NEWS
Thursday Oct 15, 2015 at 8:30 PM I will be having an artist talk (in Hebrew) and book signing at the Art Cube Artists’ Studios in Jerusalem as part of ‘Manofim’: Jerusalem Contemporary Art Festival
“Legitimacy of Landscape” Book Published
First copy’s arrived …! looking great!
Many thanks to all the people involved in the making at The PhotoBook Museum: Markus Schaden for an amazing collaboration! Wolfgang Zurborn, Frederic Lezmi, Linn Phyllis Seeger, Thekla Ehling, Nina Poppe, Thomas Bregulla and Richard Reisen and his team at Verlag Kettler. not to forget Ori Sade and his team at HC Editions for the last 8 months of scanning and preparing the images for the book / Exhibition
‘THE QUEST FOR THE MAN ON THE WHITE DONKEY’ on show at The Peeler Art Center
September 3 – November 26, 2015
Many thanks to Mark Sloan the Director & Chief Curator at The Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at the College of Charleston who curated the first exhibition of this body of work in US and initiated this traveling exhibition.
Group Exhibition | ‘In Tandem’
My Wife Maya and I will be participating in a group show about couples who are artists / Curated by Avital Naor Wexler /Opening Thursday Sep10th 20:30 at Hansen house in Jerusalem
The making of ‘Legitimacy of Landscape’
Many thanks to Frederic Lezmi for his enthusiasm and help in finalizing the design of the upcoming book with The Photobook Museum / VERLAG KETTLER
I’ve started a new facebook page: “Legitimacy of a Landscape”
interested on being updated about the project / upcoming book
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Yaakov-Israel/505451816279691
Solo Exhibition | Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art
‘The Quest for the Man on the White Donkey’ on show at The Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art
Curated by Director & Senior Curator Mark Sloan
Essay by Mark Long
OPENING RECEPTION: Fri, Aug 22, 6:30 – 8PM
ARTIST TALK AND RECEPTION WITH YAAKOV ISRAEL: Tues, Sept 9, 7PM
Archivo Magazine
‘The Quest for the Man on the White Donkey’ featured in Archivo Foto issue no. 9
Group Exhibition | Photoireland Festival
“The Quest for the Man on the White Donkey” will be part of the main exhibition “Truths, Facts, Fictions, Lies” Photoireland 2014 Festival opening on the 3rd of July.
Interview | Vogue Italia
Interviewed by Alessia Glaviano for Vogue Italia about “The Quest for the Man on the White Donkey”
Interview | Photo Schools Blog & Urbanautica Website
An interview about photography schools, teaching and my work by Steve Bisson on Photo Schools Blog and on Urbanautica Website
Musrara Mix #14 Festival |’Analog-Epilog’
New images will be exhibited in two of the Group Exhibitions at Musrara Mix #14: “Portrait Nude Still Life” and “Dark Matter” Group exhibition
Group Exhibition | ‘Re Imagining Jerusalem’
Opening 15, May 2014 at 19:30 at Beit Avi Chai, Jerusalem
PhotoIreland Festival
Nice news – ‘The Quest’ is going to PhotoIreland Festival 2014
International Photography Festival
International Photography Festival taking place in Rishon LeZion, Israel (Opening 5, April 2014)
Feature Shoot Blog
‘The Quest for the Man on the White Donkey’ featured on Feature Shoot Blog (31,03,2014)
Witty Kiwi Blog
‘The Quest for the Man on the White Donkey’ featured on Witty Kiwi Blog (31 March, 2014)
Doc Magazine
‘The Quest for the Man on the White Donkey’ featured on Doc Magazine, issue #21 (9 March 2014)
Prism Photo Magazine
‘The Quest for the Man on the White Donkey’ featured on Prism E-Magazine issue #15 (Jan / Feb / Mar)
ArtPhoto Magazine
‘The Quest for the Man on the White Donkey’ in the latest issue (no. 4) of ArtPhoto Magazine ,(Jan 3, 2014)
Art World Now
One of my images exhibited by 51 Fine Art Photography at Paris Photo was chosen as one of Paris Photo 2013: Highlights on Art World Now, 14 November 2013
WATER SHOES |AN ART BLOG BY ‘ART SPOTTER’
TEN PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORIES FROM 2013 … 10 IMAGES THAT stood out on WATERSCHOENEN, (22 December 2013)
On Photobooks and Books
‘The Quest for the Man on the White Donkey’ book on Josef Chladek website about Photobooks, (16 December 2013)
Peta Pixel Webzine
An interview about my working process just posted Peta Pixel, (7 December 2013)
Landscape Stories Magazine NO.14 | Portraits
An interview about my working process just posted in the latest issue of Landscape Stories, (4 December 2013)
ZEIT ONLINE
About the book on ‘ZEIT ONLINE‘, (3 December 2013)
Our Age is Thirteen
Our Age is Thirteen a French Web Magazine specialized in contemporary photography published a series of articles on landscape Last week, Carole Coen wrote a piece about “The Legitimacy of Landscape”, an ongoing project i started in 2002 (25 November 2013)
C-41 Photographic Magazine
Nice featur of ‘The Quest for the Man on the White Donkey’ in C-41 Photographic Magazine, Nov 16th, 2013
Paris Photo 2013 Highlights
Work from ‘The Quest for the Man on the White Donkey’ shown by Gallery 51 Fine Art Photography mentioned as one of Paris Photo 2013 Highlights on Art World Now
Paris Photo 2013
Gallery 51 Fine Art Photography will be showing work from ‘The Quest for the Man on the White Donkey’ at Paris Photo.
Many thanks to the Director Roger Szmulewicz for exhibiting my work alongside a selection of artists he represents: Norbert Ghisoland, Friederike von Rauch, Michael Wolf, Frank Horvat, Steve McCurry, William Klein, Michel Giniès, Malick Sidibé, Tom Butler, Weegee, Hans-Christian Schink.
Solo Exhibition | ‘South West Jerusalem’
A small collection of work from ‘South West Jerusalem’ will be on show in the gallery of the Photography department at WIZO Haifa Academy of Design in Haifa. the images are from an ongoing project i started in 2001. All invited!
‘Fotopolis’, Polish online magazine
‘The Quest for the Man on the White Donkey’ Book Review on ‘Fotopolis‘, Polish online magazine
Group Exhibition at Photoquai 2013
‘The Quest for the Man on the White Donkey’ will be exhibited at Photoquai 2013 on Monday 16 of September begins at 9:30am on banks of the Seine in the Garden of the musée du quai Branly
LE JOURNAL DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE
‘The Quest for the Man on the white Donkey’ exhibition at PHotoEspaña 2013, on Le Journal De La Photographie, 6 June, 2013
AESTHETICA MAGAZINE
2013 –’The Quest for the Man on the white Donkey’ exhibition at Impressions Gallery reviewed on Aesthetica Magazine, January 2013
ILEX WEBSITE
‘The Quest for the Man on the white Donkey’ exhibition at Impressions Gallery on January Exhibition round up on ILEX Website
LA JOURNAL DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE WEBSITE
‘The Quest for the Man on the White Donkey’ on show at Fifty One Fine Art Photography Gallery in Antwerpen and at Impressions Gallery in Bradford on Le Journal De La Photographie, 24 January, 2013
ARTLYST WEBSITE
‘The Quest for the Man on the white Donkey’ show at The Margaret street Gallery chosen by ArtLyst website as one of the Best London Photography Shows in 2012, January 15, 2013
UPCOMING SOLO SHOW AT FIFTY ONE FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY GALLERY
I am pleased to announce that Fifty One Fine Art Photography based in Antwerp will be representing my work in Belgium.
We will be opening a show of “The Quest for the Man on the White Donkey” on Feb 9th 2013
The exhibition will be on show at the gallery from Feb 12th until Mar 30th.
UPCOMING SOLO SHOW AT IMPRESSIONS GALLERY
“The Quest for the Man on the White Donkey” will be on show at Impressions Gallery from the 18th of January – 13th of April 2013
Artist talk on Saturday 16th February at 2.00 – 3.00pm
Artist reception and book signing Saturday 16th February at 3.00 – 4.00pm
NOTABLE PHOTO BOOKS OF 2012 | PDN MAGAZINE
‘The Quest for the Man on the White Donkey’ was chosen by PDN Magazine on there Notable Photo Books of 2012 List, December 19, 2012
BEST BOOKS OF 2012 | Photoeye Magazine
‘The Quest for the Man on the White Donkey’ was chosen by Markus Schaden and Sputnik Photos on their BEST BOOKS OF 2012 in PhotoEye Magazine
VERVE PHOTO BLOG
The story behind ‘Zohar with Pied Kingfisher’ from the series: ‘The Quest for the Man on the white Donkey’ on Verve Photo December 6, 2012
MAGAZINE PUBLICATION: LOVE ISSUE MAGAZINE
LOVE ISSUE Magazine (Romania), Issue#7, showcased ‘The Quest for the Man on the white Donkey’ Project & Book (Get a copy here), November, 2012, P 58-73
SOLO SHOW AT LA MAISON DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE, TOULON, FRANCE
In collaboration with PHotoEspaña ‘The Quest for the Man on the White Donkey’ was exhibited at La Maison de la Photographie, in Toulon, France. The exhibition was on show from from November 7th until December 1st, 2012.
PHOTO EYE MAGAZINE
‘The Quest for the Man on the White Donkey’ Book reviewed by Winston Riley on Photo-Eye Magazine, October 11, 2012
ONPHOTOBOOKS WEBSITE
‘The Quest for the Man on the White Donkey’ Book reviewed ON PHOTOBOOKS Website, October 11, 2012
VISUAL CULTURE BLOG
‘The Quest for the Man on the White Donkey’ Book reviewed on Visual Culture Blog, October 5, 2012
URBANAUTICA WEBSITE
Book review by Andrea Filippin on URBANAUTICA Website, 13 September 2012
MAGAZINE PUBLICATION: FRACTION MAGAZINE
A portfolio of images from ‘The Quest for the Man on the White Donkey’ was featured in Fraction Magazine, issue no. 42, September 2012 Followed by Fraction Magazine Japan
TIME LightBox
‘The Quest for the Man on the White Donkey’ reviewed on TIME LightBox on August 22, 2012
MAGAZINE PUBLICATION: METROPOLIS MAGAZINE
Metropolis Magazine did a piece in the London issue (2012) about the opening of Margaret Street Gallery & my work & book
MAGAZINE PUBLICATION: PDN MAGAZINE & PDN ON LINE
‘The Quest for the Man on the White Donkey’ Project | Book reviewed by Conor Risch in PDN Magazine, August 2012, P 98-100 and on PDN Features online, July 19, 2012
SOMEPLACE SOMETHING BLOG
Image from ‘The Quest for the Man on the White Donkey’ on SOMEPLACE SOMETHING BLOG, June 27, 2012
GUP MAGAZINE
Book Review of ‘The Quest for the Man on the white Donkey’ on GUP Magazine, June 19, 2012
PHOTOESPANA DESCUBRIMIENTOS PHE 2012 AWARD (PHE12 Discoveries)
“The Quest for the Man on the White Donkey” project won the PHotoEspaña Discoveries award of 2012
The jury of Descubrimientos PHE12 was made up of Anne McNeill, director of Impressions Gallery (Bradford, United Kingdom); Markus Schaden, editor and founder of Schaden.com (Germany); and Roger Szmulewicz, director of the Fifty One Fine Art Photography Gallery (Antwerp, Belgium).
CONSCIENTIOUS WEBSITE
Book review by Joerg Colberg on Conscientious website, Jun 1, 2012
PHOTOMONITOR ONLINE MAGAZINE
Exhibition of Q.M.W.D at the at Margaret Street Gallery in London reviewed by Marco Bohr on Photomonitor website, May 30, 2012
SOLO SHOW AT MARGARET STREET GALLERY | LONDON
‘The Quest for the Man on the White Donkey’ was honored in being the opening show at the ‘Margaret Street Gallery’, London.
The exhibition was on show from 24th May till 21st July 2012.
HOTSHOE MAGAZINE
One of UK’s leading contemporary photographic magazine showcased “The quest for the man on the white donkey” over 10 pages!
Fantastic text by Miranda Gavin.
Issue #177 – April-May 2012
GROUP SHOW
‘EAT’ – Emergent Artists Trans-Mediterranean At the Centre of Palazzo Lombardia, Piazza Città di Lombardia 1, Milano.
May 3 – 27, 2012
FOTO8 ON-LINE – Book Review
Jonathon Beattie reviews ‘The Quest for the Man on the white Donkey’ Book on FOTO8 ON-LINE, 12 Apr 2012
CONSCIENTIOUS WEBSITE
Joerg Colberg put up a photo-book presentation of ‘The Quest for the Man on the white Donkey’ on the Conscientious Blog.
Apr 6, 2012
AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER MAGAZINE
“The Quest for the Man on the White Donkey” Book reviewed in Amateur Photographer, March 2012 Issue
Ahorn MAGAZINE
“The Quest for the Man on the White Donkey” fetched in Ahorn Magazine, Issue no. 8
L E N S C R A T C H B L O G Z I N E
Aline Smithson of put up a piece about the publication of “The Quest for the Man on the White Donkey” on L E N S C R A T C H, March 29, 2012
THE SUNDAY TIMES ON LINE
put up a piece about the publication of “The Quest for the Man on the White Donkey” on The Sunday Times on line, March 18, 2012
BOOK PUBLICATION
“The Quest for the Man on the White Donkey” has been published by Schilt Publishing from Amsterdam
The book is already available in specialty book shops in UK and in the Netherlands, next month it will be available in Mainland Europe and it will be distributed in the US/Canada in September/October 2012
OjodePez MAGAZINE
“The Quest for the Man on the White Donkey”, in OjodePez Magazine, Spain, issue 27 (2012), P 86-97
GROUP SHOW
“CONTENTS: LOVE, HAPPINESS, ANXIETY AND EVERYTHING ELSE”
Critical Mass Top 50, Photolucida, traveling exhibition: Photo Center NW (PCNW) | Newspace Center for Photography in Portland, OR | Rayko Photo Center, in San Francisco, Starting February 18, 2012
GROUP SHOW
“The Object of Zionism | Architecture of Statehood in Israel 1948-73” at S.A.M – Swiss Architecture Museum, Basel
Duration: October 23, 2011 till January 22, 2012
LE JOURNAL DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE
Le Journal De La Photographie put up a piece about the show of “The quest for the man on the white donkey”
at Oslo8 Gallery in Basel, January 27, 2012
TOP 50 IN CRITICAL MASS 2011
just got some great news this morning – i was selected as one of the top 50 in Critical Mass 2011, November 2, 2011
INTERVIEW ON CONSCIENTIOUS BLOG
A Conversation with CPC 2011 Winner Yaakov Israel and Joerg Colberg can be found on the Conscientious blog, Oct 18, 2011
SOLO EXHIBITION
An exhibition of my work from “The Quest for the Man on the White Donkey” will open at ‘Oslo 8’ gallery in Basel, Switzerland. This will be the first large scale solo exposure of this body of work outside of Israel – opening Sep 18, 2011
CONSCIENTIOUS BLOG COMPETITION
I was selected as one of the three winners of the Conscientious portfolio competition. interviews with me and the other winners will be posted on there Blog in the next few weeks – Sep 15, 2011
BLOG PUBLICATION
Manfrotto school of excellence fetched the interview with me from URBANAUTICA on there Blog, June 30, 2011
BLOG PUBLICATION
URBANAUTICA fetched an interview with me about my thoughts about the photographic work i’m doing focusing mainly on “The quest for the man on the white donkey”, June 29, 2011
MAGAZINE PUBLICATIONS
A5 Magazine fetched the photograph “Alexander” from the series “South West Jerusalem”, May 2011
BLOG PUBLICATION
SHAREMAG.NET fetched “The quest for the man on the white donkey”, February 11, 2011
ON-LINE MAGAZINE PUBLICATION
Guernica / A Magazine of Art & Politics fetched “The quest for the man on the white donkey”, February 2011
MAGAZINE PUBLICATION
HaKivun Mizrach (Direction East), The Oriental School in Hebrew Literature, Culture & Literature periodical fetched the photograph “Kiosk”, issue no. 20, 2010
BLOG PUBLICATION
Hippolyte Bayard blog fetched an interview with me about my thoughts about the photographic work i’m doing
Thursday, December 2, 2010
BLOG PUBLICATION
Hippolyte Bayard blog fetched “The quest for the man on the white donkey”
Friday, October 8, 2010
BLOG PUBLICATION
Lenscratch blog fetched The quest for the man on the white donkey
July 2, 2010
GROUP EXHIBITION:
‘Building a Place’ – The P6 Group and Critical Landscape Photography at The Rubin Museum, Tel-Aviv, Israel
OPENING RECEPTION: 10/06/2010 at 20:00
DURATION:10 June 2010 – 10 September 2010
MAGAZINE PUBLICATION
Visura on-Line Photography Magazine fetched ‘The Quest For The Man On The White Donkey’ on spotlight: Yaakov Israel 25 January 2010 – 03 February 2010
MAGAZINE PUBLICATION
Private Photography Magazine fetched ‘The Legitimacy of Landscape’ series, Issue n. 47 (Winter 2009-10) 
SOLO EXHIBITION
SOLOSHOW: The Quest For The Man On The White Donkey – Chapter One, Barbur gallery, Jerusalem, Israel
OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, Dec 18, 2009, 12:00
DURATION: Dec 18,2009 until Jan 18, 2010
OPENING TIMES: Sunday to Thursday 14:00 to 20:00, Friday 11:00 to 14:00
6 Shirizli Street, Nachlaot, Jerusalem, Israel
