Adi Nes

Adi Nes (; born 1966) is an Israeli photographer.
Life and career.
Adi Nes was born in Kiryat Gat. His parents are Jewish immigrants from Iran. He is openly gay.
Nes is notable for series "Soldiers", in which he mixes masculinity and homoerotic sexuality, depicting Israeli soldiers in a fragile way. In 2003 he did a feature for "Vogue" Hommes. Nes has given solo exhibitions at the Wexner Center for the Arts, Legion of Honor in San Francisco, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego, and the Melkweg Gallery in Amsterdam, among others. His work has also shown in group exhibitions at the Hotel de Sully in Paris, Haifa Museum of Art and the Jewish Museum in New York, among many others. He has been reviewed in "The New York Times", the "Financial Times", and others. In 2005 Nes was chosen as an outstanding artist of the prestigious Israel Cultural Excellence Foundation.
Nes' most famous piece recalls Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper, replacing the characters with young male Israeli soldiers. A print sold at auction in Sotheby's for $102,000 in 2005, and another for $264,000 in 2007. The work appeared on the front page of "The New York Times" in May, 2008.
Nes' early work has been characterized as subverting the stereotype of the masculine Israeli man by using homoeroticism and sleeping, vulnerable figures. He regularly uses dark-skinned Israeli models. The models' poses often evoke the Baroque period. Nes has said that the inspiration for his photography is partially autobiographical:
Nes lives and works in Tel Aviv. His work is currently sold through Jack Shainman Gallery in New York City and Praz-Delavallade in Paris and Los Angeles. In January 2007, he premiered a new series echoing Biblical stories.