Kobi Israel's Homoerotic Photography

10.24.2012

By Out.com Editors

The artist discusses his portraits of Israeli and Cuban men

Vulnerability and tenderness animate Kobi Israel’s large-scale portraits of Israeli men, many of them soldiers, photographed in private and personal spaces that hint at their inner lives. Although many are partially nude, the relationship with the viewer is not so much voyeuristic as it is empathetic.