Com­mi­sio­ned by NEON Maga­zi­ne, 2009

The sepa­ra­ti­on of Tel Aviv’s beach repres­ents the inner con­flict of the Israe­li socie­ty: Dif­fe­rent social groups gather at dif­fe­rent sec­tions of the beach. The „Ara­bic Bea­ches“ are in the South near Jaf­fa, the „Hip­py Beach“ is loca­ted a litt­le up north, the main beach for the midd­le class is cen­tral­ly loca­ted, and the „Gay Beach“ is right next to the „Reli­gious Beach“ for the ortho­dox com­mu­ni­ty, which is sepa­ra­ted by a wall and is ope­ned on dif­fe­rent days for women and men.