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When his 19th century predecessors attempted to photograph the Holly Land, they met unexpected resistance, Tassel says. As Christians, they did not understand the hostility of the native Arabs and Jews who were forbidden to create "graven images," he explains...
...century, later, Tassel met a more hospitable reception. "When I began to photograph, human barriers disappeared. Christians, Moslems and Jews, the ordinary and the more sophisticated--all were awed by the pocket images of their homes, shops, or places of worship as they looked 100 or more years ago," he says...
...Tassel's quest to reproduce the original images as accurately as possible led him from hillsides to rooftops and from the seaside to the desert. After three trips to Israel, Tassel says, he began to develop a "sense of identify" with the early photographers. "I often knew that I was photographing from the exact spot chosen by my predecessor, but my appreciation deepened as I realized that he had not only selected the aesthetically pleasing viewpoint, but also the most obvious place to rest his cumbersome equipment...
...Tassel points to a pair of pictures of Jerusalem. Bonfils shot one of them over 100 years ago; Tassel shot the other two years ago. With the exception of a few trees and buildings in the foreground of Tassel's print, the two photos are almost indistinguishable. A domed Moslem shrine dominates the parched landscape of the walled city, little changed through the centuries...
...doctor displays another pair of pictures which bear only the slightest resemblance to one another. Both photographs depict Tiberias, a coastal city in Northern Israel. They were taken from the exact same location but separated by 100 year's time. Only an ancient tower, present in both photos, helped Tassel find the spot where Frith rested his camera...