| Born in Jerusalem and residing in New York City, Sima Ariam is a successful psychologist and event photographer whose work - whether executed on a large or small scale - draws the viewer close to her subjects. Her unique style of intuitive, unstaged, larger-than-life 30" x 40" C print portraits reflect to the viewer intimate inner aspects of her subjects. Her smaller impressions, from her travels in Southeast Asia, magnify and engage the beauty and depth of meaning she observes in the people, culture and land. |  Sima Ariam with Larry King, 92nd St. Y opening, 2003 |
| Dr. Ariam's subjects include photographs of her travels, public figures, and artists and writers such as Prime Minister Shimon Peres, President Bill Clinton, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Elie Wiesel, Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Abraham B. Yehoshua, Susan Sontag, Richard Avedon, Larry Rivers, Charles Bronfman, Chaim Topol, Andres Serrano, Zubin Mehta, Amos Oz and Arthur Miller. |  92nd St. Y opening, 2003 |
| Her work has been enthusiastically embraced, not only by the subjects of her protraits, but also by the press and in the communities where the work has been shown. |  Alon Kinkas and Sima Ariam |
| "There is very much in my mind a sense of the family in this work, and even though the personalities who are photographed are major celebrities, they are very much part of Sima's family. She is photographing the world that she inhabits and travels in, and that is what creates a sense of visual intimacy in the work," says Doron Polok, the curator of her exhibitions in Israel. |  With Vigi Ben-Haim, 2003 |
| In his introduction to the catalogue of Ariam's exhibition at the 92nd Street Y, Curator Bob Gilson, wrote, "The great French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson spoke of the instant when all elements of a scene come together to form the perfect image as a 'decisive moment'. "For Ariam, the decisive moment comes when her subject lets down his/her guard to reveal the person behind the façade. It is Ariam's skill as a psychologist that allows her to perceive the instant when the self is revealed." |  Shimon Peres visiting exhibition, 2003 |
| Contact Information Telephone: (646) 250-7527 |
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