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deeply resonant place, drawn
from the combination of these
individual photographic sensibilities and approaches.
The conception of This Place
began for its initiator, Frédéric
Brenner, in 2005. Brenner, who
has been photographing Jewish communities around the
world since 1981, was driven
by a desire to facilitate a visual
counter-argument to the prevailing, often polarized, rep-

resentations of Israel and the
West Bank in both national and
international news media.
When Brenner decided to
invite a group of the finest
photographers in the world to
spend time in Israel and the
West Bank to create their own
portraits of the place, some
were intrigued and others were
wary of being used for political
gain, or were not interested. But
Brenner ultimately convinced

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