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David Darom ((ヘブライ語: דוד דרום)) (born 1943 in Bombay, India), is a nature photographer. Darom, immigrated as a child with his family to Israel in 1949, settling down in Jerusalem.〔 He lives with his family in Jerusalem, Israel, retiring in 2007 after 35 years as head of the Department of Scientific Photography at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.〔David Engelberg et al, Multicellular Stalk-Like Structures in ''Saccharomyces cerevisiae'', JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY, Vol. 180, No. 15, Aug. 1998, p. 3992–3996〕 In 1972, he received a Ph.D. in Marine Biology.〔 He documented the wildlife of the region on land, photographing many of the wild flowers of Israel,〔Smilanski Y. (1996) “Let There Be Flowers” Special Weekend Edition of “Globes” (November 15th),pages 12-13 (Hebrew).〕 with a special attention to the documentation of the Plants of the Bible.〔http://andthoushaltread.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=3&products_id=2585〕 Underwater he photographed many hundreds of fish species as well as marine invertebrates from the Red Sea〔Kesten Y. (1971) “Silence in a Thousand Colors”. Ha’aretz Weekly Magazine (May 4th), Cover and pages 16-17 (Hebrew).〕〔Aditor’s Choice (1976) “RED SEA WONDERS” The Jerusalem POST Weekend Magazine (August 27th), Cover & pages 10-11.〕〔Schrag C. (1987) “FISH-EYE Lens” The Jerusalem POST Weekend Magazine (April 7th), Cover & pages 10-11&15.〕〔Brauner D. (1994) “Underwater Challenges for the Photographer”, The Jerusalem POST (May 1st)〕 and the Mediterranean Sea.〔http://www.siamb.org.il/uploads/59_2_Book%20review.pdf〕 ''Upeneus davidaromi'', a species of goatfish found in the Red Sea, was named in his honour in 2001. His interest in modern handmade (Custom) art knives as an avid collector led him in 2002 to produce a series of large format Art Books on the subject.〔McCreight T. “BOOKS: Art and Design in Modern Custom Folding Knives”, METALSMITH, Winter 2004, pages 18-19.〕〔Mor A. “Beautiful Literature”, BLAZER Magazine, August 2004, page 87 (Hebrew).〕〔Guild D. “A Visual Knife Feast”, BLADE, March 2005, pages 116-120.〕〔Huntington R. “Art and Design In Knives”, American HANDGUNNER, Jan/Feb 2007, page 78.〕 In 2003 he put together the first volume (in English), “Art and Design in Modern Custom Folding Knives",〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Book Review - Art and Design in Modern Custom Folding Knives )〕 and in 2005 he published “Art and Design in Modern Custom Fixed-Blade Knives”. In 2006 he came out with “The Art of Modern Custom Knifemaking” and in 2007 “Modern Custom Knives - The Great Collections”. Several of these large format Art Books have been translated into 5 additional languages.〔Darom D. (2006) “Art Et Design Des Couteaux Pliants”, ISBN 88-6112-002-4. Darom D. (2006) “Kunstvolle Messer. Handgefertigte Klappmesser aus aller Welt”, White Star Verlag GmBH, ISBN 978-3-939128-10-6. Darom D. (2006) “Arte e design dei coltelli pieghevoli”, ISBN 88-540-0391-3. Darom D. (2007) “Umeni a design sucasnosti Zakazkove Zaviraci Noze”, Slovart, ISBN 978-80-7209-888-0. Дэйром Д. (2006) "НОЖИ Искусство и дизайн современных ножей", ООО "Издательство АСТ", ISBN 5-17-034926-2. 〕 In 2008 Darom published the first book in a new series "Custom Knifemakers of the World" with "Edmund Davidson, The Art of the Integral Knife".〔Jones, Clarke C. "Virginia Wildlife", April 2010, Page 7〕〔"The Knife Sculptor", Roanoke Times, Sunday, July 18, 2010, Page 7〕 In 2009 Darom published the 2nd book in this series, "Tim Hancock, The Art of the Western Bladesmith" and a 3rd volume, "The Art Knives of Van Barnett & Dellana" was introduced in 2011.〔Shackleford Steve, "Window Into Knifemaking", BLADE Magazine, August 2011, pages 36-38.〕 In October 2010, Darom was awarded the Nate Posner Memorial Award by the Knifemakers' Guild at their annual meeting in Louisville Kentucky (USA), recognizing his "Outstanding Service In The Promotion Of Handcrafted Cutlery".〔http://www.flintriverknifeclub.com/news/nov_10.pdf〕 ==Published Books== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Darom」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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