973905887262434'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dandiamant.blogspot.com/2010/01/exhibition-at-b.html' title=''/><author><name>Dan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05104945024127888218</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uMTSf1mcM6o/TRJbm78EtZI/AAAAAAAAAIk/GdXCFXkQ3uE/S220/Dan%2BDiamant%2B-%2BPortrait%2B-%2B2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uMTSf1mcM6o/S0hQxZhuG_I/AAAAAAAAADU/HHTjOy0PHlk/s72-c/flyer.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7237749039018381818.post-986580585778813267</id><published>2009-06-27T17:22:00.029+03:00</published><updated>2009-06-27T19:16:39.465+03:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Menachem Kahana: Charedim (The Ultra-Orthodox)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Exhibition at the Eretz Israel Museum, Tel-Aviv&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eretzmuseum.org.il/main/site/index.php3?page=294"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;http://www.eretzmuseum.org.il/main/site/index.php3?page=294&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This exhibition reminds me a book of the Hungarian photographer Tamás Féner (Corvina, 1984) on a very similar subject, Jewish customs and ceremonies in Hungary&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bookfinder.com/dir/i/---And_You_Shall_Tell_Your_Son-Jewish_Customs_and_Ceremonies_in_Hungary/9631318508/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;http://www.bookfinder.com/dir/i/---And_You_Shall_Tell_Your_Son-Jewish_Customs_and_Ceremonies_in_Hungary/9631318508/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352038104601606674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 290px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uMTSf1mcM6o/SkZCTMEiOhI/AAAAAAAAADA/-j1jiIlZB7Y/s320/bookcover.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;However, there are differences. The exhibition shows a living community, while the photos taken in Hungary some 25 years ago are sad and show a kind of vanishing world.&lt;br /&gt;Besides the fact that Menachem Kahana creates fine and real photographs some of them I consider as a masterpiece of art. Two examples:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uMTSf1mcM6o/SkY5yopTrLI/AAAAAAAAACw/VISkPr3VkMo/s1600-h/pic-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352038481257954418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uMTSf1mcM6o/SkZCpHOZ_HI/AAAAAAAAADI/jwwyrj_nYp0/s320/pic-1.jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; really like this image of a Tisch of Belz. A multiple of faces same but different. The contrast of the Rebe, sitting alone. The color of the red wine. The seriousness of those who serve the Rebe. And as the punctum, the face of a boy under the table. Great!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352033590749375346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 196px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uMTSf1mcM6o/SkY-McqTK3I/AAAAAAAAAC4/cj4936QmxVo/s320/pic-2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;I also really liked this picture of a bride waiting for the dance on her wedding. No physical touch but via a long black string, looks like an umbilical cord. It is a rare photo of showing a real moment which is special in itself and also having several symbolic aspects: loneliness, womanhood, constraints. Touching.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7237749039018381818-986580585778813267?l=dandiamant.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dandiamant.blogspot.com/feeds/986580585778813267/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dandiamant.blogspot.com/2009/06/menachem-kahana-charedim-ultra-orthodox.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7237749039018381818/posts/default/986580585778813267'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7237749039018381818/posts/default/986580585778813267'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dandiamant.blogspot.com/2009/06/menachem-kahana-charedim-ultra-orthodox.html' title=''/><author><name>Dan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05104945024127888218</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uMTSf1mcM6o/TRJbm78EtZI/AAAAAAAAAIk/GdXCFXkQ3uE/S220/Dan%2BDiamant%2B-%2BPortrait%2B-%2B2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uMTSf1mcM6o/SkZCTMEiOhI/AAAAAAAAADA/-j1jiIlZB7Y/s72-c/bookcover.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7237749039018381818.post-335765296632713876</id><published>2009-05-24T21:54:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2009-05-24T21:55:15.570+03:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uMTSf1mcM6o/ShmYA_1530I/AAAAAAAAACY/0aL6FL3_sWk/s1600-h/invite-1-EN.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339465976129380162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 226px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uMTSf1mcM6o/ShmYA_1530I/AAAAAAAAACY/0aL6FL3_sWk/s320/invite-1-EN.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7237749039018381818-335765296632713876?l=dandiamant.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dandiamant.blogspot.com/feeds/335765296632713876/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dandiamant.blogspot.com/2009/05/blog-post.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7237749039018381818/posts/default/335765296632713876'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7237749039018381818/posts/default/335765296632713876'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dandiamant.blogspot.com/2009/05/blog-post.html' title=''/><author><name>Dan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05104945024127888218</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uMTSf1mcM6o/TRJbm78EtZI/AAAAAAAAAIk/GdXCFXkQ3uE/S220/Dan%2BDiamant%2B-%2BPortrait%2B-%2B2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uMTSf1mcM6o/ShmYA_1530I/AAAAAAAAACY/0aL6FL3_sWk/s72-c/invite-1-EN.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7237749039018381818.post-6498935351045047343</id><published>2009-01-17T18:38:00.005+02:00</published><updated>2009-01-17T18:47:19.782+02:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>An article (in Hebrew) about my exhibition on the web page of the local community center 'MAKOM BALEV'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.makombalev.org.il/?CategoryID=278&amp;amp;ArticleID=478&amp;amp;Page=1"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;http://www.makombalev.org.il/?CategoryID=278&amp;amp;ArticleID=478&amp;amp;Page=1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;An article (in Hebrew) about my exhibition in a local newspaper 'Yediot Petach Tikva':&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292304193031789778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 403px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 278px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uMTSf1mcM6o/SXIKn6z4XNI/AAAAAAAAABg/JIjBBgLk01s/s320/exhibit-2009-jediot-petchtikva.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7237749039018381818-6498935351045047343?l=dandiamant.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dandiamant.blogspot.com/feeds/6498935351045047343/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dandiamant.blogspot.com/2009/01/article-in-hebrew-about-my-exhibition.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7237749039018381818/posts/default/6498935351045047343'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7237749039018381818/posts/default/6498935351045047343'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dandiamant.blogspot.com/2009/01/article-in-hebrew-about-my-exhibition.html' title=''/><author><name>Dan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05104945024127888218</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uMTSf1mcM6o/TRJbm78EtZI/AAAAAAAAAIk/GdXCFXkQ3uE/S220/Dan%2BDiamant%2B-%2BPortrait%2B-%2B2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uMTSf1mcM6o/SXIKn6z4XNI/AAAAAAAAABg/JIjBBgLk01s/s72-c/exhibit-2009-jediot-petchtikva.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7237749039018381818.post-1813731962009926770</id><published>2009-01-03T17:57:00.010+02:00</published><updated>2011-01-08T17:56:19.945+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Exhibition</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uMTSf1mcM6o/SV-QYlKcJEI/AAAAAAAAAA8/Sp5HW9FEkqg/s1600-h/invitation-2009-makombalev-EN-small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287103239523411010" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uMTSf1mcM6o/SV-QYlKcJEI/AAAAAAAAAA8/Sp5HW9FEkqg/s320/invitation-2009-makombalev-EN-small.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: right; height: 320px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 160px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I would like to tell you about my experience of having my solo photo exhibition.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The opening of my exhibition will be on Jan 15. It takes more effort than I thought first. I realized that there is a difference between taking pictures to yourself, showing pictures to your friends and presenting pictures in an exhibition.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Taking pictures is like seeing some nice girl, showing pictures is like dating, but an exhibition is like a marriage. It is a commitment.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You are invited&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uMTSf1mcM6o/SV-O5CbvokI/AAAAAAAAAAk/Ffz32KYmPK4/s1600-h/invitation-2009-makombalev-EN-small.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 0px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7237749039018381818-1813731962009926770?l=dandiamant.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dandiamant.blogspot.com/feeds/1813731962009926770/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dandiamant.blogspot.com/2009/01/first-time.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7237749039018381818/posts/default/1813731962009926770'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7237749039018381818/posts/default/1813731962009926770'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dandiamant.blogspot.com/2009/01/first-time.html' title='Exhibition'/><author><name>Dan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05104945024127888218</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uMTSf1mcM6o/TRJbm78EtZI/AAAAAAAAAIk/GdXCFXkQ3uE/S220/Dan%2BDiamant%2B-%2BPortrait%2B-%2B2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uMTSf1mcM6o/SV-QYlKcJEI/AAAAAAAAAA8/Sp5HW9FEkqg/s72-c/invitation-2009-makombalev-EN-small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
