Ralph Gibson's Diptych Portrayal Of Israel, A Land At Once Deeply Modern And Incredibly Ancient The American Photographer Ralph Gibson Traveled Throughout Israel And The Surrounding Region To Create A Portrait Of A Land Where The Past Is Vividly Part Of The Present. He Contrasts These In Two-page Spreads In Which Color And Black-and-white Images Face One Another: Ancient Language In A Visual Dialogue With Contemporary Human Experience.as Architect Moshe Safdie Writes In His Accompanying Text: This Is The Promise And Paradox Of Israel, A New Country In An Ancient Land, Modernity Next To Regression, With Abundant And Creative Energy And Cultural Output. The High-tech World Of Invention Next To Torah Studies.