Photography: Tomer Appelbaum
Local Testimony 2009
Gallery
2009
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
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
Series of the Year
Independent
Moti Milrod
Checkpoints
Every morning, thousands of Palestinians arrive at IDF checkpoints on their way to work in Israel. They arrive there at about 3:00AM and often spend hours waiting outdoors, without shelter.
January 16, 2009
News
1st prize
Single
News
Reuters
Gil Cohen Magen
Palestinians trying to extinguish a fire set by Jewish settlers in an olive grove near Nablus.
June 1, 2009
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.
January 5, 2009
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.
December 24, 2008
1st prize
Series
News
Getty Images
Abid Alrahman Katib
War
Results of Israel's military operation in Gaza.
December 2008 – January 2009
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.
December 4, 2008
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.
December 31, 2008 – January 22, 2009
Society and Community
1st prize
Single
Society and community
Independent
Felix Lupa
A homeless amputee remained on the sidewalk for nearly a day, after his wheelchair was stolen by drug addicts in Tel Aviv's old central bus station.
April 2009
2nd prize
Single
Society and community
Independent
Felix Lupa
Dozens of drug dealers and addicts resided this burned factory in south Tel Aviv for nearly six months, up until the building was demolished to make room for a parking lot.
December 2008
3rd prize
Single
Society and community
Meir Diskin
Tel Aviv sea-side.
Tel Aviv
1st prize
Series
Society and community
Independent
Ronen Goldman
Refugee Children
Some 600 African refugee children, most of them from Sudan and Eritrea, are currently living in Tel Aviv, waiting for their status to be settled. People from the African Refugee Development Center (ARDC) – a voluntary organization established in 2004 – take care of their basic wellbeing, education, and social activities.
February – July 2009
2nd prize
Series
Society and community
Independent
zvia Shmuelevitch
On the Margins
Night patrols with the Yiftah precinct policemen, south Tel Aviv.
May - June 2009
3rd prize
Series
Society and community
Independent
Maya Levin
The Hadad Park
An amusement park in Jenin during Eid el-Fitr, the holiday which marks the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. The park belongs to the Hadad family, which also owns the nearby hotel. Some of the attractions were hand-built by the family, using equipment sent from abroad.
October 1, 2008
Religion and Faith
1st prize
Single
Religion and faith
Independent
Itamar Grinberg
Birkat Ha’Chama (“Blessing of the Sun”) on the roof of the Azrieli Towers in Tel Aviv. According to Jewish tradition, once every 28 years the sun returns to its position when the universe was created.
April 8, 2009
2nd prize
Single
Religion and faith
AP
Muhammed Muheisen
A Palestinian and his son pray in a mosque during the month of Ramadan, in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
September 28, 2008
3rd prize
Single
Religion and faith
FLASH 90
Nati Shohat
Wheat harvest during Shavuot (Pentecost) near the town Modi'in. The wheat is stored for almost a year, and then used to make Matzah (unleavened bread) for Passover.
May 24, 2009
1st prize
Series
Religion and faith
Atta Awisat
Yedioth Ahronoth
Street Prayers
Israel often restricts entry to Al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem as it fears riots. Prayers are held in adjacent streets
January 2009
2nd prize
Series
Religion and faith
Flash 90
Kobi Gideon
The Ultra-Orthodox
Celebrations, atonements, and funerals – moments in the life of the Ultra-Orthodox community in Jerusalem
October 2008 – August 2009
3rd prize
Series
Religion and faith
Independent
Ohad Reinhartz
The Samaritan Sacrifice.
Every Passover eve, the entire Samaritan community, some 750 people, assembles on Mount Gerizim for their Passover sacrifice. Dozens of sheep are slaughtered at the same time and put into ancient ovens deep in the ground for several hours. The Samaritans eat the sacrifice with their fingers, together with Samaritan Matzah and horseradish. The leftovers are put back into the fire.
April 9, 2009
Nature and Environment
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.
April 27th 2009
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.
May 24th 2009
3rd prize
Single
Nature and environment
Independent
Yotam Jacobson
"The Lacerated Snake"', the Negev Brigade Monument by Dani Karavan, Beer Sheba.
July 8th 2009
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.
February 2009
2nd prize
Series
Nature and environment
Independent
Doron Nissim
The Dead Sea 2009
Scenes from the Dead Sea which is gradually drying up.
November 2008 – April 2009
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.
December 2008
Sport
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.
May 9th 2009
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.
August 8th 2009
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.
May 27th 2009
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.
June 27, 2009
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.
On-going series from 2003
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.
August 2009
Urbanism and Culture
Long Exposure
Video
Ilan Shtinberg
Handiwork
Abid Alrahman Katib
War
Guy Pitchon
Skateboard
Ziv Koren
Mor