jerusalem in exile tangible memories

 

     

     
       
       

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.