Ofir Barak is a photographer born and based in Jerusalem. Since 2014, he is working on a project about religions in Jerusalem, Israel. His work largely concentrates on the three major Abrahamic religions in the city - Judaism, Christianity and Islam and the people behind them.
Ofir self-published the book Mea Shearim - The Streets in 2017 about the Haredi / orthodox Jew neighborhood of Mea Shearim.
Mea Shearim - The Streets (*signed*)
Presentation Ofir Barak's website : [adapted excerpts] "Mea Shearim (lit. « hundred gates »; contextually « a hundred fold ») was established in 1874 as the fifth settlement outside the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem. Mea Shearim remains today loyal to its old customs and preserves its isolation in the heart of Jerusalem while trying to stave off...