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Photography: Tomer Appelbaum

Local Testimony 2009

Gallery

2009

  • Dana Gillerman, Curator
    Orna Oshri, Design Director, Yedioth Ahronoth
    Nissan Perez, Photography Curator, the Israel Museum, Jerusalem
    Ami Steinitz, Curator
    Prof. Nissim Calderon, The Ben Gurion University of the Negev
    Zipa Kempinsky, Editor
    Alex Levac, Photographer
    Kineret Palti, Curator in charge, Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv
    Tali Tamir, Chief curator, Nahum Gutman Museum, Tel Aviv.
    Oded Yedaya, Photography and Writing, Executive Director "Minshar for Art"
    Manar Zuabi, Artist


Photo of the year

FLASH 90

Kobi Gideon

Israel military forces blowing up a Palestinian house in the northern part of the Gaza Strip during the IDF operation. Due to the fact that Israel’s authorities banned journalists from entering Gaza during the operation, the photo was taken from the Israeli side of the border using a telescopic lens.

January 16, 2009

News

Palestinians trying to extinguish a fire set by Jewish settlers in an olive grove near Nablus.

1st prize

Single

News

Reuters

Gil Cohen Magen

Palestinians trying to extinguish a fire set by Jewish settlers in an olive grove near Nablus.

The bodies of year-old Farah Al-Helo and her uncle Mohammad Al-Helo, killed in Gaza by an Israeli tank shell.

2nd prize

Single

News

Getty Images

Abid Alrahman Katib

The bodies of year-old Farah Al-Helo and her uncle Mohammad Al-Helo, killed in Gaza by an Israeli tank shell.

A child in the southern city of Ashkelon, moments after a rocket launched from the Gaza Strip hit the city, three days before Israel’s military operation commenced.

3rd prize

Single

News

AFP

David Buimovitch

A child in the southern city of Ashkelon, moments after a rocket launched from the Gaza Strip hit the city, three days before Israel’s military operation commenced.

War
Results of Israel's military operation in Gaza.

1st prize

Series

News

Getty Images

Abid Alrahman Katib

War
Results of Israel's military operation in Gaza.

Evacuating Beit Hameriva (House of Contention)
At noon, Israel's security forces broke into the House of Contention in Hebron
and evacuated hundreds of extreme right-wing activists who were entrenched
inside. Dozens were injured in the confrontation with the settlers, including several Palestinian neighbors, two journalists and a policeman whose face suffered acid burns.

2nd prize

Series

News

Polaris

Ziv Koren

Evacuating Beit Hameriva (House of Contention)
At noon, Israel's security forces broke into the House of Contention in Hebron
and evacuated hundreds of extreme right-wing activists who were entrenched
inside. Dozens were injured in the confrontation with the settlers, including several Palestinian neighbors, two journalists and a policeman whose face suffered acid burns.

Out of Bounds.
Israel banned journalists from entering Gaza during the military operation, an act which resulted in one-sided reports: IDF soldiers waiting on the one side, and sights of destruction from Gaza, on the other. There was no documentation of the battles. The photos in this series that document IDF soldiers were taken from the Israeli side of the border. The photos from within the Gaza Strip were taken after the ceasefire, when the border was reopened to journalists.

3rd prize

Series

News

EPA

Jim Hollander

Out of Bounds.
Israel banned journalists from entering Gaza during the military operation, an act which resulted in one-sided reports: IDF soldiers waiting on the one side, and sights of destruction from Gaza, on the other. There was no documentation of the battles. The photos in this series that document IDF soldiers were taken from the Israeli side of the border. The photos from within the Gaza Strip were taken after the ceasefire, when the border was reopened to journalists.

Daily Life

The body of a pedestrian who tried to cross the Coastal Highway, near the city of Netanya.

1st prize

Single

Daily life

Omer Messinger

Independent

The body of a pedestrian who tried to cross the Coastal Highway, near the city of Netanya.

Mohammed Khader feeds pigeons in front of his home in the Jabaliya refugee camp, the Gaza Strip.

2nd prize

Single

Daily life

Eman Mohammed

Independent

Mohammed Khader feeds pigeons in front of his home in the Jabaliya refugee camp, the Gaza Strip.

Balata refugee camp in Nablus, northern West Bank.

3rd prize

Single

Daily life

Nir Kafri

Haaretz

Balata refugee camp in Nablus, northern West Bank.

Handiwork
Portraits of craftsmen.

1st prize

Series

Daily life

Ilan Shtinberg

Independent

Handiwork
Portraits of craftsmen.

100% Palestinian
“The Chinese are our biggest enemy”, says Azzad Herbawi, whose father Yasser (75) owns of the only keffiyah factory in the West Bank. The family business is struggling to compete with the prices of the Far East textile industry: A dozen keffiyahs made in China are sold to Palestinian merchants for 60 NIS – half the price of those made by the Palestinian factory in Hebron.

2nd prize

Series

Daily life

Quique Kierszenbaum

Independent

100% Palestinian
“The Chinese are our biggest enemy”, says Azzad Herbawi, whose father Yasser (75) owns of the only keffiyah factory in the West Bank. The family business is struggling to compete with the prices of the Far East textile industry: A dozen keffiyahs made in China are sold to Palestinian merchants for 60 NIS – half the price of those made by the Palestinian factory in Hebron.

From Gaza to Wolfson
Abdullah Siam, a six-year-old boy from Gaza, underwent surgery at the Wolfson Medical Center in Israel, to repair a congenital heart defect. Two weeks earlier, the Israeli military killed his relative, powerful Hamas leader Said Siam, who was head of the Interior Affairs Ministry in Gaza.

3rd prize

Series

Daily life

David Silverman

Getty Images

From Gaza to Wolfson
Abdullah Siam, a six-year-old boy from Gaza, underwent surgery at the Wolfson Medical Center in Israel, to repair a congenital heart defect. Two weeks earlier, the Israeli military killed his relative, powerful Hamas leader Said Siam, who was head of the Interior Affairs Ministry in Gaza.

Potrtaits

A Palestinian in the West Bank city of Ramallah, "World No Tobacco Day".

1st prize

Single

Portraits

Reuters

Fadi Arouri

A Palestinian in the West Bank city of Ramallah, "World No Tobacco Day".

Three pilgrims in the southern city of Eilat, on their way to Saint Catherin's monastery in Sinai, Egypt.

2nd prize

Single

Portraits

Independent

Doron Nissim

Three pilgrims in the southern city of Eilat, on their way to Saint Catherin's monastery in Sinai, Egypt.

A homeless woman in a café, south Tel Aviv.

3rd prize

Single

Portraits

Independent

Eddie Gerald

A homeless woman in a café, south Tel Aviv.

Masked Faces
Young Palestinians in the Shuafat refugee camp, north Jerusalem, protesting against the IDF operation in Gaza.

1st prize

Series

Portraits

AP

Dan Balilty

Masked Faces
Young Palestinians in the Shuafat refugee camp, north Jerusalem, protesting against the IDF operation in Gaza.

Handicapped Soldiers
IDF combatants whose injuries left them with over 100% disability, following their rehabilitation.

2nd prize

Series

Portraits

Independent

Noam Moskovich

Handicapped Soldiers
IDF combatants whose injuries left them with over 100% disability, following their rehabilitation.

Mor.
When Mor Vital was fifteen years old, he realized that he was trapped in the wrong body. Today, thirteen years and several plastic surgery procedures later, she has become a famous porn star who produces, directs and edits her own films. Her Internet site registers tens of thousands of hits monthly.

3rd prize

Series

Portraits

Polaris Images

Ziv Koren

Mor.
When Mor Vital was fifteen years old, he realized that he was trapped in the wrong body. Today, thirteen years and several plastic surgery procedures later, she has become a famous porn star who produces, directs and edits her own films. Her Internet site registers tens of thousands of hits monthly.

Culture and Art

“At Your Place", a dance project by Avi Kaiser and Sergio Antonino, featuring actress Dalia Friedland, Tel Aviv.

1st prize

Single

Culture and art

Independent

Avishai Finkelstein

“At Your Place", a dance project by Avi Kaiser and Sergio Antonino, featuring actress Dalia Friedland, Tel Aviv.

Street art and graffiti exhibition in an abandoned building, Dizengoff Square, Tel Aviv.

2nd prize

Single

Culture and art

Oren Ziv

Ha’ir Tel Aviv

Street art and graffiti exhibition in an abandoned building, Dizengoff Square, Tel Aviv.

The Palestinian opera premier in Ramallah.

3rd prize

Single

Culture and art

Dan Keinan

Ha’aretz

The Palestinian opera premier in Ramallah.

The amateur orchestra of Carmiel has been meeting for rehearsals every Friday for the past 18 years. The majority of its 20 members are retirees. The youngest, who plays the balalaika, is still in high school.

1st prize

Series

Culture and art

Independent

Sergey Rostrossa

The amateur orchestra of Carmiel has been meeting for rehearsals every Friday for the past 18 years. The majority of its 20 members are retirees. The youngest, who plays the balalaika, is still in high school.

Artists
Yaacov Agam, Ofer Shechter, Avishai Cohen, Avner Ben-Gal, Olaf Kuhnemann, Yosi Sucary, Roee Rosen, Doron Rabina, Yair Garbuz, Sharon Rotbard, Eran Zur, Ido Tadmor, Amir Zohabi

2nd prize

Series

Culture and art

Tomer Appelbaum

Haaretz

Artists
Yaacov Agam, Ofer Shechter, Avishai Cohen, Avner Ben-Gal, Olaf Kuhnemann, Yosi Sucary, Roee Rosen, Doron Rabina, Yair Garbuz, Sharon Rotbard, Eran Zur, Ido Tadmor, Amir Zohabi

Nature and Environment

A Palestinian boy holds a baby goat as he rides his bicycle, on the outskirts of Ramallah.

1st prize

Single

Nature and environment

AP

Muhammed Muheisen

A Palestinian boy holds a baby goat as he rides his bicycle, on the outskirts of Ramallah.

Palestinian farmers collecting wheat stalks during the annual harvest in Dier Al-Balah, the Gaza Strip.

2nd prize

Single

Nature and environment

Independent

Eman Mohammed

Palestinian farmers collecting wheat stalks during the annual harvest in Dier Al-Balah, the Gaza Strip.

"The Lacerated Snake"', the Negev Brigade Monument by Dani Karavan, Beer Sheba.

3rd prize

Single

Nature and environment

Independent

Yotam Jacobson

"The Lacerated Snake"', the Negev Brigade Monument by Dani Karavan, Beer Sheba.

Cranes over the Hula Lake
Tens of thousands of cranes come to the Hula Lake each winter. The nature reserve staff feed them corn kernels every morning, thus preventing them from invading the fields of Upper Galilee.

1st prize

Series

Nature and environment

Independent

Gilad Puny

Cranes over the Hula Lake
Tens of thousands of cranes come to the Hula Lake each winter. The nature reserve staff feed them corn kernels every morning, thus preventing them from invading the fields of Upper Galilee.

The Dead Sea 2009
Scenes from the Dead Sea which is gradually drying up.

2nd prize

Series

Nature and environment

Independent

Doron Nissim

The Dead Sea 2009
Scenes from the Dead Sea which is gradually drying up.

Birds in the City
Each morning, hundreds of birds await the trucks transporting wheat to a flour mill in south Tel Aviv.

3rd prize

Series

Nature and environment

Independent

Tomer Ifrah

Birds in the City
Each morning, hundreds of birds await the trucks transporting wheat to a flour mill in south Tel Aviv.

Sport

Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem, minutes before a soccer match between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Beitar Jerusalem. The stands are empty because Beitar fans were penalized and banned from attending the match.

1st prize

Single

sport

Asaf Kliger

Jerusalem Post

Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem, minutes before a soccer match between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Beitar Jerusalem. The stands are empty because Beitar fans were penalized and banned from attending the match.

Hagar Finer from Israel vs. Svetla Taskova from Bulgaria, the preliminaries for the women’s world boxing championships.

2nd prize

Single

sport

Independent

Tomer Ifrah

Hagar Finer from Israel vs. Svetla Taskova from Bulgaria, the preliminaries for the women’s world boxing championships.

Beitar Jerusalem soccer fans support their team during the final match of the Israeli State Cup against Maccabi Haifa F.C.. Beitar won 2-1.

3rd prize

Single

sport

Independent

Quique Kierszenbaum

Beitar Jerusalem soccer fans support their team during the final match of the Israeli State Cup against Maccabi Haifa F.C.. Beitar won 2-1.

Triathlon
Over 1,000 participants of various ages took part in the Tel Aviv Triathlon. The event included swimming, cycling, and running.

1st prize

Series

sport

Independent

Itamar Grinberg

Triathlon
Over 1,000 participants of various ages took part in the Tel Aviv Triathlon. The event included swimming, cycling, and running.

Fight Club
The Jerusalem Boxing Club is situated in a shelter in the Katamonim neighborhood. The majority of its 150 boxers are immigrants from the former Soviet Union the remainder – Palestinians and Israelis.

2nd prize

Series

sport

Independent

Quique Kierszenbaum

Fight Club
The Jerusalem Boxing Club is situated in a shelter in the Katamonim neighborhood. The majority of its 150 boxers are immigrants from the former Soviet Union the remainder – Palestinians and Israelis.

Skateboard.
Young people surf the city streets on their skateboards, in places not necessarily designed for that purpose.

3rd prize

Series

sport

Independent

Guy Pitchon

Skateboard.
Young people surf the city streets on their skateboards, in places not necessarily designed for that purpose.

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