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“I use images as signifiers that point to layers of history, lost communities or a latent collective whispering within a certain context.”

Quote by Shimon Attie

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Shimon Attie is an active contemporary artist known for his unique photographic and installation art works. His works often explore the complex relationship between history, memory, and identity, reinterpreting historical events and cultural heritage through artistic means. more

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“Nudity in photography, whether involving adults or children, is a subject sinking under a freight of political and moral disapproval it could never hope to support, and this is not the place for me to get out the bilge pump. I will only say that critics who tremble so fiercely at the thought of the voyeuristic male gaze miss the point that distance generates mystery and enchantment, and expresses the awe with which the male imagination regards all women.”

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