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Voyeuristic street photography series documents everyday life in Israel

I believe that street photography is one of the best ways of portraying the true collective spirit of a place. After all, people make a place what it is, and big or small every town, city and country is filled with characters.

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All images courtesy of Omri Shomer

All images courtesy of Omri Shomer

Omri Shomer is a 34-year-old street photographer based in Israel. His love of photography started when he was very young – he first picked up a camera at the age of 13, experimenting with both stills and video.

He explains: "My love story with the camera began when my father bought an 8mm video camera, and he became obsessed with documenting everything. At the same time, I took still photographs with a 35mm pocket camera.

"I have been working as a copywriter in advertising agencies for seven years, but reached a stage where I felt I was missing something. Through my work with art directors, I had more and more contact with visual concepts, and this, in turn, stimulated my interest in photography in a more conscious fashion.

"After seven years, in which I only wrote and was under the sort of intense pressure that only an advertising agency can create, I decided I had had enough of writing." And the rest is history. Check out more of Omri's work at omrishomer.com.

Man on bicycle passes a black and white film poster with Hebrew text showing two people in close conversation
Black and white photograph of a man wearing a cap working under industrial heat lamps with steam rising around him
Man's face reflected in a shop window with pedestrians and urban buildings visible in the glass behind him
Person holding a cardboard takeaway box with a printed image of a woman's face on a street pavement lined with shops and planters
A person in a red plaid shirt runs through a public plaza with black and white striped cylindrical bollards scattered across the pavement
Woman with silver hair wearing a white shirt and dark jacket stands against a black background in this street photography series
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