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Natalie Eichengreen

Natalie Eichengreen

Woman X

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At the extreme fringes of the ultra-orthodox Jewish community, there is an increasing level of repression and discrimination against women. This community has been eradicating images of women, little girls, even dolls in advertisements, yet men’s faces stay untouched.

In Woman X, I took pictures of Israeli women dressed in a modest manner to represent religious women. I then enlarged these photographs into large-scale posters and pasted them in different neighborhoods in the three main cities of Israel—Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and Haifa—in secular as well as mixed and extremely religious neighborhoods.

I wanted to create a dialogue about this issue, pay respect to these women, and see if there would be reactions in different religious sectors in the cities.

This video project was created with the help and collaboration of Noa Flecker and Yaacov Baharav, photography students in Bezalel, Israel.

Video: vimeo.com/40959801
Blog: werwomen.tumblr.com

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Natalie Eichengreen

Woman X

Natalie Eichengreen

Woman X

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