Tag: Natan Dvir

Natan Dvir is a photographer who is able to navigate all aspects of the human experience, from documentary work captured in other parts of the world, to projects on climate change close to home. His latest two projects are wonderful observational studies of how the built environment and human beings interact, both are well-seen tableaux of the urban every day. His well-celebrated series, Coming Soon, looked at how massive advertisements in New York City set the stage for interesting juxtapositions.

In his series “Eighteen,” Jewish Israeli photographer Natan Dvir attempts to bridge that gap by taking portraits of Arab Israelis from a range of geographic, religious, and socio-economic backgrounds during that crucial year. His goal, he said, was to challenge “the widespread misconceptions and stereotypes of the people within my own country who I was brought up to consider more as foes rather than as allies.”

Has consumerism grown into a new religion where large images of ideal models are actually the idols being worshiped? I wish to examine the relationship between the imposed alternative reality and the people that pass through it.