Israel: Portrait of a Work in Progress
Frederic Brenner, photographer and author
June 6, 2012
4:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
Santa Monica
Photographer and author Frederic Brenner is widely known for "Diaspora," a project documenting Jewish life around the world that was 25 years in the making. Now he is curating his next massive undertaking: "Israel: Portrait of a Work in Progress."
At this Forum by the Milken Institute Israel Center, Brenner will preview and discuss this extraordinary photo-documentary project by 12 acclaimed photographers who spent up to six months in residence in Israel. The event is part of the Israel Center's ongoing series, "From Startup Nation to Global Nation."
For the past decade, Brenner has planned, executed and produced this project documenting different aspects of Israel's reality. The photographers were charged with looking beyond the political narrative and exploring Israel in a way that reveals and questions but doesn't judge its complexity and inequities.
According to Brenner, the project seeks "to provide a penetrating vision of Israel as a living organism, with all its rifts and paradoxes." The Financial Times, New York Times and Ha'aretz have published major articles on the project, and a touring exhibit will begin in 2014.
Brenner's work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at the International Center of Photography, New York; the Rencontres Internationales de las Photographie, Arles; and the Musee De L'Elysee, Lausanne. A recipient of the 1992 Prix de Rome, Brenner directed the original film "The Last Marranos" and has published several books, including "Exile at Home" (1998), "Jews/America/Representation" (1996) and "Marranes" (1992).
Due to space limitations, this event is by invitation only. For questions, contact Jill Hoyt, associate director of development and marketing, at jhoyt@milkeninstitute.org.
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