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All 40 photographs of  Leonid Padrul displayed in the exhibition "The shadow of Jerusalem" are made without computer assistance. Each one is not just unique – it contains the whole Biblical story with all its conflicts, passions and the endless search for eternal values.

The holy magic light of Jerusalem is shown as the center of the world’s creation, contradicting the darkness which symbolizes universal evil.  This is a blessed light that hopefully will bring forth peace and goodness. The exhibition's title, "the Shadow of Jerusalem", itself borrowed from the Kabbala, recalls the passage from the Book of Isaiah: "… And nations shall walk at thy light, and kings at the brightness of thy rising… " (Isaiah, LX:3).