BIOGRAPHY

Born in Geneva, Switzerland, 1926 - in Israel since 1948 Photographer for 28 years at the Faculty of Architecture, Technion, Haifa. Ben-Arieh works mainly with the method of photomontage. His photographs are composed of a number of negatives, which were taken at various locations and times, and were assembled by him into final prints in the darkroom About his Art, Ben-Arieh says: “I chose to photograph in black and white, in monochrome and not in color, for then I feel utmost flexibility to express the surrealistic character of the picture. For me color is too close to reality, too naturalistic. Usually I do not give titles to my photos. The pictures should speak for themselves. I wish to give the viewer freedom to be face to face with the picture, to be drawn into it, to understand it as he wishes, and to feel the fantasy as his personal reality.” .The National Library in Paris has acquired twelve photographs of the artist’s various exhibitions.

Artist Highlights

• ArtWanted.com Gallery:    Photography