Photographer Avrom Rubinfeld captures those elusive shots that show a slice of real life
“Midday is usually a photographer’s nightmare,” says 23-year-old hobbyist Avrom Rubinfeld. He’s a street photographer originally from Boro Park currently living in Jerusalem, where he gets the majority of his shots. “But it’s one of my favorites. Everyone’s looking for soft photos, but I like very deep shadows.”
It’s born from practicality also, because Rubinfeld is constantly on the lookout for a shot that tells a story, and stories don’t only happen at golden hour with the soft light of summer. A really good photo doesn’t happen as often as he’d like, but he’s honed the instinct to tell when a scene he comes across will make a beautiful shot.
“There are three things. There’s lighting, there’s the composition, and there’s the story. If I have all three, it’s a good shot. I’m trying to make it look like a painting, with a nostalgic Judaica feel,” he says.
You don’t know his work, and you won’t find his prints published anywhere or hanging on any walls. He’s a kollel yungerman with a niche interest, that’s all. And although he’s been doing this for a while, there wasn’t a Big Moment that got him into photography.
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