
Photography: Ilan Ben Yehuda
Local Testimony 2016
Gallery
2016
Photo of the Year | News | Daily Life | Portraits | Culture and Art | Nature and Environment | Sport
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
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.
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.
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.
Daily Life
Potrtaits
Culture and Art
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.
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.
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.
Nature and Environment
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.
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.
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.
Sport
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.
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.
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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