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DOI :10.26650/TurkJHist.2019.18008   IUP :10.26650/TurkJHist.2019.18008    Full Text (PDF)

ACTIVE BLOCK: THE BLOCKING PRACTICE IN CONTEMPORARY ISRAELI FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY

Jochai Rosen

This article defines and discusses the blocking practice apparent in Israeli fine art photography of the last decade of the twentieth century and the first decade of the twenty-first century. The blocking practice is used in landscape photography and it is essentially realized when the photographer positions his main object in the center of the composition and so close to the picture plane in a way that blocks the viewer's field of vision and hides most of the other objects in the picture. The article presents it as an active and harsh practice and divides its embodiments in four: The first associated with Israeli building culture, the second with Israeli obsession with security measures, the third with segregation in the Israeli sphere and the last which is dubbed as "The Beautiful Block". The article clearly presents this practice as the most significant formative measure in contemporary Israeli photography which sets it apart from other currents in international landscape photography. Cite this article as: Rosen, Jochai, “Active Block: The Blocking Practice in Contemporary Israeli Fine Art Photography”, Turk J Hist, issue 69 (2019), p.195-219.
Keywords: Photography, Art, Israel, Landscape, Housing
DOI :10.26650/TurkJHist.2019.18008   IUP :10.26650/TurkJHist.2019.18008    Full Text (PDF)

AKTİF BLOK: ÇAĞDAŞ İSRAİL GÜZEL SANATLAR FOTOĞRAFÇILIĞI ENGELLEME UYGULAMASI

Jochai Rosen

Bu makale İsrail güzel sanatlar fotoğrafçılığında yirminci yüzyılın son on yılı ve yirmi birinci yüzyılın ilk on yılı arasında görülen engelleme uygulamasını tanımlamakta ve tartışmaktadır. Bu uygulama manzara fotoğrafçılığında kullanılır: Fotoğrafçı ana nesnesini kompozisyonun merkezine, resim düzlemine o kadar yakın yerleştirir ki izleyicinin görüş alanını engeller ve resimdeki diğer nesnelerin çoğunu saklar. Makale bunu aktif ve katı bir uygulama olarak sunmakta ve somut örneklerini dörde ayırmaktadır: İsrail inşaat geleneği, İsrail’in güvenlik önlemleri saplantısı, İsrail kültüründeki ayrımcılık ve “Güzel Engel” olarak adlandırılan teknik. Makale bu uygulamayı çağdaş İsrail fotoğrafçılığını diğer uluslararası manzara fotoğrafçılığı akımlarından ayıran önemli bir şekillendirici ilke olarak ele almaktadır. Cite this article as: Rosen, Jochai, “Active Block: The Blocking Practice in Contemporary Israeli Fine Art Photography”, Turk J Hist, issue 69 (2019), p.195-219.
Keywords: Fotoğrafçılık, sanat, İsrail, manzara, iskân

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Rosen, Jochai. “ACTIVE BLOCK: THE BLOCKING PRACTICE IN CONTEMPORARY ISRAELI FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY”. Turkish Journal of History 0/69 (Nov. 2024): 195-219. https://doi.org/10.26650/TurkJHist.2019.18008



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