a Portrait of an Artist

Dan Rappaport 

painter and sculptor 

Jaffa, August 2018 

Canon 5d 

50mm 1.4

the ancient Napolean City of Acre

Acre (or Akko)was a strategic coastal link to the Levant. In crusader times it was known as St. John d'Acre after the Knights Hospitaller of St John order who had their headquarters there. Acre is the holiest city of the Bahá'í Faith

it has everything from an ancient harbour to local delicacies, 

old alleys and mosques and chilled cafes.

And of course, photo opportunities galore:

I worked with my 24-70mm Sigma Zoom 

and my wonderful 100mm Canon

which was fantastic with the food shots

all natural light of course

shot with the 100mm canon macro

©all images by Ami Siano Photography

the city as a canvas

The city can be used as a canvas for art, street art, that is.
No museum walls can give you that emercive feeling of walking through the art.
you are allowed to touch, even use flash photography, if you want.
It's fun, its a discovery trail, a walk through art, without narration, without your Audio guide.

the artist do not get paid by the meter, you don't care about them. who they are, where they studied, what influenced them. You just see the art.
Buildings, walls, bricks, windows, everything is becoming part of the work.

on the corner - street photography tel aviv

near dusk, on the corner of two streets, where flavours of all the word mix,
people on bikes, walking by, passing, eating
enjoying life, working hard
making the city.

©all pictures by Ami Siano, Photographer
2015, Tel Aviv

cam: canon 5d MkII
lens: canon 100mm mcro

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