Heidi Paster Harf + Ezra Axelrod Make “Torah Tropical”

HEIDI PASTER HARF is a photographer from Eastern Long Island, who spent the last 15 years photographing daily life in Cali, Colombia, where she lived for two decades. Her work focuses on culturally significant, yet overlooked communities, and her photo essay about the lives of the emerging Jews of Cali was published in the Washington Post Magazine (April 2021). The photo series was exhibited at the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU and is now part of their permanent collection. She currently resides in Brooklyn.

EZRA AXELROD is creative director of ThisTopia, producing Colombian film projects focused on countercultures, regenerative psychoactive plant economies, and social and environmental justice. Current projects are “Torah Tropical” and “The Coca Codex.” Axelrod has spent nearly two decades exploring Colombian narratives and settled permanently in the country in 2017. Originally from La Grande, Oregon, he is also a music composer for film, TV, and contemporary dance, trained at The Royal College of Music in London. His feature film soundtracks include “Pepe Cáceres,” “Nocaut,” and he is currently scoring “Torah Tropical.” He has also worked as a digital content producer and social media strategist at Ogilvy PR in London, where he oversaw British Airways’ 2012 Olympic Games digital influencer strategy.

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