James

When I was 12 years old my father told me that I have an older brother named James, who lives in Australia. 
James was the product of a relationship my father had with an English woman named Linda, who moved to Australia and started a family.
 Unfortunately my father and I never had the chance to meet him. James committed suicide in 1996. He was only 20 years old. I needed to learn who he actually was, to know who I've been mourning for all these years. 
Thanks to the Tierney Fellowship; I traveled across Australia in search of his family.

When I was 12 years old my Israeli father told me that I have an older brother named James, who lives in Australia.  
James was the product of a relationship my father had with an English woman named Linda, who moved to Australia and started a family. 
Uncomfortable in the role of the eldest child in my family, I felt a great need of an older brother.  
I became obsessed with the character of James, who quickly progressed into a figment of my imagination.  
Unfortunately my father and I never had the chance to meet him. James committed suicide in October 1996. He was only 20 years old. 
I needed to learn who he actually was, to know who I've been mourning for all these years.  
I managed to find a documentary film called "Our Brother James" made by his older step sister, Jessica Douglas-Henry. 
By watching the film, I met my brother for the first time.  
That was not enough for me and I felt a need to make work of my own.  
Thanks to the Tierney Fellowship; I traveled all across Australia in search of his family who, thankfully, accepted me as their own.  
The photographs that I have created from this journey seem like an epic tale with many complications and surreal turns of events.  
My aim is to create a poetic narrative of images, sound and text. By juxtaposing these fragments a story that is both personal and universal will emerge.