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Photographs © Abraham Menashe
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01. FIRST PORTFOLIO This collection contains Menashe's earliest images—a first song, whose lyrics he would nurture for a lifetime. The images inaugurate his artistic-spiritual commitment to shedding light on humanity’s plight and celebrate its promise.
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02. STREET POEMS Twenty-six black-and-white photographs that explore the interplay of graphic elements found on city streets. Randomly combined, they form a unique aesthetic.
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03. HAND TINTED WORK Fifteen hand tinted black-and-white photographs, fuse fantasy with reality, asserting the imagination over the mundane.
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04. AFTER THE RAIN Sixteen abandoned umbrellas found on city streets, transformed into flowers, butterflies, and moths. The collection deepens our awareness in the discarded object and the ever changing face of life.
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05. INNER GRACE These photographs reveal the dignity, courage, and grace inherent in the lives of the mentally and physically challenged, moments that bring us closer to the invincible spirit that dwells in all men.
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06. THE FACE OF PRAYER Black-and-white photographs, made in Indonesia, Israel, Mexico, Portugal, Singapore, and the U.S.A., putting a face to the nature of reverence and the mystery of prayer.
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07. THE HEALING MOMENT This collection of fifty black-and-white photographs, offers readers communion with moments of transformation. The photographs were made in religious, therapeutic, and medical settings, and include key moments in the life cycle, relating to birth, illness, loss and friendship.
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08. TOMPKINS PEOPLE The fifty black-and-white photographs in this collection focus on the unique population that frequented New York City’s Tompkins Square Park, from 1997 to 1999 – a historic period when the park provided asylum to a variety of indigent people, coexisting on common ground.
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09. UNION SQUARE On September 11th 2001, New Yorkers gathered at Union Square Park to absorb the immensity of the World Trade Center attack. This collection, forty-nine black-and-white photographs, bears witness to the grief and aspirations in the week that followed.
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10. COUPLES Thirty-seven black-and-white photographs, which focus on the diverse world of relationships.
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11. TEA BAGS Forty-three tea bags, photographed alone and in pairs to embody the human journey of courtship and union, mirroring the spiritual nuances inherent in relationships.
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12. CELEBRITIES IN DISGUISE This collection features fifty canines in disguise with biographies—from Lady Gaga to Saint Nicholas, offering early readers delight while learning about remarkable lives.
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13. DIPPING INTO LIGHT Three decades of photography, which includes previously unpublished work, are gathered in this 236 image retrospective. From the sublime to the playful, the photographs define a new genre of photography, infused with the photographer's personal theology.
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14. LOOK LOOK is about the random street objects we pass by daily— bicycles, fire hydrants, spills, abandoned scarfs, gloves, tire marks, and flattened soda cans—intermingling to define life’s organic beauty, made with iPhone camera