Penthouse and Pavement

My second love after photographing people is photographing  buildings .

 Buildings have always been an inspiration.

I like looking at buildings and imagining  the different lives people lead in them.

I like the shapes they create in space :

40's Retro shoot for Maariv on the stairs of Independence Park , TLV

And the stories they tell :

Light bubble - fashion for 42 Degrees

Sometimes I see a building and it drives me to create a story I can photograph in it ,around it.

Like this building in Nveh Tzedek that was being renovated and reminded me of a famous photograph of Horst 

Which inspired us to create a photograph with dancers inspiration :

Dancers in Nveh Zedek - Hadashot magazine

We did not know then that this building site is going to turn into the Suzanne Dallal center for dance :)

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Or the Ankori school on Pinsker St. which has just been newly painted and reminded me of the stairs in Alice in Wonderland ,hence the hats,cards and bottles 

Fashion , Hadashot

This photograph was later chosen for an exhibition at the Tel Aviv Museum , and this is taken from the catalog :

One of my photographs from the exhibition A Temporary Documentation ,at the Tel Aviv museum

The catalog of the exhibition - A Temporary Documentation

Sometimes it works the other way around - I have an image in my head and I go looking for a suitable location .

Like in this coming photograph I did on the top of a high rising building overlooking other tall buildings 

Illustration for Extra magazine

My love for buildings is combined with my musical tastes : A great influence has always been Talking Heads' music 

Talking Heads often sing about cities ,buildings and homes... combined with my personal observations it  led me to create this photograph based on a falling down house in Ben Yehuda st. and a musician's life

Dana Friman for "AT" magazine

Another building , the IBM building ,inspired this photograph , which I secretly call - my Penthouse & Pavement period :)

It has  also appeared in a beautiful book dedicated to

Tel -Aviv : Hot City , edited by Ronit Shany

Fashion for Hadashot in the book Hot City

My very recent" building inspiration" led to creating a Templar style fashion shoot

I have been invited to see Sharona , a new building project 

And seing these photographs from the 18th century inspired me to create this fashion editorial for Shamenet 

Druze restaurant

After the shooting we went to eat in a Druze restaurant in Pqiin.
This is what the starters look like.
Doesn't it make you hungry?

Gamila from the Galilee

I went to visit Grandmother Gamila.

Gamila is a Drusie woman who inherited beauty secrets from her ancestors.
She started making soaps at home and now she has a big factory.

A modern Cinderella story

You can buy her soaps all over the world
And in her village Pqiin ,too.

Some covers I have shot

When I shoot for a major magazine I keep it clean and fresh.

Levantina valley

Levantina vally, originally uploaded by MIRI DAVIDOVITZ.

This is one of my favorite places in the world.

Pregnancy photography

Photographing a pregnant woman is a big challenge!
Many women don't feel so sure about their appearances ,yet they want to look fabulous.
In my opinion a pregnant woman looks the best naked.
So I always try to show as much flesh as possible.
In these photos I have portrayed the actress - Marina Shoyf.
Since it was for a magazine I dressed her up more than I normally would.

White Rock at Rosh Hanikra

One of the most impressive locations in Israel is the white rocks at Rosh -Hanikra.
It's right on the border between Israel and Lebanon and it has a visitor's center with a retro feel.
The train from Israel to Lebanon used to pass in a tunnel in the rock and I hope to shoot there too , soon.
The photos featured above were shot for Laisha ,with nature in mind .

The stylist of the story is Keren Naftaly

Oberson

This collection , for the celebrated Israeli fashion designer Gideon Oberson, was shot in my studio.
In order to add some panache to the window display I combined  one of the shots with a picture of the sunset I have photographed ,separately.

Grace Hats

I don't actually like hats ,but these are absolutly fabulous.
I shot them for a collection Anat Yaari is displaying in her lovely shops - Antithesis.

 The location is Michmoret beach.

The leading frame

This is the first ad for Antithesis.
We had such a big dilema - which frame will lead.
Is this too wintery for sunny Israel ,alought we liked it the most.
Finally it was chosen.

Ahava in Hungarian

My friend Efrat has just sent me these  pictures of my photos for Ahava displayed in Hungarian , from Budapest.
I'd love to see it in more languages , it's great!