Zer Zahav is the "pen name" David Sears uses as a photographer. I've been taking these photos mainly around the neighborhood in which my wife and I live, which is the Midwood section of Flatbush (Brooklyn), and on the wooded grounds of our three-room log cabin in the northern Catskills.
The stains, cracks, paint spatters, leaves, puddles and other sights we see all around us every day are a kind of abstract art, although they are all evident in this tangible world. Yet when viewed a certain way, they become evocative of all sorts of things -- like the images created through drawing and painting.
Some other favorite subjects are shadows, mists, clouds, landscapes, and the gallery I called "Still Lifes," which is a sort of grab bag of photos of various objects.
The slide show is very colorful and attractive. The album I like the most from your work list is the puddlescapes. The fourth one and the 7th one is so cool and gives a fresh feeling. You are so talented to take these pictures.
great work! who knew the streets of NYC are paved with such riches!
Richard Schwartz(non-registered)
Wonderful work, Reb Dovid. Best wishes for much continued hatzlacha.
Jodi(non-registered)
Those are some remarkable meetings you had! Such a broad range, from deeply tactile to ephemeral. I love the elements of nature in some, and the geometric shadows in others. Really beautiful work, thanks for sharing.