Jerusalem is changing rapidly and is
transforming to something unknown and unfamiliar, especially for
the people who grew up in it. Places are being destroyed and
historical memories are being replaced. In fear of the
continuing erasure of the city's memory, Steve started wandering
around the places that he felt connected to spiritually and
mentally.
till the end,
spirit of the place
2004
photo
emulsion on stone
At each place I visited, images started
to emerge on surfaces of stones--it was as if they were revealing
distant memories. I picked up a stone from every place, and at the
same time I photographed an image of the place.
I later on printed that image on
the stone; in effect each place had its image on it I tried
to preserve what was left, and if there was nothing left, I
tried to imagine how the place looked in the past.