Yiftachbelsky

Work / Photography

Yiftach Belsky

Words by Jez Burrows, Tuesday 18 December 2007

Yiftach has a fascinating collection of intensely poignant and personal photography, focusing mainly on the path to manhood in Israeli culture. This extract is from a set of photos taken in Romania, Belsky adding ‘I felt a silence waiting every where I went.’

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