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The Work A Life of Noticing Prints Talks Commissions Contact

The Work A Life of Noticing Prints Talks Commissions Contact Manifesto

The Work

Every photograph begins long before I press the shutter.

Black-and-white photograph: A man leaps on a slackline between palm trees at sunset, in silhouette, while people watch below

Black-and-white photograph: A man with a rolling bag waits on a subway platform, framed between dark pillars at Columbus Circle

Black-and-white photograph: Silhouettes of people playing with rackets and balls on a beach at sunset

Black-and-white photograph: A white swan on dark water, its wings raised in the shape of a heart

Black-and-white photograph: An empty bench facing a lake under heavy clouds, with fallen leaves on the ground

Black-and-white photograph: Soft reflections of tree trunks in still water, with light at the center

Black-and-white photograph: Light falls across the floor and walls of a narrow sandstone canyon

Black-and-white photograph: Light and shadow on rippling dark water

Black-and-white photograph: The sun just above a dark hill, its light reflected on rippling water

Black-and-white photograph: A blurred seagull in flight against a cloudy sky, beside a dark building

Black-and-white photograph: A single leaf held up in front of a stormy lake and mountains

Black-and-white photograph: A horizontal blur of motion in bands of grey, white and black

© 2026 Shai AshkenaziSet in Newsreader and Hanken Grotesk.

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