The Gaza Strip is one of the most densely populated areas on earth: as a recognized territory,second only to Bangladesh; I couldn’t imagine that full,populated,urban neighborhoods,could be forced to live in the dark. My aim was to show this normalized discomfort in its purest form. I used the technique of light painting,just to give the shape of the city amidst the complete darkness,but also enough to show that these are not ghost towns,these are populated urban areas that are fully alive. Gaza’s fuel supply is dependent on sales from Egypt,Israel,and the rival Palestinian Authority of the West Bank. When I was working in the Strip at the end of 2013,a collision of these political forces resulted in the overflow of raw sewage,unprecedented flooding from winter storms,and over 21-hour long blackouts of electricity. For Gazan civilians,this period represented one of the worst moments of the siege since it began in 2007. “Gaza Black Out” represents a moment of aggravation of that daily life problem when actually the fuel shortages and blackouts continue today. I first came to Gaza in 2012 during the operation "Pillar of Defense”,I continued to work into the strip untilI was covering the operation “Protective Edge”. It was one of the toughest war inside the strip since the second Intifada. In 2014,during the last war,the electric plant was bombed and destroyed. Now the energy situation in Gaza is even worse then ever. Shortage of fuel is now added to a total disaster of the territory. UN says that in 2020 all the fresh water into the ground will be irreversibly contaminated,but already there is not fresh water at all in Gaza,since long time. From my time in Gaza-from the denial of rights,the drone strikes,the blackouts,the unsanitary water,the sewage from their taps,the flooding-I witnessed how,if you are not on the right side of politics,no one will help you. It’s disarming to realize how a society can be pushed to the limit of struggle for existence.