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צילום: אילן בן יהודה

Photography: Ilan Ben Yehuda

Local Testimony 2016

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2016

  • Sagit Zaloof Namir, photographer, artist and lecturer
    Vardi Kahana, photographer, curator and member of Local Testimony editorial board
    Hanoch Marmari, head of Culture and Education Division, the National Library of Israel
    Atta Awisat, photojournalist
    Yon Feder, editor-in-chief, Yedioth Internet
    Kinneret Palti, curator in charge, MUZA - Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv
    Micha Kirshner, artist, teacher and curator of Local Testimony 2016
    Hanna Shaviv, photographer, artist and lecturer
    Dafna Shalom, Photographer and multi-disciplinary artist


Photo of the year

Reuters

Ronen Zvulun

Natan Meir, husband of the late Dafna Meir, surrounded by his children and relatives, at the mother's funeral
services. Dafna was murdered by a Palestinian terrorist who infiltrated her settlement and stabbed her to death.

Otniel, southern part of Mount Hebron

8 January 2016

News

Ahmed Dawabsheh, the survivor of the terrorist arson attack in Duma, during his stay in hospital. Ahmed was injured in a fire that broke out following a Jewish terrorist attack, in which Molotov bottles were thrown into his home in the village of Duma. As a result of the fire, Ahmed’s parents, Saad and Reham Dawabshesh died, as well as his eighteen-month old brother, Ali Saad.

1st prize

Single

News

Yehoshua Yosef

for Israel Hayom

Ahmed Dawabsheh, the survivor of the terrorist arson attack in Duma, during his stay in hospital. Ahmed was injured in a fire that broke out following a Jewish terrorist attack, in which Molotov bottles were thrown into his home in the village of Duma. As a result of the fire, Ahmed’s parents, Saad and Reham Dawabshesh died, as well as his eighteen-month old brother, Ali Saad.

Sarah Litman and Ariel Biegel encircled by their relatives, during their wedding ceremony in Jerusalem. Two weeks earlier Sarah’s father and brother were murdered by Palestinian terrorists.

2nd prize

Single

News

Flash 90

Hadas Parush

Sarah Litman and Ariel Biegel encircled by their relatives, during their wedding ceremony in Jerusalem. Two weeks earlier Sarah’s father and brother were murdered by Palestinian terrorists.

Confrontations between Israeli security forces and Palestinian youngsters, who are trying to break through the barrier that separates between the Al-Quds University and Jerusalem.

3rd prize

Single

News

Getty Images

Ilia Yefimovich

Confrontations between Israeli security forces and Palestinian youngsters, who are trying to break through the barrier that separates between the Al-Quds University and Jerusalem.

“The Intifada of individuals” is the term used for the wave of Palestinian terrorist attacks that commenced with the disturbances on Temple Mount in September 2015. Numerous attacks took place throughout Jerusalem, among them on Hagai Street in the Old City, which serves as a main axis and a daily point of friction between Jews and Arabs.

1st prize

Series

News

Ohad Zwigenberg

“The Intifada of individuals” is the term used for the wave of Palestinian terrorist attacks that commenced with the disturbances on Temple Mount in September 2015. Numerous attacks took place throughout Jerusalem, among them on Hagai Street in the Old City, which serves as a main axis and a daily point of friction between Jews and Arabs.

Soldier Elor Azaria, accused of killing an incapacitated terrorist in Hebron, with his parents (behind him).

Single

News

Reuters

Amir Cohen

Soldier Elor Azaria, accused of killing an incapacitated terrorist in Hebron, with his parents (behind him).

Road block and demonstration in support of soldier Elor Azaria.

Single

News

Freelance photographer

Edi Israel

Road block and demonstration in support of soldier Elor Azaria.

A Palestinian youth lifting his shirt while being checked by the Israeli Border Police at the blockade at the exit from the Palestinian neighborhood Isawiya

Single

News

Uriel Sinai

for the New York Times

A Palestinian youth lifting his shirt while being checked by the Israeli Border Police at the blockade at the exit from the Palestinian neighborhood Isawiya

Ex-Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and his lawyer, Eli Zohar, waiting outside the courtroom at the Jerusalem Magistrates Court to hear sentence after Olmert was found guilty of the disruption of proceedings.

Single

News

Olivier Fitoussi

Haaretz

Ex-Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and his lawyer, Eli Zohar, waiting outside the courtroom at the Jerusalem Magistrates Court to hear sentence after Olmert was found guilty of the disruption of proceedings.

Teachers at the Belz Hassidic Talmud Torah school in Tel Aviv at the remand hearing. The suspicion was sexual abuse and violent acts against 6-7 year old students.

Single

News

for NRG

Yossi Zeliger

Teachers at the Belz Hassidic Talmud Torah school in Tel Aviv at the remand hearing. The suspicion was sexual abuse and violent acts against 6-7 year old students.

A firefighter next to a burnt bus several minutes after an explosive device blew up inside.

Single

News

Flash 90

Yonatan Sindel

A firefighter next to a burnt bus several minutes after an explosive device blew up inside.

The body of Omar Yasser Skafi, aged 21, of Beit Hanina, lying on the road after being shot following his attempt to carry out a car-ramming and stabbing attack on Yirmiyahu Street in Jerusalem

Single

News

Flash 90

Yonatan Sindel

The body of Omar Yasser Skafi, aged 21, of Beit Hanina, lying on the road after being shot following his attempt to carry out a car-ramming and stabbing attack on Yirmiyahu Street in Jerusalem

Shaike Bloi, a paramedic who works for Ichud Hatzalah (united rescue forces), evacuating the infant Nathan Bennett (Banita), who suffered a leg injury in a terrorist attack on Hagai Street in the Old City of Jerusalem. Aharon Bennett (Banita), Nathan’s father, was killed in the attack, as was Rabbi Nehemia Lavi. The mother, Adele, was seriously wounded.

Single

News

Flash 9

Yonatan Sindel

Shaike Bloi, a paramedic who works for Ichud Hatzalah (united rescue forces), evacuating the infant Nathan Bennett (Banita), who suffered a leg injury in a terrorist attack on Hagai Street in the Old City of Jerusalem. Aharon Bennett (Banita), Nathan’s father, was killed in the attack, as was Rabbi Nehemia Lavi. The mother, Adele, was seriously wounded.

ראש הממשלה, בנימין נתניהו, לאחר ביקור במוזוליאום לזכרו של ג'ומו קניאטה, הנשיא הראשון של קניה.

Single

News

GPO

Kobi Gideon

ראש הממשלה, בנימין נתניהו, לאחר ביקור במוזוליאום לזכרו של ג'ומו קניאטה, הנשיא הראשון של קניה.

IDF soldiers near Beit Hadassah in Hebron. Next to them, the body of a Palestinian youth who was shot after attempting to stab a soldier.

Single

News

Panos Pictures

Ahikam Seri

IDF soldiers near Beit Hadassah in Hebron. Next to them, the body of a Palestinian youth who was shot after attempting to stab a soldier.

Daily Life

Potrtaits

Culture and Art

The writer Amos Oz photographed on the occasion of the publication of the Spanish translation of his book Judas, which deals with the issue of "who is a traitor."

1st prize

Single

Urbanism and culture

Freelance photographer

Edward Kaprov

The writer Amos Oz photographed on the occasion of the publication of the Spanish translation of his book Judas, which deals with the issue of "who is a traitor."

A Jaffa bride. A Moslem bride and groom waiting for the wedding photographer.

2nd prize

Single

Urbanism and culture

Freelance photographer

Ilan Ben Yehuda

A Jaffa bride. A Moslem bride and groom waiting for the wedding photographer.

Bugs Bunny nonchalantly smoking a cigar, at the façade of a building in Kerem Hateimanim, which served as a weapons cache for the Jewish underground in the period of the British Mandate.

3rd prize

Single

Urbanism and culture

Freelance photographer

Guy Aloni

Bugs Bunny nonchalantly smoking a cigar, at the façade of a building in Kerem Hateimanim, which served as a weapons cache for the Jewish underground in the period of the British Mandate.

“Light, dust, glass, city." The city of Tel Aviv broken down into its components through layers of dust, glass, advertisement pictures, and Mediterranean light.

1st prize

Series

Urbanism and culture

Freelance photographer

Dafna Sartiel

“Light, dust, glass, city." The city of Tel Aviv broken down into its components through layers of dust, glass, advertisement pictures, and Mediterranean light.

Arza, “A convalescent home for Halutzim,” was built in the spirit of Herzl’s dream and on its grounds Herzl planted a cedar tree. In 1924 the elaborate building, with its vista of the Judean Hills, was inaugurated. Later the grounds were sold, and today, on its land, workers from Hebron are building hundreds of exclusive apartments.

2nd prize

Series

Urbanism and culture

צלמת עצמאית

Miri Nagler

Arza, “A convalescent home for Halutzim,” was built in the spirit of Herzl’s dream and on its grounds Herzl planted a cedar tree. In 1924 the elaborate building, with its vista of the Judean Hills, was inaugurated. Later the grounds were sold, and today, on its land, workers from Hebron are building hundreds of exclusive apartments.

Well houses, or biara, are buildings built in the 19th century in Palestine around wells, close to citrus groves. During the 1948 War of Independence the well houses were abandoned by their inhabitants. With the expansion of Tel Aviv and the nearby cities many citrus groves were uprooted and replaced by residential neighborhoods. Some of the well houses were dismantled, while others were incorporated into their surroundings.

3rd prize

Series

Urbanism and culture

Freelance photographer

Kobi Wolf

Well houses, or biara, are buildings built in the 19th century in Palestine around wells, close to citrus groves. During the 1948 War of Independence the well houses were abandoned by their inhabitants. With the expansion of Tel Aviv and the nearby cities many citrus groves were uprooted and replaced by residential neighborhoods. Some of the well houses were dismantled, while others were incorporated into their surroundings.

The Cinerama building was inaugurated in Tel Aviv some 50 years ago in. The building served as a cinema, failed financially and was abandoned for about 20 years. In the 1980s it was used as a club and as a performance hall, and in the 2000s it closed down for good. In August the building, which was a local symbol, was razed to the ground and erased from the urban landscape.

Single

Urbanism and culture

Freelance photographer

Miri Nagler

The Cinerama building was inaugurated in Tel Aviv some 50 years ago in. The building served as a cinema, failed financially and was abandoned for about 20 years. In the 1980s it was used as a club and as a performance hall, and in the 2000s it closed down for good. In August the building, which was a local symbol, was razed to the ground and erased from the urban landscape.

“Engagement” - work of the artist Motti Mizrachi: a fivemeter long bridal gown hanging above the Tower of David Museum in the Old City, during the Jerusalem Biennale.

Single

Urbanism and culture

EPA

Abir Sultan

“Engagement” - work of the artist Motti Mizrachi: a fivemeter long bridal gown hanging above the Tower of David Museum in the Old City, during the Jerusalem Biennale.

The Carmel Market before the Sabbath.

Single

Urbanism and culture

Freelance photographer

Igor Gofman

The Carmel Market before the Sabbath.

The Tel Aviv fashion week that took place in the new complex which is being built on the ruins of the former wholesale market.

Single

Urbanism and culture

Tomer Appelbaum

Haaretz

The Tel Aviv fashion week that took place in the new complex which is being built on the ruins of the former wholesale market.

Nature and Environment

Ultra-Orthodox men covering themselves in mud during the Bein Hazemanim (literally, between the sessions - the Yeshivot vacation period) on one of the shores of the Dead Sea, designated exclusively to men. The Dead Sea mud is rich in diverse minerals and is considered to have numerous medical virtues.

1st prize

Single

Nature and environment

EPA

Abir Sultan

Ultra-Orthodox men covering themselves in mud during the Bein Hazemanim (literally, between the sessions - the Yeshivot vacation period) on one of the shores of the Dead Sea, designated exclusively to men. The Dead Sea mud is rich in diverse minerals and is considered to have numerous medical virtues.

A field of melons at Kikar Sdom after harvest - a picture that symbolizes the grim state of Israeli agriculture.

2nd prize

Single

Nature and environment

Freelance photographer

Doron Nissim

A field of melons at Kikar Sdom after harvest - a picture that symbolizes the grim state of Israeli agriculture.

The prickly pear as metaphor - a field of dying prickly pears at sunset.

3rd prize

Single

Nature and environment

Freelance photographer

Aharon Kritzer

The prickly pear as metaphor - a field of dying prickly pears at sunset.

In Israel, every lake, stream, and winter puddle constitutes an exotic point of attraction offering a variety of leisure and recreational activities.

1st prize

Series

Nature and environment

Freelance photographer

Shay Ben Efraim

In Israel, every lake, stream, and winter puddle constitutes an exotic point of attraction offering a variety of leisure and recreational activities.

Thousands of pelicans stop on their journey to Africa at the feeding stations provided by the Nature and Parks Authority.

2nd prize

Series

Nature and environment

AP

Ariel Schalit

Thousands of pelicans stop on their journey to Africa at the feeding stations provided by the Nature and Parks Authority.

From the early 20th century the city of Rehovot was the “Citrus City”. Citrus groves were planted and packing houses, well houses and storage buildings were constructed. Over the years the buildings were abandoned, and today, following environmental development, their disappearing ruins can be seen in the area between Rehovot and Ness Ziona.

3rd prize

Series

Nature and environment

Freelance photographer

Eli Basri

From the early 20th century the city of Rehovot was the “Citrus City”. Citrus groves were planted and packing houses, well houses and storage buildings were constructed. Over the years the buildings were abandoned, and today, following environmental development, their disappearing ruins can be seen in the area between Rehovot and Ness Ziona.

The Yad Vashem Museum on a misty day.

Single

Nature and environment

Emil Salman

Haaretz

The Yad Vashem Museum on a misty day.

A goat shepherd, tending to his herd near the home of the Rom Family in the Esh Kodesh settlement, surprised the family when he lifted one of his goats to the window of their home.

Single

Nature and environment

Freelance photographer

Miriam Tsachi

A goat shepherd, tending to his herd near the home of the Rom Family in the Esh Kodesh settlement, surprised the family when he lifted one of his goats to the window of their home.

The Milky Way as seen from above the Minsara site at Makhtesh Ramon, during a Perseid meteor shower - a heavy shower of meteors that takes place at the height of summer and can be seen in Israel.

Single

Nature and environment

Reuters

Amir Cohen

The Milky Way as seen from above the Minsara site at Makhtesh Ramon, during a Perseid meteor shower - a heavy shower of meteors that takes place at the height of summer and can be seen in Israel.

A feeding station for vultures in the region of Masada. Wet Plate photograpy, a technique dating back from the early days of photography.

Single

Nature and environment

Freelance photographer

Edward Kaprov

A feeding station for vultures in the region of Masada. Wet Plate photograpy, a technique dating back from the early days of photography.

The view on a misty morning from the Elma Hotel, built on the southern tip of the Carmel Range.

Single

Nature and environment

צלם עצמאי

Ezra Zahor

The view on a misty morning from the Elma Hotel, built on the southern tip of the Carmel Range.

The view at the Beresheet Hotel - an ibex and several guests on the hotel grounds

Single

Nature and environment

Freelance photographer

Eli Atias

The view at the Beresheet Hotel - an ibex and several guests on the hotel grounds

A sinkhole opened near the Dead Sea shore and took with it buildings, trees and part of a parking lot.
The Dead Sea is drying up at the rate of approximately one meter per year, a process that creates numerous sinkholes, which open up along the regressing shoreline.

Single

Nature and environment

Panos Pictures

Ahikam Seri

A sinkhole opened near the Dead Sea shore and took with it buildings, trees and part of a parking lot.
The Dead Sea is drying up at the rate of approximately one meter per year, a process that creates numerous sinkholes, which open up along the regressing shoreline.

A white-throated kingfisher and a skink. The kingfisher is holding the skink by its beak, battering it to death, and then takes the carcass for its offspring to eat.

Single

Nature and environment

Freelance photographer

Moshe Prager

A white-throated kingfisher and a skink. The kingfisher is holding the skink by its beak, battering it to death, and then takes the carcass for its offspring to eat.

Sport

Players of Hapoel Beersheba carrying the team’s owner, Alona Barkat, shoulder high, after winning the league championship. Barkat is the only woman in Israel who owns a football team.

1st prize

Single

sport

Freelance photographer

Oded Karni

Players of Hapoel Beersheba carrying the team’s owner, Alona Barkat, shoulder high, after winning the league championship. Barkat is the only woman in Israel who owns a football team.

Israeli Arab children jumping into the Mediterranean from the ancient walls that encircle the city of Acre.

2nd prize

Single

sport

AP

Ariel Schalit

Israeli Arab children jumping into the Mediterranean from the ancient walls that encircle the city of Acre.

Rarely, and usually at the beginning of winter, ground swells are created on Israel’s shores, providing perfect surfing conditions.

3rd prize

Single

sport

Freelance photographer

Dudy Ardon

Rarely, and usually at the beginning of winter, ground swells are created on Israel’s shores, providing perfect surfing conditions.

Overnight Yarden Gerbi, Ori Sason and Muki Sagi became national heroes after participating in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Ori and Yarden won bronze medals. After Ori won to his Egyptian opponent, Islam el-Shehaby, the latter refused to shake his hand.

1st prize

Series

sport

Asaf Kliger

Maariv

Overnight Yarden Gerbi, Ori Sason and Muki Sagi became national heroes after participating in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Ori and Yarden won bronze medals. After Ori won to his Egyptian opponent, Islam el-Shehaby, the latter refused to shake his hand.

Walking a slackline is a relatively new form of sports, and most of the people who do it have climbed cliffs or have worked in circuses.

2nd prize

Series

sport

Freelance photographer

Tomer Neuberg

Walking a slackline is a relatively new form of sports, and most of the people who do it have climbed cliffs or have worked in circuses.

Ofer Blutrich, a professional climber, climbing boulders in the Dead Sea region. Sportive climbers in nature confront numerous difficulties, since the places suitable for climbing are in nature reserves, where it is forbidden. In the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games this form of sports will be recognized as an Olympic sports category.

3rd prize

Series

sport

Freelance photographer

Gilad Kavalerchik

Ofer Blutrich, a professional climber, climbing boulders in the Dead Sea region. Sportive climbers in nature confront numerous difficulties, since the places suitable for climbing are in nature reserves, where it is forbidden. In the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games this form of sports will be recognized as an Olympic sports category.

Grutrally - an off-road jalopy rally, is a survival journey for men and machines, with special emphasis placed on driving challenges, navigation, rescue and car maintenance. In the Grutrally only old vehicles, whose value usually does not exceed NIS 3,500, participate.

Series

sport

Freelance photographer

Yanai Menachem

Grutrally - an off-road jalopy rally, is a survival journey for men and machines, with special emphasis placed on driving challenges, navigation, rescue and car maintenance. In the Grutrally only old vehicles, whose value usually does not exceed NIS 3,500, participate.

A meeting of cyclists on the banks of the Jordan River, taking a break for jumping into the chilly water.

Single

sport

Freelance photographer

Yoav Lavi

A meeting of cyclists on the banks of the Jordan River, taking a break for jumping into the chilly water.

The penultimate game in the premiere league. Ironi Kiryat Shmona vs. Hapoel Haifa, both candidates for relegation to the national league. In the photograph: Austin Amutu after scoring a vital goal for his team.

Single

sport

Eran Luf

The penultimate game in the premiere league. Ironi Kiryat Shmona vs. Hapoel Haifa, both candidates for relegation to the national league. In the photograph: Austin Amutu after scoring a vital goal for his team.

Bloomfield Stadium, the game of the season. Macabbi Tel Aviv hosting Hapoel Beersheba, fully cognizant of the fact that only victory will give the team a chance of winning the fourth consecutive league premiership. In the 82nd minute the score was still 0:0. Eran Zahavi, the team’s captain, found himself in new territory - failure.

Single

sport

Oz Moalem

ynet

Bloomfield Stadium, the game of the season. Macabbi Tel Aviv hosting Hapoel Beersheba, fully cognizant of the fact that only victory will give the team a chance of winning the fourth consecutive league premiership. In the 82nd minute the score was still 0:0. Eran Zahavi, the team’s captain, found himself in new territory - failure.

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