The new JMW Pride Month Expo Window; Design: Fuhrer, Vienna
02. June 2025
Love Is Timeless. Yuri & Johann
by Rona Bar & Ofek Avshalom
The Jewish Museum Celebrates Pride Month!
On display in the museum’s Expo Window are intimate portraits of Yuri and Johann – an Israeli-Austrian couple living in Vienna. These elegant photographs come from the series Us (2020–2023), created by London-based photographer duo Fotómetro – Rona Bar and Ofek Avshalom. Below you will find the artists’ statement about how this photo series came to life. Particularly through the portraits of Yuri and Johann, the artists clearly demonstrate that love is timeless – for everyone.
© Fotómetro – Rona Bar & Ofek Avshalom, London
© Fotómetro – Rona Bar & Ofek Avshalom, London
Yuri & Johann in their home, Vienna, 2022;
Artists’ Statement
The series Us was Inspired by our personal relationship, which blossomed during the Covid-19 lockdown. For over three years, we photographed couples in their homes, around Israel, Europe, and the UK. Our aim is to represent couples that are often overlooked by mainstream media, by making the invisible - visible.
For us, the most special thing about this project is the experience of witnessing love, intimacy, and acceptance between the couples, which goes beyond social norms, gender, body image, disabilities, age, culture, etc. Each time we left a couples’ house after a shoot, we felt very lucky, inspired, and mostly thankful for the chance to witness and commemorate all of that through our photography.
Yuri and Johann were the last couple we photographed for this project. Yuri is Israeli, and Johann is Austrian. They met in Vienna, where they live now.
