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This Israeli photographer's work is all about 'subverting masculinity'

JL;DR SUMMARY Nir Arieli, an Israeli photographer, has developed a body of work that explores masculinity through the lens of male dancers. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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ArtGender NormsDancePhotographyMasculinityMilitaryNir ArieliVisual NarrativeStainedMale Dancers

Places mentioned

Maccabim, Central District, Israel
"Growing up about halfway between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem in a small town called Maccabim, now part of Modiin, Arieli had an inexplicable notion from a young age that he wanted to be an artist."
New Jersey, United States
"That was the seed, he told me over Zoom from his new home in New Jersey, where he recently moved with his husband."
New York City, New York, United States
"Arieli had leveraged his considerable portfolio from his military service into a scholarship at the School of Visual Arts in New York City."
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"Growing up about halfway between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem in a small town called Maccabim, now part of Modiin, Arieli had an inexplicable notion from a young age that he wanted to be an artist."
Jerusalem, Israel
"Growing up about halfway between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem in a small town called Maccabim, now part of Modiin, Arieli had an inexplicable notion from a young age that he wanted to be an artist."

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