הציירת משוק מחנה יהודה
Many years ago I shot this photo of (for me) an unknown painter at the Market (Shuk Mahane Yehuda שוק מחנה יהודה) in Jerusalem. If you’ve been to Jerusalem a few times, I’m pretty sure that you’ve seen her too. Perhaps a year or two later, I stumbled across an article on her in a Hebrew newspaper and I thought to myself that I should keep it, because the info in it might be useful for the photo that I took.
Unfortunately my photo isn’t the best, because I didn’t have the photographing skills back then that I have today and also because I didn’t have the guts to go up to her and ask to take her portrait (I will definitely do that the next time I see her!). Of course, my copy of that newspaper is long gone and the only thing that’s left of it is a vague memory of the fact that I once had an article about her somewhere. When writing this post I tried to look up the article on the internet, but had no luck when searching with English search phrases. Once I switched to Hebrew I managed to find a couple of photos of her, but without her name mentioned. Then I decided to do an image search in Hebrew and by comparing the photos that I found of her and her art, I found a Hebrew article on one of her art shows that contained her name and other relevant info.
Here’s pieces of that article translated to English. The article was written by Amos Rabin and you’ll find a link to the full article in the link section.
Rebecca Goldberg (Rita)
Rebecca came from England in 1975, she has lived and painted in Jerusalem for about 35 years.
Jerusalem is the main subject in her paintings. The scenes in her paintings, takes place in the present and Rebecca documents the process of change. Her style also highlights the typical and special affection for Jerusalem: intimate, everyday life in the older neighborhoods.Sometimes the people, the environment and the connections between them are swallowed up in the environment and become part of it and sometimes they are the center of the drama.
Rebecca’s paintings evoke the visual attention of viewers, to find beauty in the unexpected fabric of the city. (source: http://www.art.org.il/)
Rebecca Goldberg is expressing herself through paintings.
Check out these links for more info and photos:
- http://www.art.org.il/?exhibitions=%D7%A4%D7%A0%D7%99-%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9D
- http://www.art.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/aw2160l1.jpg
- http://www.y-adama.co.il/site/detail/forum/showMsg.asp?forum_id=14905&message_id=762558&depart_id=84758
- http://www.photolight.co.il/show_photo/188467
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahane_Yehuda_Market
The following info is unrelated to the post, but I thought I'd share it anyway: This post is one of many drafts that I had saved. These days I'm not very active in the blog world, simply because "life got in the way". I'll try to keep on posting more or less regularly, but don't be disappointed if you don't get any return visits or if I don't answer your comments. I'll hopefully be back on track as soon as things settle down. For sure I will keep my Monthly Photo Challenge: The Changing Seasons going (and please feel free to join, it's never too late!), but other than that I can't promise that I'll be as active as I've been lately. I'm sure you can all understand and relate to this. Have a great weekend!
Great shot. I think that the spontaneous capture is more enjoyable. You show her enjoying her work.
I have never been to Jerusalem, but now I feel like I have. Great post!
Great response to this challenge!
Look my friend your photo work is great enough to me that just the fact that you are you are is great enough to me.
The Professional Cannon
Hope everything is ok, looking forward to having you back!
I echo Desley’s thoughts 🙂 Take care of yourself and we shall catch up soon. Hugs !
Great photo! Did you post it before? It looks familiar. I didn’t know you were running a challenge. Hmmmm, got a link?
Hope to see you back soon. In the meantime i will enjoy what you are able to post.
Lovely spontaneous shot. You totally captured her in her element and what she loves doing and does back, and she looks happy. And great sleuth work tracking her down. Hope all is well with you and at home. All the best with it and catch up soon 🙂
Thanks for the kind words Mabel. I’ll hopefully be back on track in a couple of months time.
I really LOVE this photo ans what’s portrayed in it.
Amazing shot!
The most striking feature of the shot is, it’s absolutely spontaneous and natural…
You think the photo would have turned out better if she had posed? I am not sure, and I like this natural pose of her going after her business. I like what she is painting.
No, it wouldn’t have been good if she had posed. The best photos are often when people aren’t aware of the camera.
Exactly.
I like that ragged old hat she wears.
You’ve captured her enjoyment – you can tell this is a life she’s chosen.
Great shot of yours, CG. She’s really good. i had a look at some of her other paintings. So glad she’s received recognition for her work. 🙂
I love your photo and such an interesting story behind it. Thanks for the links 🙂
Sometimes is just enough to be there, and look years later you have a story to share. Will be looking forward to see you back.
wonderful story and photo!!! Thank you for sharing it.
Great photo Cardinal, she is so at home with her work. As for the slow blogging, it happens. Take care and see you when we see you!
Thanks for the support Patti.
she looks like a wonderful painter and isn’t it great to look back at something you took, then later realize that the person you thought was special was indeed so x
I am also looking for her, Any idea how can i contact her? six years ago i photographed her in very unique way, i feel that i must give her a print.