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Ingo Dumreicher 2 years ago

Great mood, great photo!

Andre du Plessis 2 years ago

I missed this one Sasson...quite superb work here. Really quite stunning B&W actually. Love how the gradation intensifies towards the back. Very interesting composition as well, but your processing certainly elevates this to another level.

sasson haviv thank you my friend :) i will try to post a few more western wall images soon... they work very nice in BW but i will try to keep them in color.... western wall is a hard place to make the color alive... BW is so much better

Ulf Börjesson 2 years ago

I really like the image. Well composed, artistically on a high level and quite funny too. Good work!
U

sasson haviv thank you again on this one :)

Miu Nozaka 2 years ago

speechless..

sasson haviv thank you :) very appreciated!

Noah Stephens 2 years ago

What a strange strange ritual

sasson haviv in screening somebody commented :
although I know what it is about it still looks strange... good strange :)
so you are not the only one to think it is strange.
i find that many clotures like to speak to kiss and touch walls or stones that have special significance

Noah Stephens Yea, I hear you, the only thing is, theres no such thing as a wall or a stone that has special significance.

Its interesting that modern day humans still embue walls and rocks with superstitious, supernatural significance. But that's just me.

Nice shot, though.

sasson haviv well i believe that every modern or ancient person turned or will turn a to higher power at least once in their life when they had a big crisis. usually health related i think.
superstitions is such a negative word but the power of faith is used in modern day hospitals to fight cancer they just call it visualization. reiki is acknowledged in many hospitals now. many of the superstitions rituals as you call them have very positive aspects on peoples life. this wall among other things has kept the Jewish religion and the connection to israel alive for thousands of years.
i like ancient clotures for their rituals :)
i find the modern day rituals to be quite boring :)
of course sometimes war starts due to walls, or rocks of special significance....
so there is good and bad like in everything

just my thoughts...
thank you :)

Noah Stephens Lets just hope they dont reinstate the ancient Jewish ritual on taking women who aren't virgins and disobidient children and stoning them to death. Oh Vey!

sasson haviv i take your respond as a joke although i don't find it very funny myself :) you see i am close to the people i photograph and respect them and their culture if it is christian,Jewish,Buddhist or Hindu. its probably my American education :)

Noah Stephens I don't respect any belief simply because someone believes it. The beliefs of Judaism, Islam, and Christianity should be scrutinized the same as any other beliefs or ideas.

When you scruntinize those beliefs, its acutely obvious that they are superstitious nonsense that drive people to hate each other more than anything else. Its no coincidence that Israel is both home to those superstitious belief systems and one of the most violent places on earth.

The Torah advocates that women who were not virgins on the day they are married, should be stoned to death. Not only shouldn't Judaism be respected as a belief system, it should be reviled. The same as any other belief system that advocates savage violence.

sasson haviv i guess you were not joking :) you really dont know your facts :) israel is actually not a violent place , it is made to look like this by media but if looking at statistics at number of deaths and injuries it is very low comparing to any new country or conflict. by the way juadism is the religion that banned human sacrifices .... not sure about the virgins but i know that at least for thousands of years it hasn't been done
its not religions that make people hate other but the interpretations of religion by people and political leaders. in any case i see you have no respect to others....
i hope you will enjoy the rest of my religious images because there will be many more :) but i request you to not comment them ... this is not a political website it is a photography one. you can email me your thoughts and i will answer on a more private setting

holger droste 2 years ago

impressive Scene , fabulous picture :o)

sasson haviv thank you :) greatly appreciated!
you have very impressive images to learn from

Phyllis Clarke 2 years ago

Very good perspective..and intense..I like it very much. Bravo Sasson. My best, Phyllis

sasson haviv thank you dear phyllis!!!
your support and motivation really make a difference.

Donato Buccella 2 years ago

beautiful...!

sasson haviv thank you Donato ! i am glad you like it:)

Roee Rozen 2 years ago

:)
Good One !

sasson haviv Toda Roee :-)

Codrin Lupei 2 years ago

An excellent one, Sasson, very well done, I like it!

sasson haviv thank you Codrin :) your support is always appreciated !

m.j. arcanjo 2 years ago

Great image ... for me it ha great emotion!. also a beautiful document.

sasson haviv thank you my friend! my first mood image, i start to really like this type of concept

Rosalinde Philippin-Lipscomb 2 years ago

EXCELLENT !

sasson haviv thank you :) appreciated !

moses stell 2 years ago

great captured!

sasson haviv thank you moses! i love your images and your comment is well appreciated

ris 2 years ago

really great picture!

sasson haviv Thank you ris :)
an intimate moment..

Amnon Eichelberg 2 years ago

impresive work, good light

sasson haviv Toda Amnon !!!
Glad you like it:)

Leon 2 years ago

very special moment captured . Great Shot.

sasson haviv thank you Leon! i see that you visited here before so i am very happy you like this image
Toda :)

Siavash 2 years ago

Hi
what are they doing?

sasson haviv The western wall is a place to intimately communicate with god.....

Monica 2 years ago

A great picture.
I like it.
Best wishes, Monica

sasson haviv thank you Monica:) always appreciated !

fulviopellegrini 2 years ago

I'm here too. Pure envy :-))
Great shot and stunning atmosphere captured
F.

sasson haviv thank you my friend :) i love the ostrich!
i am happy you saw the western wall with your eyes...

Barbara Orienti 2 years ago

Very impressive my friend!
Great atmosphere!
Wish to come again...
B

sasson haviv i was very happy when you were here!! i must thank you and fulvio again for motivating me to start doing photography in Israel!
you are both always very welcome :)

Robert 2 years ago

Great capture! I wish i find my way there one time to feel the spirit!

Robert

sasson haviv you are welcome!!!

Robert The spirit must be incredible so much that some vibrance can be felt!

sasson haviv it is amazing at times. i have witnessed many great moments. a very spiritual place but it takes time to know the right places and people. on the outside israel doesn't look so spiritual but many closed communities are spiritual to a very high level. there is much to discover here..

Faddoush 2 years ago

I was 90% sure this was yours, excellent mood and composition captured.

sasson haviv thanks!!! good to know you could guess its me in BW :) from now on i will try both color and BW...

Nicolas Marino 2 years ago

terrific shot sassy! Congrats!

sasson haviv thank you my friend :) one day i hope to show you around Israel

fulvia menghi 2 years ago

eccellente!

sasson haviv thank you fulvia !!

Ben Goossens 2 years ago

You captured an intense moment very well:-))

sasson haviv thank you Ben :)) one day i will try your style which i admire

sasson haviv 2 years ago

My great thanks to Andre Du Plessis and and Rui pires. it is due to their support and their great images that i start with BW.

Israel Fichman 2 years ago

Wow... just great capture !

sasson haviv Toda Israel!! i am happy you like it :)

jacques philippe 2 years ago

Congrats Sasson!
Great shot, very moody. So now you do B+W ? ;) Excellent.

sasson haviv the first BW i submitted. i was worried that it is too dark for many but i did like the mood it created. now i do both color and BW :)
i am happy it made it so i will continue with BW as well.
thank you my friend :)