Magazine front cover Daylight Magazine In August of 2005 Israel relinquished control of the Gaza Strip and finally removed the settlements which had so infuriated the Palestinians. The pullout was relatively peaceful and hopefully represents the beginning of a long-hoped-for future of Palestinian autonomy. This issue of Daylight Magazine, one year in the making, compiles a number of photographers examining the situation in Israel and Palestine. The nuances of this highly complex and volatile relationship could only be conveyed by a number of photographers examining parts of the whole. From the dwindling nomadic Bedouin population to the interiors of homes in the West Bank, we hope that this issue provides a unique perspective on a small, contested area of land fraught with religious, social, and economic tension. In the second half of the publication we set aside space to present a number of self-representative photographic projects currently taking place around the world. These projects were made possible by Daylight Community Arts Foundation and our amazing Project Coordinators who are helping us share the power of photography with a number of diverse communities. We invite you to have a look at these projects and to help us continue this programming by making a donation or, better yet, spearheading a project of your own. Corresponding with Issue #4, Daylight will launch a new website that will host an online magazine, an interactive forum, and portfolios from partner projects that have joined our organization. While we will continue to print one to two issues per year, our revamped website will serve as the nexus of Daylight Community Arts Foundation. By embracing the accessibility and emerging dominance of the internet we hope to engage with our readers and further the dialogue of visual communication and understanding, while saving on printing costs.
