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To see the world through the eyes of Kobi Israel is a privileged glimpse into the acclaimed photographers own inner world of memories and fantasies, where the beauty and natural eroticism of the male body is celebrated against a backdrop of passion, confusion and fear, conflicts and trapped emotions.

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RainbowNetwork.com Kobi Israel is a photographer with an eye for detail. His stunning portfolio has won much praise and worldwide attention. Since we last caught up with him, Kobi has been busy putting together his very first photo book Kobi Israel Views due to be released later this month through Bruno Gmunder. A book of postcards of the images will also be available. Link
     
UK.GAY.COM Kobi Israel: Views
We take a glimpse at a visually stunning new book by award winning photographer Kobi Israel.
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OUTUK.COM Kobi Israel is a photographer who now lives and works in London and apart from album sleeves and other commercial work, he's taken some stunning pictures of the male body and serving soldiers in his home country of Israel. In OutSpoken this week we feature examples of his work and Kobi talks about his views on creative photography. Link
     

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QX

QX is the largest gay/lesbian magazine in Scandinavia.

 Kobi Israel heter en ung fotograf som släppt en fotobok hos tyska Bruno Gmünder Verlag. Boken har fått namnet Israel Views och återger mjukerotiska bilder på israeliska män i och utan uniform. Boken har beskrivits som "provocerande" i gaymedia.

Den 32-årige israeliske fotografen Kobi Israel har släppt sin första fotobok: Kobi Israel Views heter den och har getts ut på Bruno Gmünder Verlag. I samband med marknadsföringen av boken har Kobi Israel fått stor uppmärksamhet i internationell gaymedia. I den schweiziska tidningen AK kallas de erotiska bilderna på israeliska militärer "provokativa".
- Jag försöker inte provocera för provocerandets skull, svarar Kobi i AK. Men jag antar att några personer kommer uppfatta det som provokativt. Jag söker det mänskliga och vackra under uniformen. Det är inte provokativt.
I boken från BGV blandas de militära situationerna med bilder från männens hemmiljö och på partyscenen i TelAviv. Kobi Israel bor idag i London och har deltagit i en rad fotoutställningar.
På hans hemsida presenteras ett brett urval fotografier liksom länkar till flera artiklar och intervjuer med Kobi.

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A GUY SITE I've come across a site that features both beauty and love in absolute perfect harmony. kobi israel dot com features the work of well.. kobi israel, an award winning freelance photographer who now lives and works in london. born in israel in the year of 1970, this featured guy has taken his love of photography and created a vision of himself and the male body. with an education in still photography and cinematography and a visit to the new york film academy, his talent has led him to create a website that features his work and soon to be released publication of his first homo-erotic photography book! the title, 'Kobi Israel Views' begins making it's rounds around stores in spring 2003 and all over europe by the end of april 2003.
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JustBeGay.de Aus Israel kommen nicht nur Schreckensbilder und schlechte Nachrichten.

Die noch nicht allzu lang zurückliegende friedlichere Zeit dokumentiert der Fotograf Kobi Israel mit seinen bunt-fröhlichen Männerakten. Kobi Israel wurde 1970 in Tel Aviv geboren, noch heute lebt er in Israel. Er fotografiert Landschaften, Brücken und Menschen und gestaltet CD-Cover. Auch als Lehrer und Flugbegleiter hat er schon gearbeitet. Seine Arbeit ist mehrfach ausgezeichnet worden. Ein Selbstporträt von Kobi Israel findet Ihr übrigens am Ende dieser Bildershow.

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Gaysurfer.de

Kobi Israel, 31 Jahre alt, ist in der Kunstszene von Tel-Aviv, London, Nizza oder New York schon lange kein unbeschriebenes Blatt mehr.

Mit seinen Kunstprojekten konnte er bereits viele Preise gewinnen. Seine Fotos finden sich nicht nur auf CD-Hüllen berühmter Sänger oder den Deckeln von Foto- und Reisemagazinen wider; man findet sie auch auf den Umschlägen dickerer Bücher.

Auch Homosexuellenmagazine greifen gerne auf die Bilder des Israeli zurück, denn der Künstler fotografiert nicht nur Landschaften, Menschenansammlungen, Events oder Pflanzen - auch die Aktfotografie ist Bestandteil seiner Arbeit.

Wir haben mit ihm über seine Foto-Projekte gesprochen und freuen uns, Euch neun seiner Bilder präsentieren zu dürfen.

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netgai.com Nous inaugurons aujourd'hui cette rubrique avec le photographe israélien Kobi Israel. Ce n'est pas pour la qualité du design de son site que nous l'avons choisi : la navigation y est confuse et on est vite un peu perdu... Mais la grande quantité de photos exposées (plus de mille) et le talent de l'artiste nous ont vraiment séduits. Link
     
Rainbownetwork

What motivates you ?
I’m very curious about life, about people and their thoughts and feelings. The camera is the most instant and intuitive tool of our times to immortalise moments and feelings. The real challenge for me is to try and capture ‘the inside’ rather than ‘the outside’.

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ClubClassic.net Kobi Israel, nato il 3 ottobre 1970 in Israele, vive e lavora a Madrid e Londra. Laureato alla "Camera-Obscura" Scuola delle Arti a Tel-Aviv, nel 1995/6 ha seguito il Corso di Cinematografia presso la "New York Film Academy". Ha partecipato a mostre in varie città, Nizza, Ramat-Gan, Chicago, Tel-Aviv, Rishon-Lezion, Londra, Parigi, alcune erano esposizioni di gruppo, altre volte "personali". Ha realizzato un "corto" trasmesso dal canale Israeliano 2 TV dal titolo "Boulevards of Broken Dreams". Di lui si sono occupate molte riviste del settore sia cartacee che on-line.
Per saperne di più, visita www.kobi-israel.com .
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TalentX

Fine art portal

talentX: How much of an artist's skill do you think is dependent on instinct, and how much is based on training/professional schooling? Is instinct improved upon at a subconscious level by training, or is it something more mystical and profound? Is it something that some artists are born with, and some don't seem to have no matter how much they train? Or is it something that can be altered and shaped by the right kind of instruction?

Kobi: It is all a matter of "internal truth". You need to feel the URGE to photograph. It should be a kind of FIRE burning inside you. You can become a good artist/photographer in many different ways; you can create your own art based on your character. There's a wide scale of human character, ranging from the emotional to the intellectual; all you need is the integrity to be who you are. So I believe this side is based on instinct.

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Profotos.com

Profotos Staff Evaluation:

The portfolio of Kobi Israel stands out as one which resembles the work of some of photography's most influetntial masters. Through his superior implementation of color, contrast, and composition, Kobi masterfully produces photographs which seem to be otherworldy and surreal in nature.

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Silvergraphics

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It was a primary and instant way to respond to and to express the overwhelming emotions inside me. My photography then was based on my instincts. I've let myself follow my heart.I did not put any thought into it and did not plan anything. I was afraid to analyze the scenes, afraid I might lose the power of the instinct.

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