Rafael Y. Herman

Rafael Y. Herman is an Israeli photographer known for Bereshit, a project of Negev desert trees photographed at night by moonlight.

born 1974The Bereshit photography projectNight photography by moonlightPhotographs of Negev desert trees

Occupation: photographer

Rafael Y. Herman was born in 1974 in Beersheba

Rafael Yossef Herman was born in 1974 in Beersheba. As a child he studied music for 13 years. His father Maxim was born in Bucharest in 1937 and died in 2007.

Herman graduated in economics and management from Tel Aviv University.

His project Bereshit shows Negev desert trees at night, lit only by the moon, with no digital manipulation. It was first shown in December 2006 at Palazzo Reale in Milan, in an exhibition titled Magà, and led to an invitation to present it at the Pompidou Center in Paris. In November 2007 he held a solo exhibition, Bereshit, at Studio Guastalla.

He has shown work in South America, Europe and Asia. In 2002 he worked with Amnesty International and the government of Bahia at the Bahian Carnival. His work covers fashion, reportage, editorial and film set photography, and experimental research.

He lives in Italy and divides his time between Europe, America and Israel.