Recent Shows at Art of Photography and Griffin Museum, and Merit Award in B&W's Portfolio Issue

My work was recently included in a couple of juried shows in the States, as well as featured in Black and White Magazine's Portfolio Issue. Here are all the details, and thanks to everyone who's taken an interest in my work.

"The Art of Photography Show" ,

Lyceum Theater Gallery

August 28 to November 7.

Juried by Natasha Egan, Curator of the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago.

Honorable Mention for "Hayarkon Park", from "Tel Aviv at 100". You can read an interview with Mrs. Egan here about how she selected 111 images out of a pool of almost 14,000.

The Art of Photography Show
Lyceum Theater Gallery
San Diego,CA.
(619) 825-5575



"16th Juried Group Show",
Griffin Museum of Photography

June 30 to August 29.

Juried by Joerg Colberg, editor of the blog Conscientious.

"The best of contemporary photography amazes us by asking questions, by challenging us, to transform us into different persons," writes Joerg Colberg about the exhibition. "For me, that is the essence of contemporary photography. I am very excited to see the 16th juried exhibition reflect this." Please click here for the press release.

Colberg selected 60 images for the show from more than 2,000 images submitted by 300 photographers. Two images from "Tel Aviv at 100", "Gordon Beach #2" and "Azorei Hen #1" were included.

Griffin Museum of Photography
67 Shore Road
Winchester, MA 01890
(781) 729-1158




Black and White Magazine, Portfolio Issue

Black and White Magazine runs a portfolio contest every year, and the winners are published in a special portfolio issue. My series "Wall Art" received a Merit Award, and selections from it were published as a two-page spread in their 2010 Portfolio Issue. Please click here to see the feature.

Article in Photonews Magazine and Book Launch for Portfolio Showcase at C4FAP

I'm pleased to announce that Photonews Magazine, Germany, has published a selection of my "Tel Aviv at 100" images in their current May issue, together with a short essay by Anna Gripp on my work (in German, will have a translation up shortly).



In other news, a selection of images from my "Tel Aviv at 100" series was included in the Center for Fine Art Photography's Portfolio Showcase Vol. 4. The Showcase includes both an online and a print component, and the launch of the book will take place May 7 at the Center in Fort Collins, Colorado. The juror for the Showcase, Kate Ware of the New Mexico Museum of Fine Arts, wrote in her statement about my work:

"Stepping back from the urban flow, Gabriel Benaim views his city from above, revealing the sinuous lines and muscular patterns that form the armature of life in contemporary Tel Aviv."

I had the pleasure of meeting Ms Ware last month at Fotofest in Houston, and spent some time showing her the actual prints of the work she'd chosen online. It was a real treat to make a personal connection with someone who knew me only through an online submission, and I'll write more about the whole Fotofest experience later this month.