Middle Eastern Promises
Traveling in the Holy Land – Through the Stereoscope
by Alon Koppel
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About the Book
This project began after I happened upon some historic stereoscopic photographs of Palestine, taken circa 1900. After experimenting with juxtaposing some of my own photographs from the region with the old stereoscopic images and being intrigued with the results, I decided to pursue this idea more deeply and purchased a larger set of images that also included a reference book with text about each photograph along with a map indicating the location where the photograph was taken. Fascinated by this map, which looks like an old treasure-hunt map with its numbered spots and dotted path lines, I began to want to retrace its steps and see for myself the view today where those photographs were taken over 100 years ago. That is when I decided to take a new “updated” photo from as close to the same angle at the same location as humanly possible and juxtapose it with the original stereoscopic image, and thus began this project. I traveled to Israel and the Occupied Territories with the goal of revisiting those places with my 4” x 5” view camera. The resulting cards feature a new photo on the left, with the original image on the right. When viewing the modified stereoscope card via a proper viewer the resulting 3D image can look chaotic, or disintegrated – a metaphor of the state of things in the middle east.
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Features & Details
- Primary Category: Arts & Photography Books
- Additional Categories Fine Art Photography, History
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Project Option: Standard Portrait, 8×10 in, 20×25 cm
# of Pages: 60 - Publish Date: Jul 15, 2019
- Language English
- Keywords photo, history, Palestine, Israel, Stereoscope
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