A snowy white background for Lessons in Darkness, a fine art photo series by Liron Leibu.
A lonely winter tree with a person carrying an umbrella walking in the snow, fine art photography by Liron Leibu, 2022. A lonely winter tree with a person carrying an umbrella walking in the snow, fine art photography by Liron Leibu, 2022.

LESSONS IN DARKNESS

A photo series that formed when people handed over the keys to their lives.
When I was forced to escape.

A fisherman on a tiny boat in stormy weather near Da Nang, captured in melancholic black and white by Liron Leibu, 2022.

I am Free
near Da Nang
2022

I am free, no matter what rules surround me.
If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them.
I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.
― Robert A. Heinlein

A lone tree in a winter landscape with a bicycle rider on the horizon in Brandenburg, a minimalistic black and white shot by Liron Leibu, 2022.

The Way of One Tree
Brandenburg
2022

It is no measure of health,
to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society
― Jiddu Krishnamurti

A man rowing a boat on a serene, foggy winter lake in Brandenburg, a minimalistic black and white photo by Liron Leibu, 2022.

The Weakest Link
Brandenburg
2022

An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behavior.
― Victor Frankl

A solitary figure walking through a shadowed forest toward a distant ray of light in Brandenburg, a black and white photo by Liron Leibu, 2022.

Finding the Gap
Brandenburg
2022

Maybe the target nowadays is not to discover what we are but to refuse what we are.
― Michel Foucault

A lone figure rowing a small boat on a calm lake with mountains in the South China Sea, a black and white photo by Liron Leibu, 2022.

Do It Your Way
South China Sea
2022

To go wrong in one's own way is better
than to go right in someone else's.
― Fyodor Dostoevsky

An old man with a sad expression in black and white street photography in Istanbul, by Liron Leibu, 2020.

Beyond Right and Wrong
Istanbul
2020

Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.
― Lev Tolstoy

A woman standing alone on a platform as a train passes in Berlin, a black and white street photo by Liron Leibu, 2019.

Missing The Last Train
Berlin
2019

Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right
― Isaac Asimov

A solitary figure with an umbrella walking in a dimly lit street in Sicily, a black and white photo by Liron Leibu, 2023.

Dirty Business
Sicily
2023

In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
― George Orwell

A man on the bow of a ship in a foggy sea in Sicily, a dramatic black and white photo by Liron Leibu, 2023.

Everybody Knows
Sicily
2023

Everybody knows that the boat is leaking
Everybody knows that the captain lied
― Leonard Cohen

A person with an umbrella walking toward light at the end of a snowy road in Brandenburg, a black and white photo by Liron Leibu, 2022.

Dangerous Roads
Brandenburg
2022

My point is not that everything is bad, but that everything is dangerous.
― Michel Foucault

A solitary figure walking under a bridge in Berlin, a black and white street photo by Liron Leibu, 2019.

In Between
Berlin
2019

It's not given to people to judge what's right or wrong.
People have eternally been mistaken and will be mistaken,
and in nothing more than in what they consider right and wrong.
― Lev Tolstoy

A man walking down a narrow, foggy street with old buildings in Catania, a black and white photo by Liron Leibu, 2024.

The Back Yard
(of every city)
Catania
2024

We cannot rely on the silenced to tell us about their suffering
― Hanan Ashrawi

A father and daughter strolling under street lights in Prague, a timeless black and white photo by Liron Leibu, 2020.

Father and Daughter
Prague
2020

We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.
― George Orwell