From a series by photographer Ziv Ish:
[Ish] eventually moved to south Tel Aviv, Israel, where he began creating portraits of people living on the fringes of Israeli society, including prostitutes, drug addicts, and transsexuals. “There are areas in [Tel Aviv] that drug addicts or many other extreme communities are very easy to find. I used to visit there almost every day and got to know every corner of the streets,” Ish said. “Very rough areas with an environment that is very hard to deal with, especially if you are really getting into the veins of the place and getting to know the people.” Ish added that he has always connected with marginalized communities and that “ … I felt that maybe just a little bit of luck separates us.”
(Photo: Last Portrait of Sophy, 2012, by Ziv Ish)
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