
© Yarden Amsalem - “The Journey of Farada Aklum” - selected as Foto of the Day - January 2026
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Selections
A Study of Masculine Grace” This work is a quiet conversation with self — a reminder that strength doesn’t always come with weight or noise. Sometimes it’s just the steady rhythm of showing up as you are. These images capture the parts of masculinity we don’t talk about enough: the softness beneath the muscle, the calm behind the posture, the small peace that comes when you stop trying to be what the world expects.
In Bloom, A Last Dance Before The Silence. Where an ending flares like a beginning, held between presence and disappearance, in a final surge of being.
Grafarkirkja is the oldest turf church in Iceland, built in 1240 and today a guardian of the country's history. While I was taking this photograph, I was lucky to have the church’s pastor arriving behind me—a very kind lady who offered to show me the inside of the church, which is normally closed to the public except during ceremonies.
This work explores how identity and emotion can be conveyed without the visible face, shifting the portrait from recognition to presence through body, gesture, texture, and light. The subject is a queer man living in the closet; the turned back becomes both protection and agency, while silhouette, shadow, and adornment carry what cannot yet be shown—vulnerability, restraint, and inner strength.
A self-portrait from the project about changes in women's body at the beginning of menopause period
The Journey of Farada Aklum- A story of the immigrant Farada Aklum from Ethiopia through Sudan
From my series Brewed Reflections: The Poetry of Ataya, a project that explores memory, identity, and community through the 'Ataya' tea ritual from West Africa. This image reflects on the balance between past and future. My uncle (pictured seated), who taught me the Ataya tea ritual, represents the wisdom passed through generations. The flower- masked figure stands for the youth: growing, changing, yet rooted. It shows how small traditions like tea-making keep us connected across time.
As an artist, I like to merge natural terrain with contemporary self-expression. In this image, the subject embodies autonomy and personal choice in a way that feels distinctly of our time, yet the physical connection to the land suggests something timeless. I am imagining the subject emerging from the landscape rather than placed upon it. @juliashoots
The Cormorant gang photographed an early autumn morning just outside Västerås, Sweden.
PHOTOGRAPH I CREATED OF A BOAT IN THE FOG HEADING NORTH OFF THE COAST OF SOUTH PORTLAND, MAINE, USA
From this spectacular place, the human presence makes us understand the majesty of the mountains. I was waiting for someone to go to the viewpoint to shoot, and after a long wait a guy, seeing me with the tripod and the camera ready, looked at me and we nodded in agreement

















