We are extremely happy to welcome Gabi Ben Avraham in our judging team!

 

We all know his amazing pictures, so, we thought, instead us telling you how good he is (you already know!), we let Gabi to do the talking:

 

“The street is not a studio. Sometimes I stand and wait for things to converge – a cyclist, a dancer, a child – moving along. Street Photography/Documentary is my favourite way of looking at the world. My camera has become an integral part of me and I cannot imagine myself without it. Everywhere I go I take it with me thinking ‘maybe today will be my lucky day and I will take the photo of my life’. Via the camera lens I am constantly looking around me, searching for that ‘decisive’ moment that will never return, unless I catch it. When pushing the button, I try to make some sense, restore order to the chaotic scheme of things in the composition, tell the story behind the scene and frame a surrealistic moment. The components ‘speak’ with each other in a special dialogue, either by colour (I prefer B&W, I add colour only when it is meaningful), shape, or light. Capturing the elusive, special moment after which things will never be the same and making it eternal – that is my goal”.

 

More of Gabi’s works can be found here:

 

http://www.gabibest.com/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/gabyba33/
http://www.thestreetcollective.com/gabi-ben-avraham/