Like a Planted Tree
והיה כעץ שתול
An image shaped by rootedness, growth, and sustaining grace.
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Photography for a Publication · 2022
Fragments of Miracles
רסיסי ניסים
Photographs by Dafna Tzidkiyahu for Fragments of Miracles, a book by Drora Shans Mordechai (Steimatzky, 2022).
Fragments of Miracles is a book of miracle stories by Drora Shans Mordechai, published by Steimatzky in 2022. Dafna Tzidkiyahu created the photographs for the publication.
Each photograph responds to one story in the book.
Year: 2022
Book: Drora Shans Mordechai
Photography: Dafna Tzidkiyahu
Publisher: Steimatzky
Photographic contribution: 42 photographs
From text into image
The selected photographs below were created in response to individual stories from the book.
Wine in Gladness
יין בששון
A moment of abundance, movement, and unexpected rescue translated into visual form.
The Headscarf
המטפחת
An everyday object becomes the site of tension, memory, and sudden intervention.
Returning What Was Lost
השבת אבידה
A fleeting encounter becomes charged with recognition, loss, and recovery.
A Book Bearing a Message
ספר עם מסר
A visual threshold shaped by meaning, interpretation, and the possibility of seeing beyond the immediate.
Everything Is Guided
הכל מכוון
A story of disorientation and timing, held within a sense of hidden direction.
Charity Delivers from Death
צדקה תציל ממוות
A phrase returns with insistence, becoming both message and image.
A Virus That Saved a Life
וירוס מציל חיים
A paradoxical image of crisis transformed into gratitude and unexpected beauty.
Three Miracles
שלושה נסים
A story of accumulation, threshold, and the recognition of repeated grace.
A Kiss Worth Millions
נשיקה שווה מליונים
A small gesture becomes charged with urgency, tenderness, and immeasurable value.
Publication context
Fragments of Miracles is a book by Drora Shans Mordechai, published by Steimatzky, accompanied by photographs by Dafna Tzidkiyahu. The English edition, Living in His Grace by Drora Shance Mordechai, is available on Amazon.
