A group of pre-teens undergoing a growing-up ritual in a Kibutz in Israel.
They were working to set up a big fire exhibit for the whole comunity: designing, building and executing everything practically by themselves.
And all of this is just one of many tasks they arrange through a whole year.
I was with them for about a month documenting them on their preperations and eventually on a cold night on top of a mountain, where they lit their display on fire!
I captured them in moments of play, and silent consentration. I saw them guide and help each other, as they were literally growing up before our eyes.
They were working to set up a big fire exhibit for the whole comunity: designing, building and executing everything practically by themselves.
And all of this is just one of many tasks they arrange through a whole year.
I was with them for about a month documenting them on their preperations and eventually on a cold night on top of a mountain, where they lit their display on fire!
I captured them in moments of play, and silent consentration. I saw them guide and help each other, as they were literally growing up before our eyes.
Itamar Spins Letters
Suf in a moment of reflection
Ofek
Sagi
Gali
Orin
Noa spins a fireball
Gali checks her Fireball
Yair
Oren
Oren and Yaniv set-up bars
Suf help Elad across a trench
Elad
Noya Shir and Emanuel
The kids face a smoke-screen
Shani
Emanuel Orin and Shani awaiting the ceremony to begin
The kids look down on the ceremony
Lighting torches as the go is given
Ayelet lights her torch
Suf swings her fire letter
