Friday, 9 March 2012

Biblical Imagary

I have knocked the ultra orthodox Jewish community for their aggressive intolerance in the past, but I have to say that this series of photographs from one of their marriage services are simply stunning. They were taken at the marriage of a couple of members of the Vizhnitz Hasidic sect in Petah Tikva near Tel Aviv.

An Almost Biblical Scene

19th century Dress Is De Rigueur

The Bride Wore White

Really great photos which deserve to be given prominence and a wider audience  .... credit to the photographer (who was unnamed). They are almost like a classical painting by an old master in their composition and use of light and colour.

Peter Paul Rubens and Rembrandt Would Admire The Photographs 

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