I am a photojournalist, and have been involved for the most part with winter sports over the past decade + for a number of publications, but mostly for the Jerusalem Post.

In addition, I have covered such diverse sports as swimming, tennis, basketball, track and field, martial arts and target shooting, mostly on an international level.

I have been doing professional photography for more than 40 years, and have had a number of exhibitions over the years, and have been published as a photographer in a number of assorted publications

Whenever possible, I become deeply involved with travel photography, and some of those travels can be seen on Webshots under my moniker. http://community.webshots.com/user/lygafe

I also collaborate with the Virginia Holocaust Museum in Richmond, Va., USA, and am their representative in Israel. I have both contributed to and written about the ' Exodus' exhibit in the museum, which is the largest of its kind in the world.

I have been a bridge player and teacher for a period spanning more than four decades, and while I have stopped travelling to bridge tournaments, I can usually be found at all hours of the night [ over here ] on BridgeBaseOnline [ BBO ] either playing or kibitzing.

I have been a devoted Celtics fan since the time that Larry Bird first joined the team, and completely turned it around. Since their last playoff run, it's been a long and frustrating wait for the team that emerged to take the championship in 2008- but, boy, was it worth it.

I can be reached at Lygaffen@yahoo.com and appear on Facebook under my handle- Lygafe

website: Lygafe- Behind the Lens

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