Project Black Visits Jerusalem

Le texte est en français?

That's a once-in-a-lifetime shot. There's got to be a story behind this. Or in front of it. Very good and very good composition.

Oui, les françaises achèteront les apartments en Jerusalem, n'est pas? Because the Israelis, on their small salaries, taxed at 50%, they can't afford Jerusalem anymore.

Pardon my French. I suppose French is considered the fancy language, and I suppose the developer expects this will be a fancy complex? The text is also in English and Hebrew, too.

Pity we can't read the word beyond the tree.
I wonder if this woman was planning on buying a flat there.

Paul, glad you like the composition! If I had a week of free time, I might spend more time riding around Jerusalem on a bus taking photos. Feel free to write the story for this photo.

There was a similar photo on the web that I saw before going Jerusalem. Then there was the same scene on my bus ride! I feel lucky I got this shot. There's a much funnier "from the bus" photo that I got, but it might be embarrassing to the person who is the subject, so I have mixed feelings about posting it.

Great shot. I'm guessing they didn't put peepholes in the fence for this one and she just couldn't wait to get a glimpse.

Ilana-Davita, I'm guessing the word is "culture".

Wow. So much to spark the imagination here!

That woman is part of the wall isn't she? I had to study it closer to figure that out. She looks so real!

I think Project Black is very cool idea. A loooong time ago someone's flickr acct or blog or something inspired me to have a color theme photography session once I had a camera. I have a camera but haven't done any color themes, except for a few orange ones. :)

That's really neat!

I love all the "stuff" that's going on... :)

>That woman is part of the wall isn’t she?
Yes. I didn't want to say that explicitly, but let people play with the photo's subject.

I wish I could find the previous internet photo with this lady and that wall. I really thought she was real, when I saw that photo.

Great shot for project black. Love the humor and making me really study the picture. Love it.

Cool shot. What a clever advertising gimmick to have the woman climbing over. She does look real. Discover a life and a ??? Great shot.

I thought she was real!

the bits of red - the flowers, her shirt, her shoes really add to the shot

That's a very intriguing construction sign! I'm assuming that's not a real woman, just a mock up for effect...and I was surprised to see a sign in French in Jerusalem. I saw your note that it's also in English and Hebrew.

This is a great shot; it has a lot to look at and ponder!

What an amazing capture! So much detail to explore in the pic, like mini stories!

Fascinating shot! There's so much black going on. And so much to look at. Great entry.

Well... there's plenty to comment on ... but I guess my biggest wonder is... was the woman GOING over the fence? Or COMING over the fence? And... why? Hmmmm....

Fantastic shot that leaves us wanting more!

Melli, do you think she wants to live in this new apartment complex? (she's part of the scenery, put up by the marketing folks)

Janet, more of this? or more of Jerusalem? I got more. And when I finish posting those, I'll have to work to save money to afford to go visit again!

That is a most interesting picture and what a stroke of luck you had your camera with you and ready to take the photo. Ahhh...I was just getting ready to post this when I saw you were a tourist there. That sort of explains having the camera with you :)

AmberStar, yeah, when you're a tourist with a digital camera you snap away at all sorts of things, many of which will not show up on my blog. But this one worked! I think I took almost 1000 pics.

You took all this from a moving bus? Kol hakavod. I love the man walking down the street reading his prayers. Only in Jerusalem?

Yes, Dina, I hit it lucky on this one. Photographing someone saying prayers is an easy one in Jerusalem, as you know. I have one of a girl with a siddur in the Old City that I want to post but I need to Photoshop out details, as she is a real person somewhere.