Israeli photographer Rachel Papo, like all girls who grow up in Israel, served in the Israeli Armed Forces when she turned 18. She returned 15 years later to photograph the girls in the Israeli Army to see how the mandatory service affects them in their transition years from a young girl to a woman.
From her artist statement on the website:
At an age when social, sexual, and educational explorations are at their highest point, the life of an eighteen-year-old Israeli girl is interrupted. She is plucked from her home surroundings and placed in a rigorous institution where her individuality is temporarily forced aside in the name of nationalism. During the next two years, immersed in a regimented and masculine environment, she will be transformed from a girl to a woman, within the framework of an army that is engaged in daily war and conflict. She is now a soldier serving her country, in a military camp amidst hundreds like her, yet beneath the uniform there is someone wishing to be noticed, listened to, and understood.
This series of photographs, called Serial No. 3817131 (after her own serial number during her service years), is available to view online as well as in book form.
Man, army service looks pretty hardcore and lonely. I’m glad that service in the US Army isn’t mandatory.
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