Dolphinarium Beach Pier, Tel Aviv

Have I mentioned that I love photographing from the ends of piers? There is something unique about the sea crashing powerfully against the rocks, in the foam that breaks again and again, in the open space that offers endless possibilities for different perspectives. Piers, in particular, invite a fascinating encounter between wild nature and human touch. When you add a fisherman performing his quiet work against the pastoral landscape backdrop, the panorama almost intensifies itself.

In this panorama, I captured the moment at the edge of the Dolphinarium pier, while this fisherman, nice and smiling, agreed to let me photograph him while holding his long fishing rod. His gaze, together with the tranquility he radiated around him, made the moment unforgettable for me. This happened a long time ago, and since then I have returned there several times to photograph again, and soon I will create an updated panorama and we will be able to see the city’s development as well – instead of the old ruined Dolphinarium  a beautiful and impressive marine sports center was built.

This pier, which combines the developing city in the background, together with the unchanging nature of the sea, is a place of contrasts that blend in harmony – just like in the panoramas I create, with dozens of photographs that merge into something one, greater than the sum of its parts.