Dafna Tal is based on the Red Sea in Eilat, Israel. Her artistic practice and approach incorporates photography, video, and sound. This work explores emotional and mental perceptions as expressed in various communities and environments.
The photographic series, A Lasting Faith (2014-2015) portrays the religious community of the Orthodox Church in the Holy Land, today’s Israel, and the Palestinian Authority. The work encompasses portraits of monks and nuns in prayer, services, rituals, and on location in churches and surrounding landscapes. The entire series was photographed at night by candlelight or by moonlight. Throughout antiquity Christianity and religion have been intricately interwoven with the narrative history of art.