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Photography: Ben Kelmer

Local Testimony 2012

Gallery

2012

  • Eddie Gerald, documentary photographer
    Tal Niv, Haaretz, English edition magazine, editor
    Moran Shoub, 2012 Local Testimony curator
    Ami Steinitz, curator and Local Testimony editorial board member
    Reli Avrahami, photographer
    Asma Aghbarieh Zahalka, social activist, WAC-Maa'n
    Zachi Becker, deputy director general, Eretz Israel Museum, Tel-Aviv
    Dr. Ya'ara Gil-Glazer, researcher and lecturer, history of photography of visual culture in cultural and social contexts
    Eddie Gerald, documentary photographer
    Menahem Kahana, photographer, AFP
    Tal Niv, Haaretz, English edition magazine, editor
    Jon Feder, editor in chief, ynet
    Rino Zror, journalist and documentary director


Photo of the year

ben kelmer

A social protest movement activist, Moshe Silman, who set himself alight during the demonstration that marked a year to the tent city protest, Kaplan Street, Tel Aviv. This photograph was published in the media in Israel and throughout the world

14 July 2012

Series of the Year

Independent

Lihee Avidan

Rooms
‏A thriving industry of prostitution takes place in 
300 apartments in the area of the old bus station in Tel Aviv and other apartments in Gush Dan

14 July 2012

News

An African refugee in a car whose windows were smashed by the masses, at the end of a demonstration against infiltrators and asylum-seekers in Hatikvah Quarter in the south of Tel Aviv

1st prize

Single

News

Moti Milrod

Haaretz

An African refugee in a car whose windows were smashed by the masses, at the end of a demonstration against infiltrators and asylum-seekers in Hatikvah Quarter in the south of Tel Aviv

23 May 2012

Refugees from Eritrea led by IDF soldiers after they crossed the Israel-Egypt border, between Nahal Gishron and Nahal Shlomo

2nd prize

Single

News

Independent

Doron Nissim

Refugees from Eritrea led by IDF soldiers after they crossed the Israel-Egypt border, between Nahal Gishron and Nahal Shlomo

27 May 2012

Pua Palmer supported by her relatives during the funeral procession of her husband Asher and baby son Yehonatan, who were killed in a terrorist attack on their car, near Kiryat Arba


3rd prize

Single

News

Tomer Appelbaum

Haaretz

Pua Palmer supported by her relatives during the funeral procession of her husband Asher and baby son Yehonatan, who were killed in a terrorist attack on their car, near Kiryat Arba


25 September 2012

Refugees from Eritrea and Sudan living in the 
south of Tel Aviv are faced with the danger of 
being deported from Israel to a life-threatening situation outside

1st prize

Series

News

Ronny Rozenberg

Refugees from Eritrea and Sudan living in the 
south of Tel Aviv are faced with the danger of 
being deported from Israel to a life-threatening situation outside

23 December 2011 - 2 August 2012

Moshe Silman, a social protest activist, after setting himself alight during a demonstration marking a year to the Tent City Protest, Kaplan Street, Tel Aviv

2nd prize

Series

News

shaxaf haber

Moshe Silman, a social protest activist, after setting himself alight during a demonstration marking a year to the Tent City Protest, Kaplan Street, Tel Aviv

14 July 2012

Ahikam Seri

Single

News

Panos Pictures

Ahikam Seri

Ahikam Seri

20 July 2012

Daily Life

Refugees sleeping in Levinsky Park, south Tel Aviv

1st prize

Single

Daily life

Nitzan Hafner

Independent

Refugees sleeping in Levinsky Park, south Tel Aviv

15 May 2012

Riman, a six-week old baby from the Gaza Strip, following open heart surgery that saved her life 
at the Petach Tikvah Schneider Children's 
Medical Center

2nd prize

Single

Daily life

Ziv Koren

Polaris

Riman, a six-week old baby from the Gaza Strip, following open heart surgery that saved her life 
at the Petach Tikvah Schneider Children's 
Medical Center

12 January 2012

Barbeque at the Ben Shemen Forest on Independence Day

3rd prize

Single

Daily life

jonathan shaul

Maariv

Barbeque at the Ben Shemen Forest on Independence Day

26 April 2012

Children in the streets of the Silwan village in East Jerusalem playing as Mista'arvim (IDF units whose soldiers are disguised as Arabs) - a familiar experience from their daily life

1st prize

Series

Daily life

Atta Awisat

Yediot Aharonot

Children in the streets of the Silwan village in East Jerusalem playing as Mista'arvim (IDF units whose soldiers are disguised as Arabs) - a familiar experience from their daily life

22 November 2011 - 22 August 2012

Families of asylum-seekers from South Sudan living in the south of Tel Aviv and in Arad, during the deportation campaign implemented by the Israeli government that claimed that after South Sudan declared its independence, Israel would abolish the collective protection it provided the South Sudan citizens in Israel

2nd prize

Series

Daily life

Oren Ziv

Activestills

Families of asylum-seekers from South Sudan living in the south of Tel Aviv and in Arad, during the deportation campaign implemented by the Israeli government that claimed that after South Sudan declared its independence, Israel would abolish the collective protection it provided the South Sudan citizens in Israel

11 June - 1 July 2012

The over-crowding at the checkpoints between Jerusalem and Bethlehem force Palestinian workers to leave their homes in the middle of the night and sleep outside near the checkpoints, in order to be on time for work

3rd prize

Series

Daily life

Atta Awisat

Yediot Aharonot

The over-crowding at the checkpoints between Jerusalem and Bethlehem force Palestinian workers to leave their homes in the middle of the night and sleep outside near the checkpoints, in order to be on time for work

10 October 2011 - 8 May 2012

Potrtaits

Chaya Ofer, mother of five, unemployed, divorced, receives no alimony, in a Bat Yam apartment from which she is about to be evicted, still on the public housing waiting list

1st prize

Single

Portraits

Independent

tali mayer

Chaya Ofer, mother of five, unemployed, divorced, receives no alimony, in a Bat Yam apartment from which she is about to be evicted, still on the public housing waiting list

17 July 2012

Yuval Lidovsky, sixteen and a half year old from Kibbutz Shefayim

2nd prize

Single

Portraits

Independent

Yehoshua Yosef

Yuval Lidovsky, sixteen and a half year old from Kibbutz Shefayim

2 August 2012

A woman selling pickles at the market in the Old City of Acco

3rd prize

Single

Portraits

haim taragan

Haaretz

A woman selling pickles at the market in the Old City of Acco

5 November 2012

Here I am”
Studio photographs of young women of the religious-ultra-Orthodox sector: a moment outside their cultural-social milieu

1st prize

Series

Portraits

Maayan Zari

Here I am”
Studio photographs of young women of the religious-ultra-Orthodox sector: a moment outside their cultural-social milieu

2011-2012

A woman. A room of your own
Portraits of young women in their domestic environment

2nd prize

Series

Portraits

Pini Hamou

A woman. A room of your own
Portraits of young women in their domestic environment

1 September 2011 - 19 August 2012

Keren and Avihai Ben-Baruch, with Down syndrome, before their wedding

3rd prize

Series

Portraits

Rina Castelnuovo

The New York Times

Keren and Avihai Ben-Baruch, with Down syndrome, before their wedding

2 – 27 July 2012

Culture and Art

Artist Farid Abu-Shakra during the filming of his video work, The New Arab

1st prize

Single

Culture and art

Independent

Ammar Younis

Artist Farid Abu-Shakra during the filming of his video work, The New Arab

9 July 2012

Gavriel Moked, professor of philosophy, editor and literary critic, in his study

1st prize

Single

Culture and art

עמית שעל

Calcalist

Gavriel Moked, professor of philosophy, editor and literary critic, in his study

9 August 2012

Roni Aflalo, dancer and choreographer, recuperating from an injury

2nd prize

Single

Culture and art

Gal Eli

Roni Aflalo, dancer and choreographer, recuperating from an injury

17 August 2012

The 80 year-old painter, Dedi Ben-Shaul, against the background of his exhibition at the Jerusalem Artists’ House


3rd prize

Single

Culture and art

Omer Messinger

The 80 year-old painter, Dedi Ben-Shaul, against the background of his exhibition at the Jerusalem Artists’ House


13 March 2012

The couple Avraham and Chana Yachin, artists, 
in their home in Jerusalem

1st prize

Series

Culture and art

Omer Messinger

The couple Avraham and Chana Yachin, artists, 
in their home in Jerusalem

27 March 2012

A peek behind the sets of the Israeli world of cinema and television: “The Dreamers,” director Shay Kapon; “Goldberg and Eisenberg,” director: Oren Carmi

2nd prize

Series

Culture and art

Matanya Tausig

A peek behind the sets of the Israeli world of cinema and television: “The Dreamers,” director Shay Kapon; “Goldberg and Eisenberg,” director: Oren Carmi

1-2 August 2012

A ficus tree that fell in the middle of King George Street in Tel Aviv

1st prize

Single

Urbanism and culture

BauBau

Daniel Bar-on

Haaretz

A ficus tree that fell in the middle of King George Street in Tel Aviv

29 February 2012

Winter in the tents of protesters who have no permanent housing, at the Sacher Park in Jerusalem

2nd prize

Single

Urbanism and culture

Ohad Zwigenberg

Yedioth Ahronoth

Winter in the tents of protesters who have no permanent housing, at the Sacher Park in Jerusalem

18 February 2012

3rd prize

Single

Urbanism and culture

judith amir

4 March 2012

Last two months with the Gan Tikva tent-dwellers in Tel Aviv before their eviction

1st prize

Series

Urbanism and culture

Amit Shaal

Calcalist

Last two months with the Gan Tikva tent-dwellers in Tel Aviv before their eviction

21 November 2011 - 15 January 2012

Wandering during the night in Jerusalem, Holon, Tel Aviv and Bat Yam - the effect of artificial light and the absence of human beings on the urban environment

2nd prize

Series

Urbanism and culture

Sasha Tamarin

Wandering during the night in Jerusalem, Holon, Tel Aviv and Bat Yam - the effect of artificial light and the absence of human beings on the urban environment

September 2011 - June 2012

Nature and Environment

Details from a taxidermist collection at the Department of Zoology, Tel Aviv University

1st prize

Single

Nature and environment

Amit Shaal

Calcalist

Details from a taxidermist collection at the Department of Zoology, Tel Aviv University

10 June 2012

Building the fence on the Israel-Egypt border

2nd prize

Single

Nature and environment

Alon Ron

Haaretz

Building the fence on the Israel-Egypt border

1 November 2011

Uprooting a sugar apple tree orchard in Ein Iron, before planting a new species

3rd prize

Single

Nature and environment

Hedva Shefaram

Uprooting a sugar apple tree orchard in Ein Iron, before planting a new species

27 March 2012

Snow falling on a Palestinian olive grove along Road No. 60 leading to the Benyamin settlement on the way to Ofra in Samaria

1st prize

Series

Nature and environment

Freelance photographer

Miriam Tsachi

Snow falling on a Palestinian olive grove along Road No. 60 leading to the Benyamin settlement on the way to Ofra in Samaria

2 March 2012

Peach blossoms in the settlements Amikan, Aviel and Ein Iron. Protection nets are spread out to protect the fruit against the wind and rain

2nd prize

Series

Nature and environment

Hedva Shefaram

Peach blossoms in the settlements Amikan, Aviel and Ein Iron. Protection nets are spread out to protect the fruit against the wind and rain

February - March 2012

Sport

The first competitor to come out of the Red Sea in Eilat in the European triathlon championship

1st prize

Single

sport

Ronen Zvulun

Reuters

The first competitor to come out of the Red Sea in Eilat in the European triathlon championship

21 April 2012

The Arab boxer Adel Houri,
Israeli 
boxing champion

2nd prize

Single

sport

Ilan Spira

The Arab boxer Adel Houri,
Israeli 
boxing champion

19 August 2012

A school of fish accompanying the swimmers in the Israel triathlon championship

3rd prize

Single

sport

Gilad Kavalerchik

A school of fish accompanying the swimmers in the Israel triathlon championship

28 October 2011

A performance show of the senior Israeli trampoline team in Modiin

1st prize

Series

sport

Jorge Novominsky

A performance show of the senior Israeli trampoline team in Modiin

16 June 2012

A portrait series of the Israeli sports team before leaving for the Olympic Games in London


2nd prize

Series

sport

Tal Shahar

ידיעות אחרונות

A portrait series of the Israeli sports team before leaving for the Olympic Games in London


1 April - 31 July 2012

Single

sport

ILAN ASSAYAG

Urbanism

עץ פיקוס שנפל על הכביש ברחוב המלך ג'ורג' 
בתל-אביב

1st prize

Single

Urbanism and culture

BauBau

Daniel Bar-on

Haaretz

A ficus tree that fell in the middle of King George Street in Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv

29 February 2012

חורף במאהל המחאה של מחוסרי הדיור בגן סאקר בירושלים

2nd prize

Single

Urbanism and culture

Ohad Zwigenberg

Yedioth Ahronoth

Winter in the tents of protesters who have no permanent housing, at the Sacher Park in Jerusalem

Jerusalem

18 February 2012

3rd prize

Single

Urbanism and culture

judith amir

In Gilo Park in Jerusalem

4 March 2012

מאהל גן התקווה
חודשיים אחרונים במחיצת דיירי מאהל גן-התקוה בתל-אביב לקראת פינויים

1st prize

Series

Urbanism and culture

Amit Shaal

Calcalist

Last two months with the Gan Tikva tent-dwellers in Tel Aviv before their eviction

21 November 2011 - 15 January 2012

שוטטות \ Strolling
שוטטות לילית בערים ירושלים, חולון, תל-אביב 
ובת-ים – השפעתם של תאורה מלאכותית והעדר 
בני אדם על הסביבה האורבנית


2nd prize

Series

Urbanism and culture

Sasha Tamarin

Wandering during the night in Jerusalem, Holon, Tel Aviv and Bat Yam - the effect of artificial light and the absence of human beings on the urban environment

September 2011 - June 2012

Religion and Faith

כלה חרדית יושבת ב"עזרת נשים" ומתבוננת בחתן ובאביו הרוקדים את "המצווה דאנס", חסידות נדבורנה

1st prize

Single

Religion and faith

EPA

Abir Sultan

An ultra-Orthodox bride sitting in the women’s section of the synagogue, looking at the groom and his father dancing the mitzvah dance, Nadvorna Hassidism

27 June 2012

חג ההתגלות של הכנסייה היוונית-אורתודוקסית באתר הטבילה קסר אליהוד, בגבול המזרחי של 
נהר הירדן. על-פי המסורת הנוצרית כאן הטביל 
יוחנן את ישו.


2nd prize

Single

Religion and faith

Jorge Novominsky

The celebration of the epiphany in the Greek Orthodox Church at the Qasr Al-Yahud baptismal site, on the eastern side of the Jordan River. According to Christian tradition this is where John the Baptist baptized Jesus


18 January 2012

ערב פורים בישיבת פוניבז' בבני ברק, אחד ממרכזי התורה הגדולים בעולם


3rd prize

Single

Religion and faith

Eli Atias

On the eve of Purim at the Ponevezh Yeshivah 
in Bnei Brak, one of the largest Torah centers in 
the world

8 March 2012

חרדים
חול ומועד בקרב קהילות יהודים חרדים בארץ

1st prize

Series

Religion and faith

Flash 90

yakov nahomie

Daily life and holidays in the ultra-Orthodox communities in Israel

November 2011 - July 2012

חתונה אריתראית.
חתונה בקהילה האריתראית - קהילת הפליטים הגדולה ביותר בישראל.

2nd prize

Series

Religion and faith

Oren Ziv

Activestills

A wedding in the Eritrean community – the largest refugee community in Israel

4 August 2012

קומי הזדעזעי ארץ.
צעירים בני הקהילה האתיופית מפגינים בירושלים נגד גילויי גזענות בקריית-מלאכי.

3rd prize

Series

Religion and faith

ori sadeh

Young people from the Ethiopian community demonstrating in Jerusalem against manifestations of racism in Kiryat Malachi

8 January 2012

חסידים בהלווית האדמו"ר מוויז'ניץ, בבית הקברות פוניבז' בבני-ברק

Single

Religion and faith

Yakov Nahomie

Hassidim at the funeral of the Admor of Viznitz at the Ponevezh cemetery in Bnei Brak

14 March 2012

Video


Ilyan Marshak

Ilyan Marshak usually goes into the street to document social protest events as part of his activities in the Civil Press 99% organization. This time he looks through the window of his Tel Aviv apartment at a young man dancing in the street, under a jet of water gushing from a fire hydrant 
that was hit several moments earlier in an accident.
The video was shown on the Internet and within 
a few days it turned out that the dancer was 
Yaakov Piltzer, who lives near the photographer, 
and like him transformed reality into an amazing artistic experience.

Tel-Aviv

31 August 2012


Nitzan Shahar

While social and political uprisings are taking place in Israel and throughout the world, and while individuals are joining hands, this video presents the tension between the private and the public space – on the boundary of an intimate corner. When does the external pervade the internal? How do these spaces intermix?

Early 2011


ZOOZ Magazine

During 2011 and 2012 the interactive magazine ZOOZ sought to examine how virtual documentation and exposure affect graffiti artists who work in the street, in most cases in the dark, hidden from the eyes of the public and the police force. A joint venture of the Jaffa Governance and the ZOOZ editorial board in an alley between the Old City of Jaffa and the reconstructed Jaffa port.

Photography and editing: Karin Bar and Ofir Kedmi
Production: ZOOZ Magazine

Artist: Klone
Klone’s images of human-alien predators appear on every Tel Aviv street corner, on walls of residential buildings, industrial buildings, and abandoned warehouses, on bridges, electricity boxes, etc.
Published in April 2011

Artists: Snir Rozensal, Ronit Rozensal and Adi (Adida) Khavous
“The Great Wave,” is a modern version of the Japanese artist Hokusai’s “The Great Wave off Kanagawa”. The work underscores the transition made by artists from the world of tattoos to the world of art on walls of the public space.
Published in June 2011

Artist: Yochai Matos
In “People with Wings”, artist Yochai Matos invited passers-by to have their picture taken under the wings of the angel and star under the halo that he placed in the street; he sent the photographs to a Facebook page where a virtual social meeting was taking place between all those photographed.
Published in December 2011

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