Photography: Daniel Bar-On
Local Testimony 2008
Gallery
2008
Photo of the Year | Series of the Year | News | Society and Community | Religion and faith | Nature and Environment | Sport | Urbanism and Culture | Long Exposure | Video
Reli Avrahami, Photographer and Photography Teacher
Dr. Meirav Alush-Levron, Department of Political Science, Bar-Ilan University
Ala Hlehel, Journalist and Author
Sanaa Hamoud, Media Professional
Alex Levac, Photographer
Gabi Menashe, Photographer and Photo Editor at ynet
Roni Sofer, Photographer, former editor of Contact Magazine
Miki Kratsman, Photographer and Head of the Photography Department at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design
Photo of the year
A.P
Muhammed Muheisen
A Palestinian youth runs to avoid tear gas grenades fired to disperse a demonstration against the separation barrier in Bil'in.
June 6, 2008
Series of the Year
Independent
Felix Lupa
Two homeless people found refuge in an abandoned car in Tel-Aviv. Boris, aged 54, a foreign worker blinded during his stay here and Genadi, aged 70, an aged homeless person. Genadi, who was a senior engineer and industrial manager in Russia, took Boris under his patronage, cared for him devotedly and brought him to live in the car until they were chased away.
June 6, 2008
News
1st prize
Single
News
Maan Images
Wissam Nassar
The corpse of 2 weeks-old baby lies in her house in Gaza, waiting for the funeral procession. A bullet hit Amira's head when a combat erupted during Israel Defense Force soldiers' raid into Al Qarara neighborhood in Khan-Yunis to capture a wanted person.
March 5, 2008
2nd prize
Single
News
Getty Images
Uriel Sinai
Karnit Goldwasser, wife of captured Israeli soldier Ehud Goldwasser gazes out of a car window on her way to her husband's coffin near her home in Nahariya.
July 16, 2008
3rd prize
Single
News
Haim Zach
Yediot Achronot
Yoav Glitzenstein, security guard, was wounded by a banger thrown by one of the supporters at the Malha basket-ball stadium in Jerusalem during a game between HaPoel Jerusalem and HaPoel Holon.
December 11, 2007
December 11, 2007
1st prize
Series
News
Independent
Yuval Tebol
Eulogy and Funeral
Eight teenagers were killed by an armed Palestinian at "Merkaz Harav" Yeshiva in Jerusalem. Thousands participated at the eulogy and funeral procession.
March 7, 2008
2nd prize
Series
News
A.P
Muhammed Muheisen
The struggle against the building of the separation wall and life in the shadow of the wall sharpen the contrast between what Israel sees as security measures whereas Palestinians perceive as land robbery. Bil'in and Na'alin became the focus of a prolonged struggle in which Palestinians and members of International and Israeli organizations participate.
November 2007 – July 2008
3rd prize
Series
News
Tal Cohen
Israel Hayom
Qassams in Sderot
The course of one day in the town of Sderot, from morning to evening before truce came into effect.
March 2, 2008
Society and Community
1st prize
Single
Society and community
Jim Hollander
EPA
Palestinian relatives of the four members of the Islamic Jihad killed by Israeli Defense Force soldiers near a window at the 'Peace Center' in Bethlehem looking at the bodies of the dead laid out inside.
March 13, 2008
2nd prize
Single
Society and community
Muhammed Muheisen
A.P
Palestinian visually impaired students practice hearing methods as part of sports class at Al-Qabas Islamic school for the visually impaired in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
September 10, 2007
3rd prize
Single
Society and community
Abir Sultan
7 yamim,Yediot
The last days of Esmenau Mconant, 36, from Kiryat Malachi, sick with AIDS. His last wish was to meet his mother whom he did not see for sixteen years due to immigration difficulties, because she is not Jewish.
August 19, 2008
1st prize
Series
Society and community
Muhammed Muheisen
A.P
April, 2008
2nd prize
Series
Society and community
Michal Fattal
Flash 90
Bnei Hamenashe Remarry
For the last 50 years Bnei Hamenashe seek their roots in Judaism as one of the lost tribes of Israel. Today 7000 Bnei Hamenashe in the States of Manipur and Mizoram in North India live full Jewish lives. Those who immigrate to Israel undergo Orthodox conversion in the framework of which they have to remarry according to Jewish Law.
March - May, 2008
3rd prize
Series
Society and community
Eddie Gerald
Laif Agency
Transparent Women
For years now there is active sex commerce in the Neve-Shaanan neighborhood in Tel-Aviv. Many women were brought there by international crime organizations by means of seduction, coercion and threats. In some brothels illegally smuggled women are hidden.
December, 2007
Religion and Faith
1st prize
Single
Religion and faith
Flash 90
Michal Fattal
Women in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in the Old City in Jerusalem during the Holy Fire feast taking place at the beginning of the Easter.
April 26, 2008
2nd prize
Single
Religion and faith
Independent
Nitzan Hafner
Christian pilgrims being baptized at Yardenit site – Jordan River.
September 24, 2007
3rd prize
Single
Religion and faith
Getty Images
David Silverman
An ultra-Orthodox Jew flogs his son with a belt in symbolic punishment for his sins during the traditional Malkot (flogging) ceremony while other believers have a ritual bath at Nebi Samuel spring before Yom Kippur starts.
September 21, 2007
1st prize
Series
Religion and faith
Miriam Tsachi
Makor Reshon
Joseph's Tomb
Visitors are allowed to enter Joseph's Tomb in the heart of the city of Nablus from midnight to sunrise, while the Palestinian residents are asleep. A wide variety of people - haredim, knit-cap wearers, laics, children and infants come with military accompaniment to unburden their hearts or mark a happy event.
December, May 2007
2nd prize
Series
Religion and faith
Dan Keinan
Haaretz
Samaritan Wedding
The Samaritan wedding lasts for a whole week. Every day a different event takes place, alternating between the Samaritan neighborhood in Holon and the Samarian settlement on Har Grizim in Nablus.
August, 2008
3rd prize
Series
Religion and faith
Getty Images
David Silverman
Bethlehem
The Moslem Holiday of Sacrifice, Eid al-Adha and the Christian Nativity Holiday occurred in parallel last year in December.
December 19, 2007
Nature and Environment
1st prize
Single
Nature and environment
Independent
Doron Nissim
Snow along the wall on the Jerusalem Hebron road near Bethlehem.
January 31, 2008
2nd prize
Single
Nature and environment
Independent
Nikita Pavlov
Herd of goats in Wadi Kelt.
October 17, 2007
3rd prize
Single
Nature and environment
Jini Photowire
Tess Scheflan
Felled olive tree grove near Kfar Adumim settlement.
December, 2007
1st prize
Series
Nature and environment
Blue Press
Abir Sultan
The Israeli Beach
Moments and characters on Israeli beaches during the winter season.
January, 2008
2nd prize
Series
Nature and environment
צלם עצמאי
Tomer Appelbaum
Landscapes
The center of the country is laden with concrete buildings, towers and roads. Out of town – yellow desert, green desert. Lack of colors blurs the signs of time. A simple plastic camera expresses landscapes as they are, without the characteristic magnificence of classic landscape photography.
September 2007 – January 2008
3rd prize
Series
Nature and environment
Independent
Doron Nissim
The Dead Sea, Disaster Area
Following the drying up of the Dead Sea, spring waters on its shore move, oases dry up and large sinkholes appear. The damaged sea and the industry around it endanger its existence.
October 2007 – October 2008
Sport
1st prize
Single
sport
Dudi Va'aknin
Ynet , Israel Hayom
Yoav Ziv, Beitar Jerusalem player, jumps high to the ball.
April 13, 2008
2nd prize
Single
sport
Tal Shahar
Yediot Ahronot
Football match at the Kufsa Stadium in Netanya between Maccabi Tel-Aviv and Maccabi Netanya.
January 27, 2008
3rd prize
Single
sport
Asaf Kliger
Youngsters roller-skating at the new Galit Park in Yad-Eliyahu neighborhood in Tel-Aviv, the first international-level skating park of its kind in Israel.
February 28, 2008
1st prize
Series
sport
Independent
Tomer Appelbaum
Pascal's story
23 years since a tragic accident has changed her life in France, Pascal Berkowitz, aged 40, participated in the Paralympics Games in Beijing. After long months of preparation and training, Pascal took part in the academic rowing profession, where the rower sits with her back to the direction of progress.
August, 2008
2nd prize
Series
sport
Nir Kafri
Haaretz
Parcor
Parcor is a challenging sport with a life-philosophy: Life is composed of obstacles and challenges; when we overcome them, we make progress.
2008