Ariel Sharon Funeral, January 2014

• Photographer
  Laura Chiesa, Israel

Security working behind the scenes at the site of Ariel Sharon's
State funeral. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was laid to rest at his
farm on January 13, 2014. Because of its proximity to Gaza, three
security rings were placed around the burial site. More than 800
officers were involved in security operations. Sharon was an Israeli
politician and general, who served as the 11th Prime Minister of
Israel until he was incapacitated by a stroke. Israel, 2014

After her BA in Arts and Cinema Studies at the University of Bologna (Italy), she worked at Magnum Photos (Paris) for several years, as archive consultant, photo editor and as assistant to photographers such as Marc Riboud, Jean Gaumy, Georugui Pinkassov, Micha Bar Am.

Since 2009, she lives in Israel, where she started photographing as a freelance.