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צילום: אוליבייה פיטוסי

Photography: Olivier Fitoussi

Local Testimony 2020

Gallery

2020

  • Ilan Itzhayek, principal editor of Yedioth Ahronoth’s Xnet website
    Ayelet Hashahar Cohen, artist, curator and teacher. Head of the Photography Department of the Musrara School of Art and manager of the Musrara Gallery, Jerusalem
    Vardi Kahana, photographer, lecturer, curator and member of the Local Testimony editorial board
    Heidi Levine, photo-journalist
    Rami Maymon, artist, photographer and lecturer
    Doron Tsabari, director
    Eldad Rafaeli, photographer, artist and curator of the Local Testimony 2020 exhibition
    Etty Schwartz, photographer, curator and lecturer
    Ami Steinitz, curator and member of the Local Testimony editorial board


Photo of the year

Tomer Appelbaum

Haaretz

The Black Flag protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and governmental corruption during the COVID-19 pandemic; the demonstrators maintained a distance of two meters from one another.

Rabin Square, Tel Aviv

April 19, 2020

News

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, surrounded by Likud ministers and Knesset members, before entering the courtroom for the opening of his trial.

1st prize

Single

News

Flash 90

Yonatan Sindel

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, surrounded by Likud ministers and Knesset members, before entering the courtroom for the opening of his trial.

A demonstrator facing security forces during a protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

2nd prize

Single

News

AP

Oded Balilty

A demonstrator facing security forces during a protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Police arresting Kosta Black, one of the protest leaders, during a demonstration against the government's handling of the economic damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

3rd prize

Single

News

Reuters

Ammar Awad

Police arresting Kosta Black, one of the protest leaders, during a demonstration against the government's handling of the economic damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Protests against governmental corruption, calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

1st prize

Series

News

Flash 90

Yaniv Nadav

Protests against governmental corruption, calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Body tremors and a high pulse are two of the coronavirus symptoms. Documentation from the COVID-19 wards at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital.

2nd prize

Series

News

Eli Attias

Body tremors and a high pulse are two of the coronavirus symptoms. Documentation from the COVID-19 wards at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital.

Thousands of male and female demonstrators, from diverse backgrounds and all sides of the political spectrum, protest outside the Prime Minister’s residence, calling for his resignation.

3rd prize

Series

News

DPA

Ilya Yefimovich

Thousands of male and female demonstrators, from diverse backgrounds and all sides of the political spectrum, protest outside the Prime Minister’s residence, calling for his resignation.

A demonstrator dressed as Moses during the dispersal of protesters using water jets fired from a police water cannon.

Single

News

Oren Ben Hakoon

Israel Hayom

A demonstrator dressed as Moses during the dispersal of protesters using water jets fired from a police water cannon.

COVID-19 restrictions require members of the Burial Society (Chevra Kadisha) to wear special protective suits during the purification ritual before burial.

Single

News

Ohad Zwigenberg

Haaretz

COVID-19 restrictions require members of the Burial Society (Chevra Kadisha) to wear special protective suits during the purification ritual before burial.

Israel Police dispersing demonstrators with a water cannon at the end of a Saturday night protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Paris Square.

Single

News

Flash 90

Olivier Fitoussi

Israel Police dispersing demonstrators with a water cannon at the end of a Saturday night protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Paris Square.

Daily Life

Potrtaits

Culture and Art

A young man, a dog, and a gymnast in Charles Clore Park.

1st prize

Single

Urbanism and culture

Ilan Ben Yehuda

A young man, a dog, and a gymnast in Charles Clore Park.

Following the COVID-19 restrictions and the closure of bars, many young people arrived at Dizengoff Square equipped with drinks from home. This unique situation created a new culture, which continued even after the bars reopened.

2nd prize

Single

Urbanism and culture

Getty Images

Guy Prives

Following the COVID-19 restrictions and the closure of bars, many young people arrived at Dizengoff Square equipped with drinks from home. This unique situation created a new culture, which continued even after the bars reopened.

Avigail Kovari, singer and actress, starring in the television series Matir Agunot (The Unchained).

3rd prize

Single

Urbanism and culture

Avishag Shaar-Yashuv

Haaretz

Avigail Kovari, singer and actress, starring in the television series Matir Agunot (The Unchained).

The Human Experience. 
In this series, the subjects were stripped of their distinguishing features and recast into situations that reflect an elusive, alienated, and surprising experience of existence, moving between identity, loneliness, alienation, meaning, and confusion.

1st prize

Series

Urbanism and culture

Lior Horesh

The Human Experience.
In this series, the subjects were stripped of their distinguishing features and recast into situations that reflect an elusive, alienated, and surprising experience of existence, moving between identity, loneliness, alienation, meaning, and confusion.

Ground Opening Up. The Navy base and Egged bus parking lot in Ein Gedi were evacuated due to the formation of sinkholes.

2nd prize

Series

Urbanism and culture

Eli Attias

Ground Opening Up. The Navy base and Egged bus parking lot in Ein Gedi were evacuated due to the formation of sinkholes.

In preparation for Passover, Tel Aviv, the "Non-Stop City," came to a halt following the imposition of a lockdown.

3rd prize

Series

Urbanism and culture

Guy Yahalomi

In preparation for Passover, Tel Aviv, the "Non-Stop City," came to a halt following the imposition of a lockdown.

Gabriel Moked, writer, critic, and literary editor, reminiscing at his home about his friend Nathan Alterman, on the 50th anniversary of Alterman's passing.

Single

Urbanism and culture

Eric Sultan

For Makor Rishon

Gabriel Moked, writer, critic, and literary editor, reminiscing at his home about his friend Nathan Alterman, on the 50th anniversary of Alterman's passing.

Tradition, fashion, and a Disney heroine.

Single

Urbanism and culture

Ilan Ben Yehuda

Tradition, fashion, and a Disney heroine.

The face of the renewing city. Giant sheets cover a building under renovation.

Single

Urbanism and culture

Eli Bazri

The face of the renewing city. Giant sheets cover a building under renovation.

A street artist in Nahariya, following a flood of the Ga'aton River. In 2020, Israel was hit by floods, and Nahariya was severely affected and suffered extensive destruction.

Single

Culture and art

Kadya Levy

A street artist in Nahariya, following a flood of the Ga'aton River. In 2020, Israel was hit by floods, and Nahariya was severely affected and suffered extensive destruction.

A shopping tour in the Carmel Market at the end of the lockdown period.

Single

Urbanism and culture

Ilan Ben Yehuda

A shopping tour in the Carmel Market at the end of the lockdown period.

Personal stories in tattoos.

Single

Urbanism and culture

Shimi Cohen

Personal stories in tattoos.

Nature and Environment

A flock of sheep gathering during feeding time.

1st prize

Single

Nature and environment

Yoel Robert Assayag

A flock of sheep gathering during feeding time.

The IDF reinforces its troops on the Syrian and Lebanese borders following Hezbollah's threat to avenge the death of an organization operative in an attack near Damascus attributed to Israel.

2nd prize

Single

Nature and environment

Gil Eliyahu Benyamin

The IDF reinforces its troops on the Syrian and Lebanese borders following Hezbollah's threat to avenge the death of an organization operative in an attack near Damascus attributed to Israel.

A cargo ship that drifted ashore on a stormy night.

3rd prize

Single

Nature and environment

Eric Sultan

A cargo ship that drifted ashore on a stormy night.

In 2004, the Electrochemical Industries plant closed due to a fire. The structure remains abandoned to this day. The plant used hazardous materials, such as mercury, which led to severe illnesses among workers. Legal battles are still ongoing regarding soil contamination, sea pollution, and responsibility for cleaning up the complex.

1st prize

Series

Nature and environment

Lior Fattal

In 2004, the Electrochemical Industries plant closed due to a fire. The structure remains abandoned to this day. The plant used hazardous materials, such as mercury, which led to severe illnesses among workers. Legal battles are still ongoing regarding soil contamination, sea pollution, and responsibility for cleaning up the complex.

During the initial weeks of the COVID-19 lockdown, Yarkon Park emptied of visitors. Consequently, hungry jackals began gathering in large groups. Lacking the food scraps typically left behind by park visitors, the jackals were forced to eat the fruits of the Ficus trees and attempted to hunt pigeons.

2nd prize

Series

Nature and environment

Ofer Vaknin

Haaretz

During the initial weeks of the COVID-19 lockdown, Yarkon Park emptied of visitors. Consequently, hungry jackals began gathering in large groups. Lacking the food scraps typically left behind by park visitors, the jackals were forced to eat the fruits of the Ficus trees and attempted to hunt pigeons.

The field near the house, the only place we went during the first COVID-19 lockdown, became an entire world in my son Biny's imagination.

3rd prize

Series

Nature and environment

Alexander Bronfer

The field near the house, the only place we went during the first COVID-19 lockdown, became an entire world in my son Biny's imagination.

Wild boars no longer content themselves with their natural habitats, and now forage for food in the city streets and home gardens.

Single

Nature and environment

Ohad Zwigenberg

Haaretz

Wild boars no longer content themselves with their natural habitats, and now forage for food in the city streets and home gardens.

A migrant worker from Sudan taking a mud bath at Ein Bokek Beach.

Single

Nature and environment

Alexander Bronfer

A migrant worker from Sudan taking a mud bath at Ein Bokek Beach.

During the COVID-19 lockdown, the snapdragon plants finished blooming. Small “skulls” of seed pods swayed in the wind, reflecting the fear sown among the public.

Single

Nature and environment

Ricky Loisman

During the COVID-19 lockdown, the snapdragon plants finished blooming. Small “skulls” of seed pods swayed in the wind, reflecting the fear sown among the public.

The "Deal of the Century," a peace plan between Israel and the Palestinians proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump and published in January 2020, recognized Israeli sovereignty over the settlements and pushed the Right to immediately annex the Jordan Valley. In exchange for the normalization agreement with the United Arab Emirates, published in August, Israel postponed the annexation plan.

Series

Nature and environment

Flash 90

Yaniv Nadav

The "Deal of the Century," a peace plan between Israel and the Palestinians proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump and published in January 2020, recognized Israeli sovereignty over the settlements and pushed the Right to immediately annex the Jordan Valley. In exchange for the normalization agreement with the United Arab Emirates, published in August, Israel postponed the annexation plan.

Remnants of battlefields stretch across a beautiful and fascinating region.

Series

Nature and environment

Eli Attias

Remnants of battlefields stretch across a beautiful and fascinating region.

Sport

Following the COVID-19 pandemic, public entry to sports fields was prohibited, so fans came to offer support from the outside. Hapoel Tel Aviv fans on the fences of the Khodorov Complex (Hapoel Tel Aviv's training grounds), watching a practice match against Hapoel Ashkelon.

1st prize

Single

sport

Yuval Daniel

Following the COVID-19 pandemic, public entry to sports fields was prohibited, so fans came to offer support from the outside. Hapoel Tel Aviv fans on the fences of the Khodorov Complex (Hapoel Tel Aviv's training grounds), watching a practice match against Hapoel Ashkelon.

Tomi Livnon climbing the 'Climb Free' route, currently the highest-rated climbing route in Israel (9a).

2nd prize

Single

sport

Daniel Roleider

Tomi Livnon climbing the 'Climb Free' route, currently the highest-rated climbing route in Israel (9a).

Dmitry Kroyter, the Israeli high jumper, at the Israeli Athletics Championships.

3rd prize

Single

sport

Omri Gutman

Dmitry Kroyter, the Israeli high jumper, at the Israeli Athletics Championships.

Athletes from the Olympic and Paralympic delegations who were preparing for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, which was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

1st prize

Series

sport

Bartzi Goldblat

Athletes from the Olympic and Paralympic delegations who were preparing for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, which was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Youth from Jisr az-Zarqa, members of a social surfing club, going out for a surf session.

2nd prize

Series

sport

Uri Levi

Youth from Jisr az-Zarqa, members of a social surfing club, going out for a surf session.

Athletes without limits despite disabilities.

3rd prize

Series

sport

Tal Heres

Athletes without limits despite disabilities.

Workers from India playing cricket in a parking lot on Saturday.

Single

sport

Oren Ziv

Local Call

Workers from India playing cricket in a parking lot on Saturday.

A surfer at sunset.

Single

sport

Omri Gutman

A surfer at sunset.

The basketball courts at the Sportek.

Single

sport

Gilad Topaz

The basketball courts at the Sportek.

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