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would have been very embar-
rassed by it, but they have
used it as a publicity gim-
mick."
When a conflict continues
for many years, Bar-Am can
find himself facing a serious
problem: an inability to frame
a new perspective on an old
problem. Last summer's
"Sabbath Wars," on the issue
of theaters and movies being
open on Shabbat, posed such
a dilemma.
"I was in Jerusalem on
three consecutive Saturdays,
trying to express visually the
growing rift between secular
and Orthodox in Jerusalem. I
didn't come up with even one
meaningful photograph. Part
of it has to do with luck and
timing, but it is very hard to
even related to the news that
makes the headlines.
After Israeli writer S. Y.
Agnon won the Nobel Prize
for Literature in 1967,
Bamahane sent Bar-Am on
an assignment to honor the
laureate. Taking a leaf from
one of Agnon's most popular
characters, the dog Balak,
Bar-Am roamed the streets of
Jerusalem striving to capture
the city from a dog's-eye view.
"It was an exceptional chal-
lenge," Bar-Am recalls. I
creeped into the places where
the dog went, and I followed
him through Jerusalem's court-
yards. The dog was Agnon's
metaphor for all kinds of
things. I hope I succeeded in
making the metaphor more
clear."
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illustrate such a complex sit-
uation without using cliches,"
he says.
"When the obvious is used
and reused and the photo-
graphic attractiveness of
black coats is exhausted, you
want to say something new.
There is nothing new, but one
has to try for a new approach
that will become an infor-
mative and memorable eye-
stopper."
Despite his efforts to com-
pose photographs that con-
vey the spirit of a situation,
Bar-Am occasionally finds
himself frustrated by the art
directors of the newspapers
and magazines for which he
works. Not long ago, for in-
stance, he argued with an art
director who merged a por-
tion of one of his photographs
with a drawing which, Bar-
Am felt, completely changed
the picture's message.
Other projects leave warm-
er memories. Bar-Am's fav-
orite assignment was not
Assignments like this one
notwithstanding, Bar-Am
says, "There are hardly any
new ideas, but there should
always be new approaches."
In addition to pursuing new
angles on photography in his
own work, Bar-Am is photog-
raphy curator at the rIbl Aviv
Museum. This position puts
him in contact with all of
Israel's top photographers, as
well as many international
giants whose work has been
exhibited in the museum.
The ultimate challenge of
photography, according to
Bar-Am, is to create images
that convey a sense of im-
mediacy while remaining rele-
vant in the future. "It is a
paradox," he admits. "How do
you express time and become
timeless at the same time?"
In the final analysis, it is the
pursuit of answers to this
question that keeps Bar-Am
"clicking." ❑
Carl Schrag is a writer who
lives in Israel.