Jerusalem

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JERUSALEM / SKYLINE is a booK of aerial photographs of Jerusalem, which casts a different and uriique perspective on the city and its surroundings.
Here is a view from a different angle of the old and the new, of ancient and old Jerusalem alongside the new Jerusalem which is being constructed right now.
Encounters of different panoramas. architectural styles and historical periods, in the various seasons of the year, a blend of summer with the snow which feli last year.
We peek into the different neighborhoods and observe the roofs, squares, streets and gardens, along with the numerous historical buildings which beautify the city.
We have the opportunity to search for new ways of categorizing the city, a city which. one might have thought. has been categorized in every possible way - but yet. as is always the case with Jerusalem, we are always surprised to fmd a new. unique and breathtaking way of seeing it.
The sections of the book are named after the gates to the Old City. as... Tovább

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JERUSALEM / SKYLINE is a booK of aerial photographs of Jerusalem, which casts a different and uriique perspective on the city and its surroundings.
Here is a view from a different angle of the old and the new, of ancient and old Jerusalem alongside the new Jerusalem which is being constructed right now.
Encounters of different panoramas. architectural styles and historical periods, in the various seasons of the year, a blend of summer with the snow which feli last year.
We peek into the different neighborhoods and observe the roofs, squares, streets and gardens, along with the numerous historical buildings which beautify the city.
We have the opportunity to search for new ways of categorizing the city, a city which. one might have thought. has been categorized in every possible way - but yet. as is always the case with Jerusalem, we are always surprised to fmd a new. unique and breathtaking way of seeing it.
The sections of the book are named after the gates to the Old City. as well as Sha'ar Ha-Gai (literally "The Gate - or Way - of the Valley" - the pass which leads from the coastal plain to Jerusalem), and the Closing Gate. In each chapter, the gate itself serves as the starting - and end - point of a particular excursion, geographically as well as associative.
SHA'AR HA-GAI The Jerusalem area and the approaches to the city.
JAFFA GATE
A tour from the main entrance to Jerusalem to the Jaffa Gate, via the city center and the traditional and religious neighborhoods.
ZION GATE
From Mount Zion to Yemin Moshe and Talbieh, via Emek Refai'm and back through the Hinnom Valley to the Zion Gate.
DUNG GATE
Archaeological remains and a tour of the monasteries and churches scattered about the city and its environs.
GOLDEN GATE
The gate to the Temple Mount is the gate which includes the Old City.
LIONS GATE
The battles of the recent era, the gate of valor and a memóriái. HEROD'S GATE
The green areas of the city - parks, squares and statues.
DAMASCUS GATE
The neighborhoods which surround the city, which in many ways resemble the gate and the city walls.
NEW GATE
The new construction in Jerusalem.
THE CLOSING GATE
Conclusion and leavetaking.
This booK is the fruit of the joint labor of two former Israeli Air Force pilots, who have joined together in a company named "Albatross," a company specializing in aerial photography.
Duby Tal, a landscape photographer, has been working for the past few years on aerial photography. His photographs have appeared in magazines, books and exhibitions in Israel and abroad.
Moni Haramati specializes in piloting planes for the purposes of aerial photography, and is the pilot of the Robinson helicopter from which these photographs were taken.
Their book, Skyline, was published in 1990, and was a great success.
Their new book, about archaeology from above, is being published these days.
EXHIBITIONS SKYLINE
July 1990 - Eretz Israel Museum in Tel Aviv and the Jerusalem Theater
MAN'S LANDSCAPE AS HIS GLORY
January 1992 - Joint Exhibition at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque
ARCHAEOLOGY FROM THE AIR
February 1992 - Jerusalem Theater and simultaneously in 8 other countries - under the patronage of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs
THE LAST WINTER
May 1992 - Center for Studies of the Beautiful Israel, Tel Aviv
AU RYTHME DE L'ESCARGOT (LANDSCAPES OF FRANCÉ)
June 1992 - the French Cultural Institute, Tel Aviv
WINDOWS TO JERUSALEM
June 1992 - Empire State Building, New York
JERUSALEM FROM THE AIR
April 1993 - An exhibition in 5 countries under the patronage of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
JERUSALEM / SKYLINE
Photography: Duby Tal Pilot: Moni Haramati Design: Varda Raz Vissza