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צילום: אריאל שליט

Photography: Ariel Schalit

Local Testimony 2014

Gallery

2014

  • Zachi Becker, Deputy Director General of Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv
    Deganit Berest, Artist and Teacher
    Noam Gal, Photography Curator at the Israel Museum
    Vardi Kahana, Photographer and Curator of Local Testimony 2014
    Hanoch Marmari, Editor of The Seventh Eye Journal
    Yon Feder, Chief Editor, Yedioth Internet
    Avi Koren, Film Photographer and Teacher
    Micha Kirshner, Artist and Teacher
    Moran Shoub, photographer, Curator, and Member of the Local Testimony Editorial Board


Photo of the year

Yuval Chen

Yedioth Ahronoth

The girlfriend of Guy Algranati, a 20-years-old Maglan fighter, standing over his grave, surrounded by his fellow unit members, at the Kiryat Shaul Military Cemetery.

Tel Aviv, 31 July 2014

News

Mimouna. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife seated around the honorary table with their hosts, former mayor Simha Yosipov and incumbent mayor Yaakov Edri.

1st prize

Single

News

Freelance photographer

Avishag Shaar-Yashuv

Mimouna. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife seated around the honorary table with their hosts, former mayor Simha Yosipov and incumbent mayor Yaakov Edri.

President Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a greeting ceremony for Pope Francis on his arrival to Israel.

2nd prize

Single

News

Yossi Zeliger

Israel Today

President Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a greeting ceremony for Pope Francis on his arrival to Israel.

Prison Six. A mass rally opposite the military prison to support the Yeshiva students, who were held in the facility due to their refusal to adhere to the Defense Service Law and conscript to the IDF.

3rd prize

Single

News

AP

Ariel Schalit

Prison Six. A mass rally opposite the military prison to support the Yeshiva students, who were held in the facility due to their refusal to adhere to the Defense Service Law and conscript to the IDF.

Children experiencing “army life" during a traditional weapon's show on the occasion of the State of Israel's 66th Independence Day.

1st prize

Series

News

AFP

Gali Tibbon

Children experiencing “army life" during a traditional weapon's show on the occasion of the State of Israel's 66th Independence Day.

Asylum seekers marching through the Heichal HaTarbut courtyard.

2nd prize

Series

News

Activestills

Oren Ziv

Asylum seekers marching through the Heichal HaTarbut courtyard.

Thousands of asylum seekers from Africa held demonstrations throughout Israel, calling to cease their imprisonment in the Holot Detention Center, and demanding that the Israeli government recognize their status and their rights as refugees.

3rd prize

Series

News

Independent

Kobi Wolf

Thousands of asylum seekers from Africa held demonstrations throughout Israel, calling to cease their imprisonment in the Holot Detention Center, and demanding that the Israeli government recognize their status and their rights as refugees.

African illegal immigrants marching from the Holot Detention Center to Jerusalem, protesting their imprisonment and demanding recognition of their rights as refugees.

Single

News

Panos Pictures

Ahikam Seri

African illegal immigrants marching from the Holot Detention Center to Jerusalem, protesting their imprisonment and demanding recognition of their rights as refugees.

A refugee wrapped in a blanket, trying to protect himself from the morning's chill, after an all night vigil outside the Holot Detention Center.

Single

News

Activestills

Tali Mayer

A refugee wrapped in a blanket, trying to protect himself from the morning's chill, after an all night vigil outside the Holot Detention Center.

Single

News

EPA

Tali Mayer

Ultra-Orthodox Jews dancing in a rally against the Equal Burden Law that was passed in the Knesset on the initiative of Yesh Atid party, headed by Yair Lapid.

Single

News

Flash 90

Yaakov Naumi

Ultra-Orthodox Jews dancing in a rally against the Equal Burden Law that was passed in the Knesset on the initiative of Yesh Atid party, headed by Yair Lapid.

A Palestinian youth detained in suspect of participating in the riots that ensued during a demonstration marking 20 years to the massacre in the Cave of the Patriarchs (Cave of Machpelah).

Single

News

Ohad Zwigenberg

Yedioth Ahronoth

A Palestinian youth detained in suspect of participating in the riots that ensued during a demonstration marking 20 years to the massacre in the Cave of the Patriarchs (Cave of Machpelah).

Arik Einstein carried by the mass crowd that gathered at the entrance to Trumpeldor Cemetery (“the Old Cemetery").

Single

News

Maariv

Yossi Aloni

Arik Einstein carried by the mass crowd that gathered at the entrance to Trumpeldor Cemetery (“the Old Cemetery").

Rishon LeZion, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, carried by his followers to the entrance of Porat Yosef Yeshiva, where a massive crowd awaited to accompany him on his final journey to the cemetery.

Single

News

Flash 90

Yonatan Sindel

Rishon LeZion, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, carried by his followers to the entrance of Porat Yosef Yeshiva, where a massive crowd awaited to accompany him on his final journey to the cemetery.

Daily Life

Potrtaits

Culture and Art

An especially stormy winter brought to Eilat the rare sight of snow on Jordan's Edom Mountains.

1st prize

Single

Urbanism and culture

Freelance

Doron Nissim

An especially stormy winter brought to Eilat the rare sight of snow on Jordan's Edom Mountains.

Youths dipping in the spring overlooking Giv'at Ze'ev north of Jerusalem. The spot from which Ein ed-Duweir springs was renovated and renamed Ein Dvir in memory of Staff Sergeant Dvir Emanuelof, who was killed during Operation Cast Lead.

1st prize

Single

Urbanism and culture

Freelance

Tali Mayer

Youths dipping in the spring overlooking Giv'at Ze'ev north of Jerusalem. The spot from which Ein ed-Duweir springs was renovated and renamed Ein Dvir in memory of Staff Sergeant Dvir Emanuelof, who was killed during Operation Cast Lead.

Engraved in skin. An annual tattoo festival at Florentine neighborhood.

2nd prize

Single

Urbanism and culture

Freelance

Gabi Ben Avraham

Engraved in skin. An annual tattoo festival at Florentine neighborhood.

Independence Day on the light rail.

3rd prize

Single

Urbanism and culture

Jerusalem

Ohad Zwigenberg

Yedioth Ahronoth

Independence Day on the light rail.

Photography, as an exercise in attention, makes it possible to find a new aesthetics in everyday reality.

1st prize

Series

Urbanism and culture

Freelance

yuli gorodinsky

Photography, as an exercise in attention, makes it possible to find a new aesthetics in everyday reality.

A collection of portraits of prominent individuals from the fields of culture, sports, business and society, who were photographed throughout the year for Haaretz and Israel HaYom.

2nd prize

Series

Urbanism and culture

Freelance

Kobi Kalmanovitz

A collection of portraits of prominent individuals from the fields of culture, sports, business and society, who were photographed throughout the year for Haaretz and Israel HaYom.

Cinema in the desert. The Arava Film Festival, under the initiative and production of director Eyal Shiray, has become an extension of Haifa's international film festival.

3rd prize

Series

Urbanism and culture

Freelance

Edward Kaprov

Cinema in the desert. The Arava Film Festival, under the initiative and production of director Eyal Shiray, has become an extension of Haifa's international film festival.

Tourists at Jerusalem Beach, during the preparations for the Independence Day Air Force Parade.

Single

Urbanism and culture

Freelance

Yehoshua Yosef

Tourists at Jerusalem Beach, during the preparations for the Independence Day Air Force Parade.

An illegally built house demolished by the municipality's inspectors.

Single

Urbanism and culture

Flash 90

Yaakov Naumi

An illegally built house demolished by the municipality's inspectors.

Eulogy. Shalom Hanoch passing by Arik Einstein's coffin on his way up the stage to sing “Yeladim Shel HaHayim" (Children of life).

Single

Urbanism and culture

EPA

Abir Sultan

Eulogy. Shalom Hanoch passing by Arik Einstein's coffin on his way up the stage to sing “Yeladim Shel HaHayim" (Children of life).

A child wearing the Red Army's uniform marching at the head of the May Day Parade.

Single

Urbanism and culture

Activestills

Oren Ziv

A child wearing the Red Army's uniform marching at the head of the May Day Parade.

Nature and Environment

The barbed wire barrier, designed to halt the wave of illegal immigrants from Africa, blocks the unique view of the border between Israel and Egypt.

1st prize

Single

Nature and environment

Freelance photographer

Doron Nissim

The barbed wire barrier, designed to halt the wave of illegal immigrants from Africa, blocks the unique view of the border between Israel and Egypt.

Tradition and Progress. The tent encampment of the Bedouin tribe el-Jnabib.

2nd prize

Single

Nature and environment

GPO

Haim Zach

Tradition and Progress. The tent encampment of the Bedouin tribe el-Jnabib.

Fog gliding into Makhtesh Ramon.

3rd prize

Single

Nature and environment

Freelance photographer

Yigal Steiner

Fog gliding into Makhtesh Ramon.

Drawing inspiration from One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji by Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai, Nehser Quarry was photographed throughout the seasons in a 4x5 camera with Polaroid plates.

1st prize

Series

Nature and environment

Freelance photographer

Slava Pirsky

Drawing inspiration from One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji by Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai, Nehser Quarry was photographed throughout the seasons in a 4x5 camera with Polaroid plates.

On June 2014, the agricultural terraces of the Palestinian village Battir were recognized by the UNESCO organization as a World Heritage Site. The farmers in the village irrigate their lands with spring water via an ancient channel system, stemming from a tunnel, which was carved into the mountain in the early days of the Roman Empire. The struggle to protect the terraces from the state, which plans to continue building the separation barrier in this place, led to a rare cooperation between Palestinians, settlers, and green organizations, who wish to preserve the unique cultural and historical landscape.
Battir village, southwest of Jerusalem.

2nd prize

Series

Nature and environment

Flash 90

Hadas Parush

On June 2014, the agricultural terraces of the Palestinian village Battir were recognized by the UNESCO organization as a World Heritage Site. The farmers in the village irrigate their lands with spring water via an ancient channel system, stemming from a tunnel, which was carved into the mountain in the early days of the Roman Empire. The struggle to protect the terraces from the state, which plans to continue building the separation barrier in this place, led to a rare cooperation between Palestinians, settlers, and green organizations, who wish to preserve the unique cultural and historical landscape.
Battir village, southwest of Jerusalem.

Snow in Jerusalem.

3rd prize

Series

Nature and environment

EPA

Abir Sultan

Snow in Jerusalem.

The calm after the storm, Moshav Amuka.

Single

Nature and environment

Hedva Shefaram

The calm after the storm, Moshav Amuka.

The beach engulfed by a heavy mist.

Single

Nature and environment

Moti Milrod

Haaretz

The beach engulfed by a heavy mist.

A massive fire raging in the Jerusalem Forest threatening the houses of Ein Karem.

Single

Nature and environment

EPA

Jim Hollander

A massive fire raging in the Jerusalem Forest threatening the houses of Ein Karem.

Cowboy. Wafik Ajami gathers his herd into the corral at the Merom Golan Ranch.

Single

Nature and environment

Getty Images

Uriel Sinai

Cowboy. Wafik Ajami gathers his herd into the corral at the Merom Golan Ranch.

A herd of goats grazing in the green ravine at the entrance to Nahal Og.

Single

Nature and environment

Freelance

Judith Amir

A herd of goats grazing in the green ravine at the entrance to Nahal Og.

Sport

Spiderman. Ofer Blutrich, an urban climber in action.

1st prize

Single

sport

Freelance photographer

Efrat Sa'ar

Spiderman. Ofer Blutrich, an urban climber in action.

Effi Birenbaum, Bnei Herzliya coach, loosing his temper with referee Omer Esteron, following a technical foul that was ruled against him during a basketball game against HaPoel Jerusalem.

2nd prize

Single

sport

Freelance photographer

shay levi

Effi Birenbaum, Bnei Herzliya coach, loosing his temper with referee Omer Esteron, following a technical foul that was ruled against him during a basketball game against HaPoel Jerusalem.

Triple Jump. Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko jumping 14.23 meters. This jump won her the 2014 Israeli championship.

3rd prize

Single

sport

Nir Keidar

Haaretz

Triple Jump. Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko jumping 14.23 meters. This jump won her the 2014 Israeli championship.

The pushers. Yuri Davidov and Avraham Yona from Maccabi Tel Aviv and Igor Annenberg from Maccabi Jerusalem at Israel's weightlifting championship.

1st prize

Series

sport

Freelance photographer

Gilad Kavalerchik

The pushers. Yuri Davidov and Avraham Yona from Maccabi Tel Aviv and Igor Annenberg from Maccabi Jerusalem at Israel's weightlifting championship.

Local Wrestling. The Israeli AWO (All Wrestling Organization) wishes to import staged wrestling shows to Israel. The group from Jaffa holds a special evening once a month, in which the good fight against the bad for the championship belt.

2nd prize

Series

sport

Freelance photographer

Eric Sultan

Local Wrestling. The Israeli AWO (All Wrestling Organization) wishes to import staged wrestling shows to Israel. The group from Jaffa holds a special evening once a month, in which the good fight against the bad for the championship belt.

Power Plant. The Triathlon Competition.

Single

sport

Yuval Chen

Yedioth Ahronoth

Power Plant. The Triathlon Competition.

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