An Open Call To Anyone Who Has Ever Visited The Dead Sea
April 21, 2020 —
Dead Sea, Israel – The Dead Sea Revival Project and the Dead Sea Virtual Museum in partnership with Gurushots are pleased to announce a Global Earth Day initiative, inviting anyone who has ever visited the Dead Sea to share their favorite photos at: https://gurushots.com/challenge/dead-sea1/details.
Shared by Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinian Authority, the Dead Sea has been one of the most popular wonders of the world, enabling visitors to experience almost zero gravity when stepping into the highly concentrated salty waters. But to the dismay of millions of visitors a year, a complex array of environmental, economic and political factors are causing the Dead Sea to disappear at an alarming rate.
The awareness that the Dead Sea needed documentation came from Noam Bedein and Ari Leon Fruchter. Noam is a photojournalist who founded the media center in Sderot and has been capturing the Dead Sea through time-lapse photography for the past 4 years. Ari Leon Fruchter is a hi-tech executive and art collector whose family is amongst the founders of the Israel Museum.
“This April would have marked 4 years since I began documenting the Dead Sea with time-lapse photography,” says Bedein. “I have led and promoted hundreds of eco-boat tours on the Dead Sea, showing the dramatic changes as well as the magic and beauty of our World Wonder. Unfortunately, the Coronavirus crisis has prevented me from returning and documenting the on-going changes of the Dead Sea. This is our unique chance to show our appreciation to our surrounding nature and environment that has often been forgotten. “
“It saddens me to see the Dead Sea disappearing,” says Fruchter. “So the idea is to preserve what we have today for future generations to appreciate. My journey with the Dead Sea began nine years ago when I brought the artist Spencer Tunick to Israel. The resulting art installation included 1,200 participants floating nude at the Dead Sea. My latest dream is to build a physical Museum at the Dead Sea, but with the Coronavirus pandemic, I have turned these efforts towards developing a virtual museum of art. The International Dead Sea Photo Competition is a great way to allow the public to be a part of this initiative.”
The International Dead Sea Photo Competition will be accepting submissions beginning April 21st, 2020 until May 21st, 2020 with cash and prizes worth $6K . Judges include Spencer Tunick, Roie Galitz, Casey Kelbough, and Keren Bar Gil. Winners will be announced on September 16th at a press conference and exhibition at the Dead Sea.
About the Dead Sea Revival Project
The Dead Sea Revival Project is the only non-profit, non-partisan organization focused solely on historically documenting the Dead Sea. It has been recognized by NASA, who catalogs the Dead Sea decline from space satellites and featured in magazines such as National Geographic and on American TV and news programs for its environmental work.
About the Dead Sea Virtual Museum
The Dead Sea Virtual Museum is a new type of platform for Art Exhibitions in Virtual Reality.
Through commissioned digital artworks, the project aims to open new ways for contemporary artists to create and showcase original digital artworks to bring attention to an ongoing, yet reversible, ecological disaster.
GuruShots is a platform that gamifies photography for photo enthusiasts around the world. With a user base of 6M, it runs hundreds of photo challenges a month and produces exhibitions in galleries and art fairs across the globe.
“Launching a photo challenge for the Dead Sea is a natural fit for our platform, says Gilon Miller. “By partnering with the Dead Sea Revival Project, we have a unique opportunity to help the environment and spread awareness through photography. Anyone who cares about the Dead Sea can participate”.
For more press photos (credit Noam Bedein): https://www.instagram.com/noam_bedein_dead_sea/
Contact Info:
Name: Noam Bedein
Email: Send Email
Organization: Gurushots
Phone: +972-545-598-977
Website: https://gurushots.com
Release ID: 88953567
