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miluim (army reserve period)

Last week I accompanied an Israeli army unit in one of its reserve period duty.
I wanted to share with you my impressions.
Enjoy!

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Mary Bowles		16-Sep-2011 09:49
Fine reportage. I like the sombre tones.

Darbowski		13-Jan-2008 13:32
Une superbe galerie avec des NB de grande qualité ! VVV Et une très belle réponse à ceux qui mélangent la photographie et la politique !

Joseph Kushick		23-Dec-2007 17:23
Eloquently and sympathetically portrayed. Bravo! I also admired the sanity and dignity of your response to Mr. Garcia below. Joe Kushick

Neil Horner		19-Nov-2007 20:51
Great gallery Fred, a real human side to army life. V.

Guest		16-Sep-2007 23:04
super fred ces photos parlent toutes seules je connais bien le sujet bravo ! a vote !

ac		16-Jun-2007 14:49
Belle tonalité générale, qui en plus convient bien au sujet.

Guest		15-Mar-2007 19:46
Great and original gallery on an interesting subject.

Nunes BEIRAO - PHOTO		01-Mar-2007 00:49
Very interesting project, and quite inspiring too. Love over all your style and serious photography, fred. My compliments and a deserved vote!!!

Eric Herbelin		31-Dec-2006 13:40
a nice document Fred, and maube an oportunity for others to understand that reality ain't necesseraly the way they thought according to TV news.... or maybe the way they wish it was.

Marc Demoulin		16-Dec-2006 17:55
Très beau travail, très photoreporting Fred. Très homogène aussi. J'ai voté. A+ Marc

Guest		01-Dec-2006 18:44
Excellente galerie. Je suis venue quelques fois déjà mais ne savais pas au juste comment en parler. Je vois mieux maintenant: le type de cadrages, les contrastes et le traitement font que l'on sent ton point de vue "de l'intérieur". Documentaire, d'un documentariste "immergé", mais qui continue d'avoir assez de distance pour voir.

Dan Chusid		28-Nov-2006 00:59
Nice documentary job Fred.

Linda Matta		27-Nov-2006 05:49
Very nice gallery. You have a great eye. Thanks so much for sharing.

Manuel Libres Librodo Jr.		25-Nov-2006 19:03
Hi Fred...I voted even before I comment. This is a nice documentary take of life in there. Love your "whatever" compo style. It add to the story. Voted

Guest		25-Nov-2006 11:46
brilliant

doron nissim		25-Nov-2006 07:27
EXCELLENT WORK TOUCHING

jp_mergan		24-Nov-2006 14:08
What a nice and interesting gallery . Far from all clichés , and so human . Congratulations !!!

Piotr Stankiewicz		23-Nov-2006 21:30
I like a lot the composition of your photos (it's really good!) and the sepia similar tonning (how did you achieve it?). But telling the truth, I would expect more action - shooting, martial arts training, vehicle driving etc. etc. The photos seems to be in most part rather some kind of portrait gallery thant army work reportage. Sure faces are important but I would expect a bit more.... Take care!

Guest		21-Nov-2006 14:33
Vote bien sûr!

olivier bruning		21-Nov-2006 12:07
great work fred! yes, I enjoyed it ! V

Guest		21-Nov-2006 11:50
Je me suis empressé d'associer mon commentaire au début de la parution de cette gallerie en attendant la suite, afin de voter en connaissance de cause. J'y trouve une parfaite homogéneité des tons, des couleurs, le sens de l'instant, le bon cadrage... beaucoup de talent photographique. Un témoignage pudique et humain hors de toute hystérie activiste ou militante.

fred_il		21-Nov-2006 08:20
Dear Ernesto, I'm glad that you didn't see in my gallery any Israeli soldiers butchering or killing innocent civilians. I would have enjoy to capture a lebanese child smile for you, but "jumping the wall" means for me suicide. The gallery shows the real life on the other side of the wall. (This side you don't know!) I would like to thanks Ernesto to give me the opportunity to say to all of you that my gallery has no political interest. This is only one week of my life that I wanted to share with you. No more. There are a lot of ways to express your hate for Israel. I will not give you the pleasure to do it through my gallery. any future inappropriate comment will be deleted. Thanks Fred

Ernesto Garcia		21-Nov-2006 02:52
I didnt see any pictures where the Israeli soliders are BUTCHERING or KILLING any innocent civilians. I know they are well photographs and its a reserve period traing exercise. However I would rather see the impression on the face of the young Lebonanese child after an Israeli bomb levels his whole city. I wonder will you be there to capture that smile for us? Maybe you should jump the wall and check out how real people live Fred.

Oleg Chermoshniuk		20-Nov-2006 23:40
Excellent representation of the Miluim experience.

Richard Calmes		20-Nov-2006 21:01
Great job! Thank you for this insight into the people! V

xnir		20-Nov-2006 13:45
I love Israel :-) Great photos of great people from a great photographer. V

Guest		19-Nov-2006 17:03
nice story telling fred.

Roe..		19-Nov-2006 13:26
excellent gallery..thank you for sharing..you captured the mood and their expressions..well done

Guenter Eh		18-Nov-2006 15:38
Outstanding and UNIQUE gallery Fred! Impressiv portraits and scenes! Big vote!!!

Stu		18-Nov-2006 14:49
Superb work Fred, I like how some of these take us right up close to the soldiers...look forward to more!

Guest		17-Nov-2006 10:13
Autant joindre l'utile à l'agréable. Tu nous fais partager ces moments avec toi par l'intermédiaire de superbes images à la manière d'un reportage en immersion. Nous découvrons ce quotidien sous une lumière très différente! J'espère une suite prochaine...

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