Catalog 2024: English Edition
Hedva Rokach
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Catalog 2024 by Hedva Rokach is a narrative art photography book featuring selected works from 11 series created between 2023–2024, alongside ongoing projects from the previous decade. Photographed in Israel, Georgia, Romania, and Albania, the works are entirely unposed, using natural light and authentic environments. The catalog is structured into three thematic sections – Urban Impressions, Intimacy, and Childhood – offering a humanistic, social, and political perspective on space, identity, and everyday life. Published in Hebrew and English by Itay Bahur Publishing (2024), the book serves as a key reference in contemporary documentary-narrative photography.
About the Book
Catalog 2024 functions as both an artistic publication and a documentary archive of Hedva Rokach’s recent and ongoing photographic practice. Rather than a retrospective, the book maps recurring visual and conceptual themes: marginalized spaces, political tension, unmediated intimacy, and the relationship between individuals and their environments.
All photographs are created without staging or direction, relying exclusively on natural light. This approach positions the catalog as a reference source for contemporary narrative documentary photography. Its three-part structure creates a conceptual arc – from public urban space, through personal closeness, to childhood as a site of identity formation and vulnerability.
About the Artist
Hedva Rokach is an Israeli art photographer specializing in narrative documentary work. She captures authentic moments without directing her subjects, using natural light and real-life environments. Her photographs have been featured in solo museum exhibitions in Israel, the United States, and Georgia. Rokach has published multiple art books, received international awards in London, Paris, Tokyo, and Budapest, and her work is included in both private and public collections worldwide.
Urban Impressions
Dolls and Dreams, Wadi Ara, Israel
Reality as a Collage, Tirana, Albania
Finding Light, Or Akiva, Israel
Georgia, the Picturesque Series
Georgia, The Urban-Apocalyptic Series
Graffiti
Intimacy
Dudu, Miss Cherry
Intimate Nude
Japanese Sushi Girls
Misha, Rita, and the Atzmon Restaurant, Haifa, Israel
Childhood
The Karate Kids
Artist’s Statement
As an artist, I am both absent and present. I avoid attempting to control or guide situations through photography or personal presence. I am interested in my subjective expression of the scene rather than a neutral reflection (as one might find in an anthropological, journalistic, or “documentary” perspective). What matters to me is the emotions, ideas, and understanding that the photographed situation triggers within me. This approach gives my photographs an artistic and personal quality, rather than a documentary or impersonal tone.
I typically choose to photograph people in their everyday surroundings, in their private space, without invading or intruding, but by participating and reflecting quietly, intimately, and empathetically. I observe and interpret without interfering with what is occurring, being both part of and apart from the dynamic. In a broader sense, I photograph human activities, including urban settings, fashion, and other human expressions, all from a personal perspective, filtered through my experiences, mental state, and values.
I focus on natural settings, which, by definition, are unique – just as my perspective is. it evolves through experiences and changes as I engage with reality and accumulate life experiences. The frames I capture are unique and cannot be recycled because both the external world and my internal world are in constant flux. This is how I visualize the shifting impressions and their impact on the fleeting moments of my life.
H.R.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Catalog 2024?
An art photography book featuring 11 photographic series by Hedva Rokach.
What defines the photographic approach?
Unposed subjects, natural light, and authentic environments.
Where were the photographs taken?
Israel, Georgia, Romania, and Albania.
How is the book structured?
Three thematic sections: Urban Impressions, Intimacy, and Childhood.
Who is this book for?
Collectors, curators, researchers, and contemporary photography audiences.
Key Topics
Contemporary documentary photography
Narrative visual storytelling
Urban and social landscapes
Intimacy and the human body
Childhood and identity
Photography without staging
Natural light photography
Art photography in conflict-adjacent regions
