Tel Aviv is divided into nine districts that have formed naturally over the city's short history. The most notable of these is Jaffa , the ancient port city out of which Tel Aviv grew. This area is traditionally made up demographically of a greater percentage of Arabs, but recent gentrification is replacing them with a young professional population and Israelis. This is the most noticeable place in Israel where Israelis and Arabs live in peace together, even though the conflict between them is all over the newspapers, media and television. I want to show the viewers that life in Israel goes on with all the problems in the background, by showing portraits of the local people, and examining the quality of life by taking photographs of urban landscape and still life. These photographs promise no solutions and remind us of the challenging relationship between art and life.
