Abir Sultan
Local Testimony 2010
Gallery
2010
Photo of the Year | Series of the Year | News | Daily Life | Portraits | Culture and Art | Nature and Environment | Sport | Urbanism | Religion and faith | 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.
June 3, 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
1st prize
Single
Politics
Daniel Bar-On
Haaretz
Binyamin and Sarah Netanyahu at the opening ceremony of the newly renovated Israel Museum, Jerusalem.
July 25, 2010
2nd prize
Single
Politics
Reuters
Gil Cohen-Magen
A demonstration of the Peace Now movement at the Tel Aviv Cinémathèque, under the poster “Bibi and Barak’s masquerade.”
February 20, 2010
3rd prize
Single
Politics
Amit Shabi
Yedioth Ahronoth
Former Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, arriving at the opening of his trial at Jerusalem’s district court.
September 25, 2009
1st prize
Series
Politics
Rina Castelnuovo-Hollander
The New York Times
Residents of the unrecognized Bedouin village of Alaraqib, near Beersheba, after its fourth demolition, during the fast of Ramadan. Contrary to a court order, the residents refuse to vacate the village, and each time rebuild the temporary wooden shacks. Their unwavering struggle against the authorities has become a symbol for the entire Bedouin community of maintaining their lifestyle and lands.
August 2010
2nd prize
Series
Politics
Independent
Amnon Gutman
Illegal Palestinian workers in Israel searching for loopholes in the Separation Fence in order to leave the Palestinian Authority and enter the area of the Green Line to find a source of income. They live in river creeks, under the bridges and on construction sites, doing their best not to be caught.
September 2009–August 2010
3rd prize
Series
Politics
Getty Images
Uriel Sinai
A conflict between the IDF and Palestinians, who were throwing stones and Molotov cocktails on yet another Friday of violence. This followed their praying at the Qalandia checkpoint as their access to Temple Mount had been denied.
October 9, 2009
Single
Politics
Flash 90
Kobi Gideon
Aviva and Noam Shalit after a round of discussions with ministers at the government complex, Jerusalem.
November 30, 2009
Daily Life
1st prize
Single
Society and community
Lior Patel
Independent
A woman at the Wadi Nisnas market, Haifa.
August 2010
2nd prize
Single
Society and community
Shay Mehalel
Independent
Thai workers returning from work in the fields, Metula.
November 2009
3rd prize
Single
Society and community
Amir Cohen
Reuters
Children of foreign workers, Purim in Tel Aviv.
February 2010
1st prize
Series
Society and community
Nitzan Hafner
Independent
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
Nikita Pavlov
Independent
Russian families in Israel
December 2009
1st prize
Single
Daily life
Amit Sha’al
Independent
Frishman Beach, Tel Aviv.
October 2009
2nd prize
Single
Daily life
Amir Cohen
Reuters
A couple on the Ashdod beach.
January 2010
3rd prize
Single
Daily life
Eman Mohammed
Independent
Thousands of Palestinian children flying kites at a UN summer camp on the Gaza beach.
July 30, 2010
1st prize
Series
Daily life
Inbal Rose
Independent
Sixteen years ago and only eight months after her marriage fell apart, Keren was diagnosed with breast cancer. Instead of wallowing in despair she decided to embark on a journey for survival, healing, awareness and self-realization. “I was blessed with breast cancer,” she says, “and as a result I appreciate and love life as I never loved it before.”
December 25-26 2009
2nd prize
Series
Daily life
Muhammed Muheisen
A.P.
In the alleys of a refugee camp in the West Bank, Palestinian children find innovative ways of playing games, due to the absence of any structured playgrounds.
September 2009-July 2010
3rd prize
Series
Daily life
Atta Awisat
Yedioth Ahronoth
Palestinian children in East Jerusalem - between play and reality
Over 300 Palestinian children under the age of 12, who come from different neighborhoods in East Jerusalem, were detained over the last year, accused of throwing stones and participating in demonstrations. After the storm subsides and peace and quiet are restored, the children return to their games and reconstruct the distressing events they have experienced. The series comprises photographs of children’s games vs. the real life events.
October 2009-July 2010
Potrtaits
1st prize
Single
Portraits
Daniel Bar-On
Haaretz
Children at “Hahurva” synagogue in the Old City, Jerusalem.
November 2009
2nd prize
Single
Portraits
Daniel Tchetchik
Haaretz
A child at home, the moshav of Ezuz, Western Negev.
May 2010
3rd prize
Single
Portraits
Moti Milrod
Haaretz
Anna and her brother Anatoly, Jaffa D.
August 2010
1st prize
Series
Portraits
Getty Images
Uriel Sinai
Numbered
The photography workshop is part of a joint project with Dr. Danna Doron.
September-December 2009
2nd prize
Series
Portraits
Independent
Matanya Tausig
Priests from the Orthodox Ethiopian Church
The Ethiopian Church is one of the most ancient churches in the world. Its members believe that they are the descendents of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. The Church’s center is divided between Jerusalem and Ethiopia, and believers travel on a pilgrimage to Israel to celebrate their holydays.
January-April 2010
3rd prize
Series
Portraits
Independent
Ammar Younis
In the framework of the Umm el-Fahem Art Gallery, the elderly of Wadi Ara and the vicinity are documented, in an attempt to tell their private and collective history beginning with the days before the establishment of the State of Israel until the present.
February-March 2010
Culture and Art
1st prize
Single
Culture and art
Independent
Tomer Neuberg
Actor and director Assi Dayan, behind the scenes with his mother, Ruth Dayan, before receiving a lifetime achievement award at the Ophir Awards ceremony, Haifa.
September 26, 2009
2nd prize
Single
Culture and art
Independent
Gabriel Baharlia
Author, A.B. Yehoshua, and editor Menachem Peri preparing for the new edition of the book "A Late Divorce".
March 2010
3rd prize
Single
Culture and art
Ilan Spira
Yedioth Ahronoth
Assaf Amdursky looking at a photograph of himself with his father, Benny Amdursky, taken by Vardi Kahana. Spira’s photograph was taken during the shooting of a TV series in which artists were confronted with the memory of their famous fathers.
March 2010
1st prize
Series
Culture and art
Independent
Oren Izre’el
The evening of Holocaust Memorial Day, behind the scenes, Ghetto, the Cameri Theatre, Tel Aviv.
April 14, 2010
2nd prize
Series
Culture and art
Independent
Michal Fattal
The Palestinian circus was founded in Ramallah in 2006 with the objective of providing the children and youth with circus skills. In the series: school children training; behind stage; a joint performance with the “Clowns without Borders” from Ireland; a circus performance based on the life of Palestinians living behind the Separation Fence.
November 2009-January 2010
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3rd prize
Series
Culture and art
Nikita Pavlov
Nikita Pavlov
Maariv
Mesugnanim (Stylized).
Figures from the world of culture and design photographed in their homes. The series raises issues relating to Israeli style.
April 2010
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
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
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
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