Israeli photographer Adi Nes is the son of Iranian and Kurdish immigrants who came to Israel in the 1950s. Among his best-known works is Soldiers, a series of staged photographs of Israeli soldiers, which aroused controversy for its homoerotic imagery. His work has been featured in solo exhibitions at museums in Israel, Europe, and the United States. Nes is the recipient of the Israel Cultural Excellence Foundation Award (2005).
Ninio works in a variety of artistic disciplines, including photography. Here, a structure high in the clouded sky suggests the ability to view the world below.
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