ABOUT THE ARTIST 

 Yair Alain Cohen, 24, was born on the Ivory Coast.
 He came to Israel in 1984, with the return of his
 parents to Israel after a term as commercial representatives. 

Mr. Cohen attended the Mousrara School of Photography
 and Imagery in Jerusalem from 2000-2003. While still
 a student, he participated in several group exhibitions:
 “Bedouins of the Negev”, at the Museum of the Land of Israel,
 Tel Aviv, in 2002; “The Ethiopian Christian Community,”
 at the Tel Aviv Cinemateque, in 2002; and in the framework
 of his Final Project at the Mousrara School of Photography
 and Imagery, he exhibited at the Mahtaroth
 Museum in Jerusalem in 2003. 
In March, 2004, Mr. Cohen took part in the exhibit
 “Exemplary Leadership Project: Utopia”, at the Azrieli
 Towers in Tel Aviv, together with 120 outstanding artists
 representing the various sectors of the population of Israel. 
In April, 2004, he presented his exhibit “Sham – Mayim” 
(“Sky – Water”), also at the Azrieli Towers. 
 On the Technique of “Sky – Water”: 
Yair Cohen uses a macro lens to achieve an effect which makes
 the observer aware of natural phenomena resulting from 
interaction among different materials. Natural elements are
 combined and become new creations, as natural processes occur over time. 
The artist designs minature landscapes, creating his own new world.
 He sees his role as one of documenting and perpetuating the
 small moments of grace and magic that G-d and nature have provided.
 The final work displayed is the result of careful observation and
 clarification, a process of several years’ duration – not of 
photography per se but of the artist’s own observation and 
reflection of life. 
The photographs exhibited in “Sky – Water”
 were developed and printed without any use of a computer.