Simcha Shirman’s parents immigrated to Israel in 1948 when he was a mere one year old. While he might not remember the big move from Germany, he does recall his childhood in Akko, particularly a hidden playground at the entrance to the northern port nicknamed, the “Island of Flies.”
by Simcha Shirman
As a child, Shirman and his friends got their kicks from swimming from the beach to the island and jumping off the rocks into water. It was these picture perfect moments that Shirman wished to capture forever, perhaps what drove his creative spirit towards a path in photography.
by Simcha Shirman
Simcha Shirman: Island of Flies 13x18 brilliantly captures intangible nostalgia on tangible film, as it explores the archives of Simcha Shirman’s photographic pilgrimage through time and space, a journey which stems from a “family story and a collective story of unrepresentative trauma mixed with a secular Zionist ethos.” A beautiful exhibition uniting reality with imagination, concrete with fluid, past with present.
by Simcha Shirman
Opening February 10 at 20:30 at the Ashdod Art Museum, 8 Derech Eretz, Ashdod. Simcha Shirman: Island of Flies 13x18 will be on display until May 12, 2018.