Abstract

A photographic exhibition is always challenging; nowadays everyone has a camera and uses it to take pictures – souvenirs or family photos.
In creating a photographic exhibition, however, one must relate to the camera as a tool which creates art.  As in the plastic arts, photography also has a concept, expression and statements in forms, which may be either social or aesthetic and work together using tools to create art.  The photographer-artist observes and gives meaning to the reality that constructs the picture.  A good photo is not merely freezing the moment but also giving meaning to the moment, providing additional content to the picture.

Yitzchak Cohen Or does not make use of technological advances in the world of photography today and in the possibilities of technical intervention in photography.  He catches the pictures in their genuine prime.  The photo is clean, without changing the essence of the picture, thus creating a statement for the reality of the observer.    The technique of direct photography has a long history within the world of photography, and Yitzchak Cohen Or uses it with great success.

The exhibition was photographed in China but its power lies in the presentation of man wherever he is.  In this exhibition there is no emphasis on the exotic elements of tourism, but an attempt to understand man in his own environment.

Roni Rechev, Curator.
Ruti Kalimi, Gallery Director.