Tal Shochat

Tal Shochat
Born 1974
Netanya, Israel
Residence Tel Aviv, Israel
Education Beit Berl College
Occupation Photographer

Tal Shochat (born 1974) is an Israeli photographer.

Early life

Tal Shochat was born in 1974 in Netanya.[1][2] She was educated at the Hamidrasha School of Art of Beit Berl College from 1995 to 1999.[3]

Career

Shochat takes photographs of fruit trees against black backdrops.[4] An article on SFGate.com explained that she " cleaned every branch and leaf before shooting five fruit trees that grow in Israel - peach, almond, pomegranate, apple and persimmon - at their peak of ripeness against a black background."[5] In a review of an exhibit at the V&A, the Financial Times suggested her photographic method was comparable to David Buckland's.[4]

Her artwork is in the permanent collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) in Los Angeles, California, United States, and the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in London, United Kingdom.[1][2] Another artwork was also held at the Art Gallery of the University of Haifa in Israel prior to its disestablishment.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Shaked (Almond)". LACMA. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Tal Shochat, 'Pomegranate (Rimon)'". Victoria & Albert Museum. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Raw and Cooked". University of Haifa Art Gallery. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  4. 1 2 Hodgson, Francis (November 24, 2012). "Partygoers and peacemakers". Financial Times. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  5. ↑ Yollin, Patrick (March 17, 2012). "Contemporary Jewish Museum branches out with trees". SFGate.com. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
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