Intimate Strangers
Kobi Israel
Strange and yet strangely intimate - Kobi Israel's men allow you a free view into their inner selves. The trust they put in the photographer reflects their longing and curiosity to discover themselves and fight for their own place in a world grown strange. Kobi Israel tells his stories in warm images full of emotions: shots full of sadness, longing, desire, joy, and a lust for life. Through the look in the eyes of these strange men the viewer discovers his own strangeness and comes closer to his own longing to find himself.
Kobi Israel was born in Israel in 1970. He studied photography & film in Israel and New York. His first book of photos ' Views' brought him fame worldwide and was so successful that he was nominated as one of the hundred most influential gays around the world in the year 2004 by OUT magazine (USA).
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Author
Kobi Israel
Born in 1970 in a suburb of Tel-Aviv, Kobi Israel began his exploration of photography in 1994 when he was a flight attendant. His camera always with him, he immortalized his experiences around the world, as can be seen in his early works. In 1996, he studied cinematography at the New York Film Academy. He then returned to Tel-Aviv for a five-year program in Cinematography and Still Photography. In 2002 after a brief stint in Madrid, Kobi settled in London, where he started working on a series of photography and mixed-media bodies of work exploring the multiple layers of human identity and the quest for self-definition. Kobi's work has received worldwide critical acclaim and recognition from a number of prestigious publications and awards.