Abir Sultan
Local Testimony 2010
Gallery
2010
Photo of the Year | Series of the Year | News | Society and Community | Religion and faith | Nature and Environment | Sport | Urbanism and Culture | Short Series | Long Exposure | Video
Galia Gur Zeev, Curator
Ami Steinitz, Curator
David Silverman, Photojournalist
Osnat Krasnanski, Photographer
Asma Agbarieh Zahalka, Member of the National Committee of WAC (Workers Advice Center)
Boaz Tal, Artist
David Silverman, Photojournalist
Eran Tiefenbrunn, Vice Editor, ynet
Kineret Palti, Curator in charge, Eretz Israel Museum, Tel aviv
Merav Michaeli
Noam YuranDR., Department of Film and Television, Tel Aviv University
Osnat Krasnanski, Photographer
Vardi Kahana, Photographer
Photo of the year
Daniel Bar-On
Haaretz
A demonstration following the Gaza Flotilla events in front of the Turkish Embassy on Hayarkon Street, Tel Aviv.
June 3, 2010
Series of the Year
Amit Sha’al
Calcalist
Altneuland
A journey in the steps of old black and white photographs.
March – April 2010
News
1st prize
Single
News
Daniel Bar-On
Haaretz
Emily Henochowicz, a US citizen, lost her eye after being shot with a tear gas canister at the Qalandia Checkpoint, while participating in a demonstration protesting the IDF raid of the Gaza Flotilla.
May 31, 2010
2nd prize
Single
News
Flash 90
Abir Sultan
Following a Supreme Court order on the issue of discrimination against the Sephardic girl students in Immanuel, which sentenced the Hassidic parents of the girls at the “Beit Yaakov” School to jail; the parents headed a mass demonstration at the police station in the Russian Compound in Jerusalem.
June 17, 2010
3rd prize
Single
News
Jini Photowire
Tess Scheflan
Shirin Mohammed Hassan, one of the 20 Palestinian female prisoners released in exchange for a tape in which the Israeli captive soldier Gilad Shalit is seen. Beitunia checkpoint, near Ramallah.
October 2, 2009
1st prize
Series
News
Getty Images
Uriel Sinai
The Gaza Flotilla and the events that followed.
On May 31st six boats sailed from Turkey on their way to the Gaza Strip in order to break the Israeli blockade on the strip and transfer equipment to its residents. After they refused Israel’s request to transfer the equipment via the Israeli ports, a military attempt was made to take over the ship, and a violent conflict ensued between the IDF soldiers and the passengers aboard the Mavi Marmara. As a result, nine passengers were killed. Following the operation and its consequences a media storm evolved in Israel and throughout the world and brought about an easing of the blockade on Gaza.
May 31-June 21 2010
2nd prize
Series
News
Reuters
Gil Cohen-Magen
Demonstrators in the Old City of Jerusalem, from Sheikh Jarrah to Silwan, after Friday prayers.
January-April 2010
3rd prize
Series
News
Independent
Laura Weisman
Palestinian women and children, traveling to pray in the Al-Aqsa Mosque during the holy month of Ramadan, suffer frustration and humiliation as they cross the Qalandia checkpoint. This year, conditions improved at the checkpoint as a result of cooperation between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
September 11, 2009
Society and Community
1st prize
Single
Society and community
Independent
Lior Patel
A woman at the Wadi Nisnas market, Haifa.
August 2010
2nd prize
Single
Society and community
Independent
Shay Mehalel
Thai workers returning from work in the fields, Metula.
November 2009
3rd prize
Single
Society and community
Reuters
Amir Cohen
Children of foreign workers, Purim in Tel Aviv.
February 2010
1st prize
Series
Society and community
Independent
Nitzan Hafner
The area of the old central bus station and the adjacent streets form a human mosaic of prostitutes, drug addicts, the homeless and foreign workers. The police often raid the old and dilapidated buildings in an attempt to eradicate crime.
2009-2010
2nd prize
Series
Society and community
Miriam Tsachi
Makor Rishon
Following the government decision to freeze all building projects in Judea and Samaria, and seeking a different way of life, groups of settlers moved into tents and empty buses.
September 2009-August 2010
3rd prize
Series
Society and community
Independent
Nikita Pavlov
Russian families in Israel
December 2009
Religion and Faith
1st prize
Single
Religion and faith
Reuters
Ronen Zvulun
A school day at the Kehilat Yaakov boys’ school in Ramot, Jerusalem.
June 2010
2nd prize
Single
Religion and faith
Miriam Tsachi
Makor Rishon
Preparing matzos for Passover.
March 2010
3rd prize
Single
Religion and faith
Jini Photowire
Tess Scheflan
An ultra-Orthodox mother at a demonstration, protesting against work on Saturdays at the Intel Plant, Har Hotzvim, Jerusalem.
November 21, 2009
1st prize
Series
Religion and faith
Independent
Tomer Ifrah
Uman, the Ukraine
Every year some 20,000 people, from Israel and the world, travel to Uman in the Ukraine, the birthplace of the Rabbi Nachman of Breslau, to celebrate the Jewish New Year. The series documents moments of silence and observation within the tumult.
September 22-24, 2009
2nd prize
Series
Religion and faith
Independent
Yuval Tebol
Kasser Elyahud. A journey to the abandoned churches under IDF supervision, east of Jericho.
January 2010
3rd prize
Series
Religion and faith
Independent
Shlomi Nissim
“The Messiah has come”
About a year ago, 31 year old Arkadi, who was bitten by a snake near Bethlehem, experienced a “revelation.” From an early background of studying at a yeshiva and living in Bnei Brak, through a hedonistic life in Tel Aviv, Arkadi moved to the far end of the Tel Aviv’s Carmel Market, where he preaches to his audiences to adhere to truth and compassion.
February-August 2010
Nature and Environment
1st prize
Single
Nature and environment
Independent
Omer Messinger
Young surfers at the Poleg Beach, Netanya, on a stormy day.
December 2009
2nd prize
Single
Nature and environment
Independent
Doron Talmi
Horses in a snow-covered vineyard, the Golan Heights.
February 2010
3rd prize
Single
Nature and environment
Independent
Gilad Peli
Bush fire along the oil pipe route, the Golan Heights.
May 2010
1st prize
Series
Nature and environment
Independent
Doron Nissim
The drying up of the Dead Sea, a documentary journey
December 2009-April 2010
2nd prize
Series
Nature and environment
Independent
Shlomi Nissim
A fire in the fields of Kibbutz Ga’ash on the western side of the Coastal Road.
September 10, 2009
3rd prize
Series
Nature and environment
Independent
Yuval Tebol
The workers’ camp at the Potash Company, today the Dead Sea Works, was set up in 1934 in Sodom and was running until 1950. The camp served as the living quarters for the workers and their families. Recently preservation work has begun in preparation for the camp’s opening to visitors.
February 2010
Sport
1st prize
Single
sport
Independent
Shlomi Nissim
Aviv Vaknin, a professional windsurfer who fell from a 35 meter cliff, after two years of rehabilitation. This is the fifth consecutive year in which he is Israel’s champion windsurfer.
December 2009
1st prize
Single
sport
Ruvan Shwartz
Yedioth Ahronoth
Hapo’el Tel Aviv fans watching their team train at the Yaakov Hodorov training field.
June 2010
2nd prize
Single
sport
Independent
Ronen Topelberg
The “Golden Ring” cycling road race along a 120 kilometer route. The cyclists are seen climbing the road from Hamat Gader to the southern part of the Golan Heights.
January 8, 2010
3rd prize
Single
sport
Polaris
Ziv Koren
A parkourist jumping off a pole on the Tel Aviv beach.
December 2009
1st prize
Series
sport
A.P.
Muhammed Muheisen
Muhammed Shuhada, a 70 year old Palestinian from Jenin, former professional boxer, today works as a trainer and operates the first gym in the Palestinian Authority.
October 2009
2nd prize
Series
sport
Independent
Gilad Kavalerchik
Documentation of the Triathlon competition that combines three types of sports: swimming, cycling and running.
September-November 2009
3rd prize
Series
sport
Independent
Tomer Ifrah
Hagar Feiner, women’s world boxing champion, won the title after long years of disappointment and losses in crucial fights. The series was photographed during the period prior to the fight in defense of her title at the Nokia Arena in Tel Aviv.
April-May 2010
Urbanism and Culture
1st prize
Single
Urbanism and culture
Daniel Bar-On
Haaretz
The Kiryat Yovel neighborhood, Jerusalem.
February 2010
2nd prize
Single
Urbanism and culture
Flash 90
Kobi Gideon
The Azrieli Towers, a view from a conference room.
June 2010
3rd prize
Single
Urbanism and culture
Independent
Doron Nissim
Northern Tel Aviv.
December 2009
1st prize
Series
Urbanism and culture
Independent
Tomer Ifrah
Documentation of the construction of highrise buildings in Tel Aviv, and the foreign workers who build them.
January 2010
2nd prize
Series
Urbanism and culture
Independent
Yuval Tebol
Urbanism and the human factor
December 2009-July 2010
3rd prize
Series
Urbanism and culture
A.P.
Maya Hitij
Palestinian graffiti has become popular since the early days of the first Intifada in 1987. It was used primarily for updating the residents on demonstrations and strikes. The graffiti artists were perceived as heroes pursued by the occupying forces. Today artists use graffiti in order to glorify or ridicule political and military figures, Israelis and Palestinians alike, and to describe political struggles. In addition, graffiti is used to congratulate newly-weds and welcome pilgrims on their return home.
January-June 2010
Short Series
Long Exposure
Video
Yuval Tebol
Urbanism and the human factor
December 2009-July 2010
Felix Lupa
The Last Station
2009 - 2010
Inbal Rose
Breast Cancer and Beyond
Yonathan Weitzman
A Shared Promise
February – March 2010