About
Project
A New Eye on Israel 6
The 6th
Israel Festival of Art Photography by immigrant
photographers, “A New Eye on Israel 6 (2012)” will
open in August at the Gallery of the Association of
Journalists (Beit Sokolov) in Tel Aviv, with the
assistance of the Center for Immigrant Artists.
Amongst this year’s participating photographers are
immigrants from the USA, the U.K., Argentina,
Colombia , the Ukraine, Lithuania, Spain, Russia,
Austarlia, Moldova and Uzbekistan.
Observing the achievements of these photographers
over the last six years, we can be proud of the fact
that this project has realized its objective. These
talented photographers, selected by a jury and
exhibiting at festivals, proudly display Israeli
photography in countries overseas.
This
national project, which is unique in Israel, began
with the master-classes of
Leonid Padrul.
Upon conclusion of the master-classes, an exhibition
called “A
community beneath the palm trees,”
was held in the Yarkon Park. The festival has today
become an inseparable part of the Israeli cultural
scene. It has earned wide and comprehensive media
coverage and pictures chosen from the exhibitions
are to be found on show throughout Israel and
abroad.
The
photographers participating in the Festival show
Israel not only through the medium of differing
photographic techniques, but also from visual angles
that are peculiar to those photographers in their
capacity as immigrants from various countries around
the world. The Festival provides both veteran and
new photographers with the opportunity to exhibit
their work to the general public without having to
pay a fee and they are also given a catalogue that
reproduces their work, a benefit of inestimable
assistance in the promotion of their professional
work. The Festival is a non-profit venture intended
solely for the advancement of immigrant artists and
for the artistic documentation of the beauty of the
Land of Israel for the benefit of future
generations.
The
promoters of the Festival (A New Eye on Israel), are
the manager and curator of the project, the
photographer
Leonid Padrul,
the producer Ellina Kwitkowski and the art director
Yuliana Gorkorov, all of whom head the production
agency,
Kwitkowski Art.
We wish
to express our sincere thanks to the Ministry of
Immigrant Absorption, the Culture and Sport Ministry
and the Center for Immigrant Artists, for their
support in bringing this project to fruition over
the last six years.
