… The multihour flight approached to the end, but enveloped the plane the importunate clouds prevented to see long-awaited earth of Israel. And suddenly coastal strip of Tel Aviv, rushed in the sky skyscrapers, then - outline of the airport Ben-Gurion. And plane stopped in tracks. The door has opened, warm Mediterranean air rushed into interior. The passengers stepped on a gangway, and stewardess with a smile told: "Shalom".
So the first travel of Boris Kulmagambetov began on surprising ground, where each stone, each grit breathe by a history of milleniums,
where the hot deserts and saline land of plains are spread,
where the gardens blossom and splash waves of three seas,
where the people fall in love, marry and bring up children…
Here it would be desirable to photograph. These places give huge quantity of the unforgettable stills. The photographer simply stopped instants, wandering along the streets of old cities, among temples and walls, which saw Roman endeavors and crusaders. Admired with a kind of gold Jerusalem, photographing it from height of the bird's flight. "Caught" the persons of the believers in this sacred city of three world religions. He was carried away in the past, photographing Ceasaria - city buried at one time under sandy dunes. Today city is restored. And already it is possible to see ancient palaces, markets, grandiose marble temple. In harbor Ceasaria threw anchors the largest ships. On a hippodrome passed famous competitions of chariots, the amphitheater collected huge quantity of the spectators. On sunset, when the sun sinks in poured sea smooth surface, there are a lot of wedding pairs.
Most interesting place – the largest in Israel cave. The fantastic figures were created by a nature during millions years.
The severe deserted landscape of the Dead Sea, in which there is no life, was replaced by a fantastic variety of vegetation, corals and fishes of the Red sea.
Boris simply photographed… That this stills could see the friends and close.
That by ideas and dreams again to come back to this ground…