Born in Jerusalem, Israel, Michal Ronnen Safdie was educated in the fields of sociology and anthropology.
Her photographs are noted for their unusual range, encompassing subjects from the natural world (studies of ice, anthropomorphic trees, vapor trails) and the human subject in the center of sociopolitical events (refugees from Darfur, Gacaca trials in Rwanda, the Western Wall, and orthodox women in Israel).
"Dear Friends,
As many of you know, our location on Chelsea’s West 24th Street recently flooded and we were forced to vacate the space. In lieu of mounting physical exhibitions, we will be presenting bi-weekly online shows sent directly to your inbox. Every Monday we will share a selection of images culled from the gallery’s archive, highlighting a theme or a visual concept. In addition, our social media platforms will be updated with daily posts expanding on each of the selected artworks.
This week’s selection is inspired by the sheer circumstances that brought the need of an online exhibition-- water. While water may hold an array of meanings, the group of works brought to you this week attempts to avoid a symbolic interpretation, and to invoke -- through a quiet ripple-- ideas on power, bounda...