A Mermaid in Jerusalem

15 photos of Israel that will blow your mind

Mar 31, 2014, 9:00 PM

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Photography is more than capturing shadow and light and telling a story.

Photography is about creating a reality that we can only imagine — it’s about nurturing and enhancing something so exquisite, so profound that it can take your breath away.

And occasionally, a photograph can capture the sublime…

And when I saw these photos by Yehoshua Derovan — an incredibly gifted digital photographer — I was blown away. By all of them.

And you will be, too.

Wow. Photo by Yehoshua Derovan — Wow. (Ella Valley)
Photo by Yehoshua Derovan

The grottoes of Rosh Hanikra Photo by Yehoshua Derovan — The grottoes of Rosh Hanikra
Photo by Yehoshua Derovan

Calatava Bridge, Jerusalem. Photo by Yehoshua Derovan — Calatfava Bridge, Jerusalem.
Photo by Yehoshua Derovan

Namal, Tel Aviv Photo by Yehoshua Derovan — Namal, Tel Aviv
Photo by Yehoshua Derovan

Jerusalem at night Photo by Yehoshua Derovan — Jerusalem at night
Photo by Yehoshua Derovan

Latrun Bridge Photo by Yehoshua Derovan — Latrun Bridge
Photo by Yehoshua Derovan

Nachal Sorek Photo by Yehoshua Derovan — Nachal Sorek
Photo by Yehoshua Derovan

Al-Aqsa Mosque Photo by Yehoshua Derovan — Al-Aqsa Mosque
Photo by Yehoshua Derovan

From a rooftop overlooking Beit Shemesh at sunset. Photo by Yehoshua Derovan. — From a rooftop overlooking Beit Shemesh at sunset.
Photo by Yehoshua Derovan.

Stalactite Cave in central Israel. (Yes, this is for real.) Photo by Yehoshua Derovan. — Stalactite Cave in central Israel.
(Yes, this is for real.)
Photo by Yehoshua Derovan.

Tower of David at night... Photo by Yehoshua Derovan — Tower of David at night…
Photo by Yehoshua Derovan

Rosh Hanikra Grottoes Photo by Yehoshua Derovan — Rosh Hanikra Grottoes
Photo by Yehoshua Derovan

HaChurva Photo by Yehoshua Derovan — HaChurva
Photo by Yehoshua Derovan

Rolling fields... Photo by Yehoshua Derovan — Rolling fields…
Photo by Yehoshua Derovan

The Dead Sea Photo by Yehoshua Derovan — The Dead Sea
Photo by Yehoshua Derovan

For more amazing photos by Yehoshua Derovan, find him on Facebook.

If you’re a photographer and want to be featured here, email me: sarah@timesofisrael.com

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About the Author

Sarah Tuttle-Singer is the author of Jerusalem Drawn and Quartered and the New Media Editor at Times of Israel. She was raised in Venice Beach, California on Yiddish lullabies and Civil Rights anthems, and she now lives in Jerusalem with her 3 kids where she climbs roofs, explores cisterns, opens secret doors, talks to strangers, and writes stories about people. Sarah also speaks before audiences left, right, and center through the Jewish Speakers Bureau, asking them to wrestle with important questions while celebrating their willingness to do so. She loves whisky and tacos and chocolate chip cookies and old maps and foreign coins and discovering new ideas from different perspectives. Sarah is a work in progress.