Maybe I Saw an Angel

Photographer

Michal Baratz Koren

14 Feb, 2026

This series of 18 images was created in Jaffa between 2020 and 2025. I live in Jaffa, where Jews and Arabs live under a constant political shadow. In this context, I'm looking for a space not defined by external forces, a space to drift. The coastal landscape of Jaffa becomes an abstract stage for shared human acts. I frame daily scenes with mythology to highlight what we share. The process of my work is rooted in painting. I start with an inner image and realize it with reality's tools. I sketch ideas, and let them evolve on site. I then add digital notes to the photo, like footnotes. Maybe they're angels.

About the photographer

Michal Baratz Koren

Michal Baratz Koren (b. 1978) is a photographer and visual artist based in Jaffa, Israel. Her work explores home, identity, and collective memory, shaped by her personal and cultural history. She holds a B.Des with honors from the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem, and studied photography at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milan. Baratz Koren’s work has been exhibited in solo and group shows in Israel and abroad, including Zemack Contemporary Art, Corridor Contemporary (London, Miami), 1335 Mabini (Manila), and The New Ars Italica Gallery (Milan). She has received the Sandberg Award (2004) and the Israel - Italy Ministries of Foreign Affairs Scholarship for Excellence (2007).