Amir Lavon street photographer
ABOUT ME
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"It's amazing how many secrets can be concealed in a simple walk. Hidden in the everyday, beauty appears for an instant as words whispered in the din of the noise of the city. Street photography is not only form, but delicate visual poetry. Its words are made of shadows, movements, looks and connections hinted by that geometric deception we call framing.
The street and its continuous transformation become the place where an observer can find beauty right before it manifests itself.
In my documentary work I'm especially interested in acts of political resistance, as well as the life on the streets and the way it can tell a story.
Street photographer based in Israel and I've been shooting Street Photography for more than 15 years. I always believed in Street Photography as a powerful tool for growth and one of the finest experiences in my life.
Being a Street Photographer is an attitude, is about living the moment, accepting failures. It's my personal Zen.
The gaze always turned toward what's about to happen, the street photographer is invisible yet present, teetering on the edge between too early and too late."
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a street photographer lives in Israel.38
Works on long-term projects, deals with visual research of street and street culture.
A classic street photographer in the full sense of the word, usually documenting people and stories of life and a human community.
Explores the sociology of the changing street and documents the changes and transformations that apply to it.
Combines street photography with social activism and instruction.
Defines myself as a social street photographer who tells a number of human street stories and focuses on people and the processes they undergo during their lives.
Dealing with the little man and the human life with their suffering and happiness.
The street is actually my definition as an urban person who tries to tell the story of the community in which he lives and works.
The street is actually the mirror of our lives as a society, as a culture and as individuals, and tells the story of our lives through pictures and text.
The street moves from violent protest in one moment to a human portrait at another, between suffering and happiness and between ordinary and stranger.
I always say that the way home is long when you are a street photographer.