[Leica] IMG: Religious Jews and artists of Tzrfat

[pklein at threshinc.com (Peter Klein)]

Tzfat (also spelled Sefod or Zefod) is a high hilltop town in northern 
Israel.  The old town looks much like it did in the1500s, when Rabbi 
Joseph Caro wrote the "Shulchan Aruch," one of the major works of 
traditional Jewish law there.
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Tzfat is a major center for study of the Kabbalah. The prominent 
Orthodox community includes some fine artists.
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Both of the gentlemen above are photographers knew exactly what a Leica 
was. The younger man, whose name is Alon, asked me if he could try out 
my M8, and took a picture of me.  I saw a painting of his that showed a 
photographer's love of light. The older man, Yaakov, is French-born, a 
former hippie and light show impresario, and uses some pretty up-to-date 
digital techniques in his art.  He was telling me about the photo to the 
right of his head--he went into the desert with a camera and tripod, 
took a picture of himself with a self timer, and then processed it 
digitally to get the B&W effect he wanted.

Can't decide between B&W and color in this one, I like them both for 
different reasons. What do you think?
<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/BusTzfat/L1007546_3.jpg.html>
<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/BusTzfat/L1007546_2.jpg.html>

--Peter