PhotoSpirit by Shendl Copitman
Shendl Copitman
Photographer, Photojournalist
Shendy is originally from Chisinau, Republic of Moldova. She fell in love with photography after one year work with famous photographer Kitra Cahana. She graduated form Paideia Institute in Sweden, Open University of Israel and Professional school of photography in Moldova. After that she transformed her knowledge into a social and art projects. She created few projects and held exhibitions around a world.
One of those is photo project "JewsAroundMe" about Jewish communities. In her exhibitions Shendl shows community and its spirit through people, their faces, statements and predestination. The participants of her project are community leaders, artists, professionals, musicians and among them are famous people
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The other project she started is Torah Images exhibition. Torah Images is a series of Art exhibitions that combine three types of art: photography, painting and music. Exhibition are interactive and has great educational influence. The project is a union of three artists: photographer Shendy Copitman, artist Maria Sclearenco and famous klezmer violinist Mark Kovnatskiy.
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On 2023 she initiated her first journalistic project "Cries of War" The goal of the project is to show and tell the story of people from Ukraine whose lives have changed dramatically since the beginning of the Russian invasion.
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Besides her projects, she also works as a reportage photographer. Her main fields are Mucis Festivals, official events, family events, and others.
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Her photos were published in the Die Zeit, Deutsche Welle, MDR, Vancouver Sun, Jerusalem Post, The Times of Israel, etc.
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