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Skyline: Israel From Above [Hardcover]

Duby Tal (Author), Moni Haramati (Author)
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Skyline January 1997
All the pictures in this book are aerial photographs aimed at presenting a graphic, structural and abstract perspective of Israel, making use of the special light which illuminates the country at different times of day and in different seasons.

The unique angle from which the photographs have been taken lends a different appearance to objects that we have thus far known only in a routine way.

Most of the photographs were taken from a Robinson helicopter and the remainder from light aircraft where the door was removed for the convenience of the photographers.

The helicopter afforded greater maneuverability at low speeds and allowed the photographers to get closer to the scenes photographed.

In order to take photographs from the desired angle and with the correct illumination and timing, three preconditions had to be met: painstaking planning, optimum weather conditions, and good teamwork.


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The Prime Minister of Israel has chosen "Skyline: Israel From Above" as an official gift from the State of Israel to world leaders and visiting dignitaries. This book is one of a series featuring breathtaking Israeli skylines from an aerial perspective.

About the Author

Moni Haramati was born in 1950 in Kibbutz Giv'at Hayyim Ihud and grew up in Jerusalem, where he graduated from the Hebrew University High School. In the IDF he served in an Air Force helicopter squadron and flew on all fronts in the Yom Kippur War. He was discharged in 1975. While working as a cropdusting pilot, he took a course in professional photography. At that time he founded Monami, Ltd., a company through which he intended to unify his two passions, aviation and photography, and provide flight and photography services, mainly for the production of films.

Duby Tal was born in Israel in 1955 and grew up in Qiryat Ono, where he graduated high school. After serving in the Air Force as a helicopter pilot, he completed a Bachelor's degree in geology at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, concurrently studying photography at Camera Obscura. While studying for his Master's degree, he made photography a profession rather than a hobby. In 1986 he became a freelance photographer specialiting in nature and landscape photography.


Product Details

  • Hardcover: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Ministry of Defence Publishing House; 8th edition (January 1997)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 9650505342
  • ISBN-13: 978-9650505349
  • Product Dimensions: 13.2 x 9.4 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 3.7 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,406,986 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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5.0 out of 5 stars Some wonderful photographs from a helicopter, January 5, 2005
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Jill Malter (jillmalter@aol.com) - See all my reviews
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"This is the land. Without words. A thousand forms, a thousand colors, watercourses, highways, domes, twists and turns. You can see the fissure line, the skyline, the lightline, and the watershed line."

You certainly can. In 208 magnificent photographs! There are mountain ranges, sand dunes, flatlands, and orchards. There are ancient mines, dating from the time of King Solomon. We get to see rivers, aqueducts, and terraces. Some detailed shots of the Dead Sea, Jaffa and Tel Aviv, Eilat, Masada, and Jerusalem. We see beaches and water parks. Deserts and coastlines. And more. In glorious color.

I recommend it.

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5.0 out of 5 stars An inspiring and beautiful album, October 27, 2007
This review is from: Skyline: Israel From Above (Hardcover)
As I live in Jerusalem and walk its streets every day I took particular pleasure in seeing from a completely different perspective many familiar landmarks. As one who has driven on the road up to Jerusalem many times seeing the aerial view of the winding narrow highway from the Kastel, gave new insight to the battle over the highway in 1948.
The book is organized around the seven gates to the Old City and there are especially clear depictions of some of the world's holiest places.
Many of the photos are made when Jerusalem is covered with a thin layer of snow.
There are captions from the writings of Yehuda Amichai, Amos Oz, Nahmanides, Mark Twain. The first photograph contains an account of the city as it looked in the late twelvth century to Benjamin of Mitudela. A couple of particularly inspiring passages are provided by Shmuel Yosef Agnon.
The photos themselves make one realize how much richer the world before us than we ordinarily see, how much more beauty inherent in a place than we ordinarily know.
A true gift for the eyes and the soul.
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5.0 out of 5 stars I had to buy 2, March 23, 2002
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I bought one as a Bat Mitzvah gift. My Israeli friend liked it so much I bought a second one for him.
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