Dave Bender: Compelling Photography

19/11/2025

'Still Standing' - shot on a Samsung in Mode and edited in . #

19/11/2025

Yes, yet another over , as seen from in northern . Shot on a Samsung in 200MP Auto Mode and edited in .

14/11/2025

There’s something about a storm like that in the Galilee, especially on the cusp of Shabbat. It’s as if the land exhales. The heat loosens its grip. The parched mountains take their first drink in months. And for a moment the whole region feels newly washed, newly possible. Read more here: https://open.substack.com/pub/davebender/p/tzfat-tzunset-when-the-heavens-open?r=b4yv&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

04/11/2025

14/10/2025

The final day of the week-long Sukkot festival—culminating in the joyous Hakafot tradition—is always charged with spiritual energy, but this year in Tzfat, Northern Israel, the air was electric. https://open.substack.com/pub/davebender/p/the-etrog-and-the-enduring-spirit?r=b4yv&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web