I see my artwork as my journey through life in a constantly changing world. New things come and go. Emojis came, and (what a surprise) are still here. Our culture loves to drop comments without specific meaning. Things don’t have to mean much; most importantly, they must entertain. However, I love the colorful world of emojis, so I tried to dedicate a photograph to this newly formed phenomenon. The work was shot in Jerusalem in 2014. With the help of art students, I printed out emojis in the size of a human head and made masks with them. Afterward, I photographed groups of people holding emoji masks in front of their faces. Photoshop did the rest, placing the groups of people in the background. Of course, twenty years from now, the newness will be gone, but my photo will remain as a memory of a fast-passing time, and maybe by then, we only talk with emojis. Who knows.

Later, in 2015, I produced a second version of Emojies for the show “Life” at Metro Pictures, New York.