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צילום: יובל חן, ידיעות אחרונות

Photography: Yuval Chen, Yedioth Ahronoth

Local Testimony 2024

Gallery

2024

  • AN ENDLESS WAR

    Dana Wohlfeiler-Lalkin, Founder and Executive Curator of Local Testimony


    The Local Testimony 2024 exhibition is almost entirely devoted to the October 7 war and its consequences, and is being shown while the war is still raging. The images appearing in the exhibition are testimony to how different this war is from everything Israel has experienced until now and from all the armed conflicts that have featured in previous Local Testimony exhibitions. The war and its effects appear in each one of the exhibition categories: News, Society and Community, Urbanism and Culture, Nature and Environment, Sport, and more.


    Alongside the images of destruction appear images of mass demonstrations in support of the hostages’ families, expressing concern for Israeli society’s identity and values, the pain of bereavement, anger at the abandonment of the residents of the south and the hostages, as well as displays of mutual aid. Unwilling heroes - families who lost their dear ones and families of hostages - voice shared pain, organize protest actions, inspiring and expressing

    a yearning for change.


    Apart from loss and pain, the exhibition also includes moments that instill hope: those who returned as part of the hostage release deal and their reunions with the family members who were looking forward to their return, and the rehabilitation processes of the wounded who survived the inferno. Also displayed are pictures of Israeli athletes who won a record number of medals at the Paris Olympics and Paralympics; inspiring athletes, whose achievements and the playing of our anthem provided moments of comfort and pride during the hours of darkness.


    The Local Testimony exhibition was founded in 2003, and since 2009 it has been displayed at MUZA, Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv. The long-running partnership with the Museum contributes to public recognition of the cultural and historical importance of documentary photography in Israel. Through the photographs appearing in the exhibition one can see the photographers’ dedicated and creative work, as it develops and increases in sophistication over the years, reflecting the tradition of investigative journalism that values loyalty to freedom of expression more than questions of rating. This year, more than ever, photojournalists have been exposed to danger - physical and psychological - and thanks to their uncompromising work the general public can be shown images of

    the war that is not yet over.


    I wish to thank those involved with the exhibition: Thanks to Dana Wohlfeiler-Lalkin, founder of Local Testimony and executive curator, and to Anat Saragusti, curator of Local Testimony 2024. Thanks to Reut Earon, the designer of the exhibition, thanks to Noa Ehrmann for graphic design, thanks to Sandy Teperson and the Local Testimony board.


    Thanks to Raz Samira, deputy director and chief curator of MUZA who supervised the process. Thanks to Guy Raz, Barak Pony and Amir Ulrich. Thanks to Tamar Shenker for text editing and catalogue production, to Daphna Lev for her meticulous linguistic editing, to Simon Montagu for English translation and to Fawzi Ibrahim for Arabic translation. 


    A personal thank you to all the museum staff.



  • LOCAL TESTIMONY 2024

    Anat Saragusti, curator of Local Testimony 2024


    Local Testimony 2024 is an exhibition of massacre and destruction. One can almost hear the sounds of war and smell the smoke from the burning houses. One can only imagine the lives that were cut off. The photographs in the exhibition bear witness to the dedicated work of the photographers, who journeyed into hell on October 7 and since then have not ceased to produce documentation of the scenes of battle, the damaged communities, the

    evacuees, and the efforts to release the hostages.


    As an annual exhibition of documentary photography, Local Testimony 2024 reflects the events of the past year, but it is not a memorial to the October 7 debacle; that would require distance and perspective. The exhibition is not a summing-up of anything, because the war is still going on, and widening in scope: the current situation is unclear, and the parties to the conflict are attempting to shape the picture of the battle. Documenting a war that is raging in parallel on multiple fronts — Gaza, Lebanon, the West Bank, Syria, Iran, and Yemen — involves the difficulty of coping with photographers’ limited access to the different battlefields.


    Some of the photographs appearing in the exhibition were taken by photographers who had been called up for combat in the reserves or by photojournalists accompanying the IDF forces. The IDF spokesman decides who may enter the Gaza Strip and Southern Lebanon and what they are allowed to photograph. Publication of the photographs requires authorization by the military censor, who frames the story from the Israeli perspective. Representation from the Palestinian side is also complicated. There are no foreign photographers staying in the Gaza Strip and none are permitted to enter; Palestinian photographers do not submit photographs to an Israeli based exhibition and the photographs coming out of Gaza are controlled by Hamas, who have their own interest in

    how to frame the story.


    In spite of the limitations, the exhibition attempts to withstand the challenges presented by journalistic documentation, which strives to achieve a truthful picture and aims to express the heavy human price that the war imposes on us all. This adds to the importance of showing the exhibition while the war is still going on. It enables the viewers, for all the difficulties, to see an initial documentary impression and process the events, and presents

    a picture of the year that has gone by. The photographs collected here take on a museal dimension, providing visitors to the exhibition with the time and the setting for artistic, emotional, collective and personal processing.

Photo of the year

PHOTO OF THE YEAR IN MEMORY OF ROEE IDAN, PRIZE SPONSORED BY THE UNION OF JOURNALISTS IN ISRAEL

𝘊𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘎. 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘭

A ZAKA emergency response volunteer collects bloodstains and human tissue in a house where an elderly man was murdered on October 7. Remains of the deceased are meticulously collected so that they can be buried in a religious ceremony. Identifying the victims of the October 7 massacre was especially
difficult due to the fact that some of the houses were burned to the ground. This necessitated arduous, precise and sensitive work, both by the ZAKA personnel who collected human tissue and also by archaeologists who were called in later to locate remains of bones for DNA testing.

Kibbutz Be’eri

5 November 2023

Series of the Year

POLARIS IMAGES

Ziv Koren

YEDIOTH AHRONOTH

Ariel, Ellai, and Yael Golan suffered grievous burns from a gas cylinder hurled into their house by Hamas during the October 7 attack. The parents physically shielded baby Yael and they escaped through the safe room window. All three required a lengthy rehabilitation process.

5 November 2023

Kibbutz Be’eri

News

A truck carrying bound and blindfolded Palestinian detainees. The photo was taken while escorting
paratrooper units in the Gaza Strip.

1st prize

Single

News

MOTI MILROD

Haaretz

A truck carrying bound and blindfolded Palestinian detainees. The photo was taken while escorting
paratrooper units in the Gaza Strip.

Shejaiya neighborhood, Gaza

8 December 2023

The hostage Aviva Siegel returns in the hostage deal after 50 days in Hamas captivity.

2nd prize

Single

News

AMIR COHEN

The hostage Aviva Siegel returns in the hostage deal after 50 days in Hamas captivity.

Ofakim,

26 November 2023

DEMOCRACY PRIZE, “SHOMRIM” - THE CENTER FOR MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY

The mailboxes of members of Kibbutz Nir Oz after the October 7 attack. Around a quarter of the residents of the kibbutz were murdered or abducted to Gaza. The residents had to cope with the murderous attack on their own, when no help appeared. By the time the armed forces finally arrived, at midday, the last attackers had already left Nir Oz. Natalie Madmon, whose mother Ofelia Roitman had been abducted to Gaza and was later released in the hostage deal, stuck stickers on the mailboxes of the victims of murder or abduction.

Single

News

Ohad Zwigenberg

The mailboxes of members of Kibbutz Nir Oz after the October 7 attack. Around a quarter of the residents of the kibbutz were murdered or abducted to Gaza. The residents had to cope with the murderous attack on their own, when no help appeared. By the time the armed forces finally arrived, at midday, the last attackers had already left Nir Oz. Natalie Madmon, whose mother Ofelia Roitman had been abducted to Gaza and was later released in the hostage deal, stuck stickers on the mailboxes of the victims of murder or abduction.

Kibbutz Nir Oz

21 November 2023

The funeral of Major Jamal Abbas (23), who fell in combat in Gaza.

3rd prize

Single

News

Getty Images

AMIR LEVY

The funeral of Major Jamal Abbas (23), who fell in combat in Gaza.

Peqi’in

19 November 2023

Ultra-orthodox examining debris from a ballistic missile fired from Iran.

Single

News

EPA

Abir Sultan

Ultra-orthodox examining debris from a ballistic missile fired from Iran.

Near Arad

28 April 2024

The funeral of Master Sgt (res.) Gal Eisenkot (25), a fallen soldier killed in combat in Gaza, son of the minister and former IDF chief Gadi Eisenkot.

Single

News

MEI

DIMA VAZINOVICH

The funeral of Master Sgt (res.) Gal Eisenkot (25), a fallen soldier killed in combat in Gaza, son of the minister and former IDF chief Gadi Eisenkot.

Herzliya military cemetery

8 December 2023

Site of the Nova music festival after the Hamas attack.

Single

News

YUVAL CHEN

YEDIOTH AHRONOTH

Site of the Nova music festival after the Hamas attack.

Near Kibbutz Re’im

23 October 2023

Palestinians detained on suspicion of affiliation with Hamas.

Single

News

RABIA BASHA

Palestinians detained on suspicion of affiliation with Hamas.

Gaza Strip

18 November 2023

Four-year-old Abigail Idan returning from Gaza in the hostage deal after 51 days in Hamas captivity.

Single

News

AFP

GIL COHEN-MAGEN

Four-year-old Abigail Idan returning from Gaza in the hostage deal after 51 days in Hamas captivity.

Helipad, Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tikva

26 November 2023

Police officers preventing demonstrators, including soldiers in the reserves, from breaking into the military court at the Beit Lid base. The demonstrators were calling for the release of their comrades, who were being detained for investigation into allegations of abusing a Palestinian prisoner from Gaza.

Single

News

MATAN GOLAN

Police officers preventing demonstrators, including soldiers in the reserves, from breaking into the military court at the Beit Lid base. The demonstrators were calling for the release of their comrades, who were being detained for investigation into allegations of abusing a Palestinian prisoner from Gaza.

Beit Lid military base

29 July 2024

Members of the coalition after the passing of the first reading of the national budget bill.

Single

News

OLIVIER FITOUSSI

Haaretz

Members of the coalition after the passing of the first reading of the national budget bill.

The Knesset, Jerusalem

6 December 2023

Remains of a house after the October 7 Hamas attack.

Single

News

ELI ATIAS

Remains of a house after the October 7 Hamas attack.

Kibbutz Be’eri

November 6 2023

Palestinian detainees during a head-count in an Israeli detention center.

Single

News

Flash 90

Chaim Goldberg

Palestinian detainees during a head-count in an Israeli detention center.

A detention center in the south of Israel,

14 February 2024

Nachal soldiers in the Gaza Strip.

Series

News

SERVING IN THE RESERVES AS A BAMAHANE PHOTOGRAPHER

ITAY COHEN

Nachal soldiers in the Gaza Strip.

Jabalia refugee camp, Gaza Strip,

3-4 December 2023

Soldiers retrieving bodies of kibbutz members murdered in the Hamas attack.

Single

News

DPA

ILIA YEFIMOVICH

Soldiers retrieving bodies of kibbutz members murdered in the Hamas attack.

Kibbutz Kfar Aza

10 October 2023

MK Simcha Rotman, chair of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, head to head with Ron Scherf of the Brothers and Sisters in Arms organization during a meeting arranged by the Israel Hayom newspaper.

Single

News

Oren Ben Hakoon

Israel Hayom

MK Simcha Rotman, chair of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, head to head with Ron Scherf of the Brothers and Sisters in Arms organization during a meeting arranged by the Israel Hayom newspaper.

The Knesset, Jerusalem

20 September 2023

A father shielding his child during a “Color Red” alert.

Single

News

DOR KEDMI

A father shielding his child during a “Color Red” alert.

Highway 40, near Bilu Junction

13 October 2023

An Eritrean refugee injured in clashes between opponents of the regime in Eritrea and its supporters.

Single

News

Contact Press Image

Kobi Wolf

An Eritrean refugee injured in clashes between opponents of the regime in Eritrea and its supporters.

Tel Aviv

2 September 2023

The funeral of 10 of the 12 children killed by a Hezbollah rocket that hit the soccer field where they were playing.

Single

News

DPA

ILIA YEFIMOVICH

The funeral of 10 of the 12 children killed by a Hezbollah rocket that hit the soccer field where they were playing.

Majdal Shams

28 July 2024

An alert during the funeral of Tom Godo, murdered in the Hamas attack on Kibbutz Kissufim on October 7.

Single

News

AFP

GIL COHEN-MAGEN

An alert during the funeral of Tom Godo, murdered in the Hamas attack on Kibbutz Kissufim on October 7.

Kibbutz Na’an cemetery

13 October 2023

A child being rescued after the impact of a Hamas rocket.

Single

News

Flash 90

Chaim Goldberg

A child being rescued after the impact of a Hamas rocket.

Ashkelon

9 October 2023

The funeral of Captain (res.) Rotem Levy (24), killed in combat in the Northern Gaza Strip.

Single

News

Tomer Appelbaum

Haaretz

The funeral of Captain (res.) Rotem Levy (24), killed in combat in the Northern Gaza Strip.

Petah Tikva military cemetery

19 December 2023

Yogev Ashkenazi, a farmer and member of the moshav’s alert squad, in his chicken coop after it was hit by a rocket fired from Lebanon. Following the impact Yogev had to destroy his whole brood.

Single

News

AYAL MARGOLIN

Yogev Ashkenazi, a farmer and member of the moshav’s alert squad, in his chicken coop after it was hit by a rocket fired from Lebanon. Following the impact Yogev had to destroy his whole brood.

Moshav Ramot Naftali

25 August 2024

Corpses of Hamas terrorists in body bags.

Single

News

Ohad Zwigenberg

Corpses of Hamas terrorists in body bags.

Kibbutz Be’eri

11 October 2023

Palestinian residents of Gaza evacuated from their homes, waiting to pass through the humanitarian corridor.

Single

News

REUTERS

RONEN ZVULUN

Palestinian residents of Gaza evacuated from their homes, waiting to pass through the humanitarian corridor.

Gaza Strip

22 November 2023

The temporary burial plot for members of Kibbutz Be’eri. Since the security situation did not permit funerals to be held at the kibbutz, a temporary section was dedicated at Kibbutz Revivim. Later the victims were transferred and laid to rest in the Be’eri cemetery.

Single

News

REUTERS

RONEN ZVULUN

The temporary burial plot for members of Kibbutz Be’eri. Since the security situation did not permit funerals to be held at the kibbutz, a temporary section was dedicated at Kibbutz Revivim. Later the victims were transferred and laid to rest in the Be’eri cemetery.

Kibbutz Revivim cemetery

15 November 2023

Single

News

Kobi Wolf

BLOOMBERG

Shaar Hanegev Junction

7 October 2023

A picture of Ariel Bibas on the door of the safe room from which he was abducted on October 7. Four-year-old Ariel was kidnapped with his mother Shiri and his brother Kfir, who was then nine months old, the youngest of those kidnapped to Gaza. Yarden, the father of the family, was abducted separately.

Single

News

AP

Ohad Zwigenberg

A picture of Ariel Bibas on the door of the safe room from which he was abducted on October 7. Four-year-old Ariel was kidnapped with his mother Shiri and his brother Kfir, who was then nine months old, the youngest of those kidnapped to Gaza. Yarden, the father of the family, was abducted separately.

Kibbutz Nir Oz

21 November 2023

Society and Community

Searching for human remains in the ruins of Pessi’s house.

1st prize

Single

Society and community

ALON GILBOA

Searching for human remains in the ruins of Pessi’s house.

Kibbutz Be’eri

12 November 2023

Right-wing activists praying on the eve of Tisha B’Av and calling for a renewal of Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip.

2nd prize

Single

Society and community

ILIA YEFIMOVICH

DPA

Right-wing activists praying on the eve of Tisha B’Av and calling for a renewal of Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip.

Near Kibbutz Sa’ad

12 August 2024

Portraits of the four abducted field observers - Agam Berger, Liri Albag, Naama Levy and Karina Ariev - before and after the abduction, on posters at a demonstration calling for a deal to release the hostages.

3rd prize

Single

Society and community

Ziv Koren

Polaris Images

YEDIOTH AHRONOTH

Portraits of the four abducted field observers - Agam Berger, Liri Albag, Naama Levy and Karina Ariev - before and after the abduction, on posters at a demonstration calling for a deal to release the hostages.

Sha’ar Begin, Tel Aviv

25 May 2024

Opponents of the regime in Eritrea in a violent clash with its supporters.

1st prize

Series

Society and community

Ohad Zwigenberg

AP

Opponents of the regime in Eritrea in a violent clash with its supporters.

Tel Aviv

2 September 2023

Hostages who returned from Hamas captivity in the deal that took place from November 24 to December 30, 2023. In the photos: Giora Almog and his grandson Gal Goldstein Almog, Mia Leimberg and Bella the dog, Danielle and Emilia Aloni, Amit Susana.

2nd prize

Series

Society and community

Avishag Shaar-Yashuv

For THE NEW YORK TIMES

Hostages who returned from Hamas captivity in the deal that took place from November 24 to December 30, 2023. In the photos: Giora Almog and his grandson Gal Goldstein Almog, Mia Leimberg and Bella the dog, Danielle and Emilia Aloni, Amit Susana.

Around Israel

December 2023 - April 2024

Highway 90

Single

Society and community

RABIA BASHA

Highway 90

Entry to Metula

21 August 2024

Religion and Faith

הפגנת אנשי ימין, בהובלת חה״כ אלמוג כהן ממפלגת עוצמה יהודית, במחאה על התנגדות להצבת עמדת הנחת תפילין סמוך לשער בית הספר. תל אביב הפכה לאתר מאבק ועימות בין ערכים ליברליים־חילוניים למגמות הדתה.

1st prize

Single

Religion and faith

YEHOSHUA YOSEF

for Israel Hayom

A right-wing demonstration led by Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) MK Almog Cohen, protesting against those opposing the placing of a Tefillin stand near the school entrance. Tel Aviv has become the arena for conflicts and clashes between secular liberal values and religious indoctrination.

The Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium, Tel Aviv

10 January 2024

שוטרים משתמשים במכת״זית לפינוי חרדים המפגינים נגד הגיוס לצה״ל.

2nd prize

Single

Religion and faith

EPA

Abir Sultan

Police using a water cannon to disperse ultra-orthodox demonstrators against IDF recruitment.

Recruitment Bureau, Jerusalem

30 June 2024

הפגנות בני החברה החרדית נגד הגיוס לצה״ל.

1st prize

Series

Religion and faith

OLIVIER FITOUSSI

Haaretz

Ultra-orthodox demonstrations against IDF recruitment.

Recruitment Bureau, Jaffa Street and Kikar Hashabbat, Jerusalem

September 2023 - August 2024

תחפושת בן גביר בפורים.

Single

Religion and faith

YAEL GUISKY ABAS

Ben Gvir’s Purim costume.

Bnei Brak

23 March 2024

ילדים מהחברה החרדית במחאה נגד הגיוס לצה״ל.

Single

Religion and faith

Oren Ben Hakoon

Israel Hayom

Children from the ultra-orthodox community protesting against IDF recruitment.

Sanhedria neighborhood, Jerusalem

20 March 2024

כלה

Single

Religion and faith

SHULAMIT NADEL

A bride

Old City, Jerusalem

11 August 2024

Nature and Environment

A herd of horses fleeing a fire that broke out following rocket fire from Lebanon.

1st prize

Single

Nature and environment

MICHAEL GILADI

A herd of horses fleeing a fire that broke out following rocket fire from Lebanon.

Katsrin, Golan Heights

13 June 2024

A herd of gazelles against the ruins of the Shejaiya neighborhood.

2nd prize

Single

Nature and environment

REUTERS

AMIR COHEN

A herd of gazelles against the ruins of the Shejaiya neighborhood.

Border with Gaza

13 January 2024

In a field, in front of a dead horse, waiting for rocket fire next to an Iron Dome battery.

3rd prize

Single

Nature and environment

ILAN ASSAYAG

Haaretz

In a field, in front of a dead horse, waiting for rocket fire next to an Iron Dome battery.

Ashkelon

11 October 2023

IDF soldiers, firefighters and Nature and Parks Authority rangers fighting fires caused by rocket fire from Lebanon.

1st prize

Series

Nature and environment

Flash 90

MICHAEL GILADI

IDF soldiers, firefighters and Nature and Parks Authority rangers fighting fires caused by rocket fire from Lebanon.

Golan Heights

April - August 2024

Consequences of fires caused by rocket fire from Lebanon.

2nd prize

Series

Nature and environment

NIKOLAS VEKSLER

Consequences of fires caused by rocket fire from Lebanon.

Ein Kanaf - Deir Aziz, Golan Heights

June 2024

Thai workers picking scallions at the Bnei Atarot Moshav. From a series on agriculture in Israel.

Single

Nature and environment

MIRI NAGLER

Thai workers picking scallions at the Bnei Atarot Moshav. From a series on agriculture in Israel.

March 2022 - December 2023

A crocodile in the water.

Single

Nature and environment

RABIA BASHA

A crocodile in the water.

Safari - The Zoological Center Ramat Gan after Israel Peled

1 July 2024

An F-35 aircraft flying across the moon.

Single

Nature and environment

GIL ELIYAHU BINIAT

Haaretz

An F-35 aircraft flying across the moon.

Near the Lebanese border

22 February 2024

Sport

Israeli basketball’s Superclásico: the match between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Jerusalem.

1st prize

Single

sport

ROY KFIR

Israeli basketball’s Superclásico: the match between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Jerusalem.

Pais Arena, Jerusalem

16 February 2024

Taekwondo athlete Asaf Yasur, winner of the gold medal.

2nd prize

Single

sport

LILACH WEISS-ROSENBERG

Taekwondo athlete Asaf Yasur, winner of the gold medal.

Paris Paralympics, France

29 August 2024

Bronze medal winning judoka Peter Paltchik, with his trainer Oren Smadja, who lost his son in the fighting in the Gaza strip.

3rd prize

Single

sport

OZ MOALEM

YEDIOTH AHRONOTH

Bronze medal winning judoka Peter Paltchik, with his trainer Oren Smadja, who lost his son in the fighting in the Gaza strip.

Paris Olympic Games, France

1 August 2024

World youth swimming championship, 2023.

1st prize

Series

sport

GILAD KAVALERCHIK

World youth swimming championship, 2023.

Wingate Institute - The National Institute for Sport Excellence

4-10 September 2023

The moment during the group all-round exercise when Israel’s rhythmic gymnastic team were sure of a silver medal.

Single

sport

OZ MOALEM

YEDIOTH AHRONOTH

The moment during the group all-round exercise when Israel’s rhythmic gymnastic team were sure of a silver medal.

Paris Olympics, France

10 August 2024

Paralympic swimming champion Ami Omer Dadaon won three medals including two golds.

Single

sport

AVIGAIL UZI

For YEDIOTH AHRONOTH

Paralympic swimming champion Ami Omer Dadaon won three medals including two golds.

Wingate Institute - The National Institute for Sport Excellence

14 August 2024

The 2024 Israeli adults’ water polo championship: ASA Tel Aviv vs. Hapoel Palram Zvulun.

Single

sport

GILAD KAVALERCHIK

The 2024 Israeli adults’ water polo championship: ASA Tel Aviv vs. Hapoel Palram Zvulun.

Kibbutz Afikim

29 May 2024

Basketball League Final: Maccabi Tel Aviv vs. Hapoel Tel Aviv.

Single

sport

NIR KEIDAR

Haaretz

Basketball League Final: Maccabi Tel Aviv vs. Hapoel Tel Aviv.

Menora Mivtachim Arena, Yad Eliyahu, Tel Aviv

17 June 2024

Silver medal winner Artem Dolgopyat during the floor exercise.

Single

sport

OZ MOALEM

YEDIOTH AHRONOTH

Silver medal winner Artem Dolgopyat during the floor exercise.

Paris Olympics, France

3 August 2024

Urbanism and Culture

דניאל וייס שר את השיר מוכרחים להמשיך לנגן על חורבות ביתם ההרוס של הוריו, יהודית ושמוליק וייס, שנרצחו ב־7 באוקטובר.
את דניאל ליווה הרכב נגנים בניהולו של המוזיקאי דורון רפאלי, מנהל הרכב טררם.

1st prize

Single

Urbanism and culture

DAN BAR DOV

Daniel Weiss singing “We Have to Go On Playing” on the ruins of his parents’ house. Yehudit and Shmulik Weiss were murdered on October 7. Daniel’s backing group was directed by the musician Doron Raphaeli, manager of the Tararam group.

Kibbutz Be’eri

1 January 2024

שכונת שג'אעייה

2nd prize

Single

Urbanism and culture

ILAN LORENZI

Shejaiya neighborhood

Gaza,

12 December 2023

שכונת הכרם

3rd prize

Single

Urbanism and culture

MICHAEL BRIKMAN

Hakerem neighborhood

Kibbutz Be’eri

29 October 2023

אמני רוק לפני העלייה לבמה. בתמונות: אלון אולארצ׳יק, קורין אלאל, אפרת גוש, אהוד בנאי.

1st prize

Series

Urbanism and culture

SHIRLY FOOX

Rock musicians before going on stage. In the photos: Alon Oleartchik, Korin Allal, Efrat Gosh, Ehud Banai.

April 2016 - August 2024

הספרייה הלאומית של ישראל פתיחת הספרייה הלאומית לקהל נדחתה עקב מתקפת ה־7 באוקטובר.

2nd prize

Series

Urbanism and culture

GILAD BEN SHATS

The National Library of Israel The National Library’s public opening was postponed due to the October 7 attack.

Jerusalem

March - April 2024

קיבוצי עוטף עזה אחרי טבח ה־7 באוקטובר.

3rd prize

Series

Urbanism and culture

Contact Press Image

Kobi Wolf

Gaza envelope kibbutzim after the October 7 massacre.

Gaza Strip border

October 2023 - August 2024

יצירות אמנות שנעטפו ופונו למקלט כדי להגן עליהן מפני טילים ורקטות.

Single

Urbanism and culture

MAYA LEVIN

Artworks in protective wrapping, evacuated to a shelter for protection from missiles and rockets.

Tel Aviv Museum of Art

14 November 2023

אנדרטה לנרצחי מסיבת הנובה, שבה נרצחו 364 צעירות וצעירים.

Single

Urbanism and culture

Flash 90

YONATAN SINDEL

Memorial for the victims of the Nova music festival, where 364 young men and women were murdered.

Near Kibbutz Re’im

28 November 2023

קורקינט ומגדלים

Single

Urbanism and culture

DORON TALMI

Scooter and tower blocks

Bat Yam

19 January 2024

שיירת אספקת סיוע הומניטרי ברצועת עזה. צולם במסגרת שירות מילואים.

Single

Urbanism and culture

SHAHAR DVIR

A humanitarian aid convoy in the Gaza Strip. Photo taken during reserves service.

Coast of Gaza

11 November 2024

צעדת נשים הקוראות לשחרור החטופות, המוחזקות בשבי החמאס בעזה.

Single

Urbanism and culture

DAFNA YOSHA

A march by women calling for the release of the women held captive by Hamas in Gaza.

Tel Aviv

19 January 2024

סלון דירה בשכונת רימאל. צולם במסגרת שירות מילואים.

Single

Urbanism and culture

YOSEE GAMZOO LETOVA

Living room of an apartment in the Rimal neighborhood. Photo taken during reserves service.

Gaza

11 December 2023

שאריות סילוני קצף לכיבוי שרפות אחרי פגיעה ישירה של רקטה.

Single

Urbanism and culture

ILAN ASSAYAG

Haaretz

Remnants from fire-extinguishing foam jets after a direct hit by a rocket.

Ashkelon

7 October 2023

דורי בן זאב באולפן רדיו. בעקבות טבח ה־7 באוקטובר נרתמו גם מגישים ועורכים ברשתות המוזיקה ברדיו לשעות שידור רבות וארוכות, והתאימו את המוזיקה למצב הרוח הכללי.

Single

Urbanism and culture

For YEDIOTH AHRONOTH

JONATHAN BLOOM

Dori Ben-Zeev. Following the October 7 massacre, presenters and editors of radio music channels rallied round and produced extended broadcasts, with music selections appropriate to the public mood.

Kan Broadcasting Corporation radio studio, Tel Aviv

16 October 2023

מיצב של האמן נדב ברנע, המציג 239 בובות, המדמות את מספר החטופים, נכון לתאריך המיצב.

Single

Urbanism and culture

YUVAL DANIEL

An installation by the artist Nadav Barnea featuring 239 dolls, representing the number of hostages at the date of the installation.

Heichal HaTarbut, Tel Aviv

11 November 2023

Long Exposure

Barriers at the entrances to settlements

1st prize

Series

Long exposure

AYELET ZOURI

Barriers at the entrances to settlements

Around Israel

November 2023 - July 2024

War diary: ruins and destruction around Israel and the West Bank

2nd prize

Series

Long exposure

Oren Ziv

LOCAL CALL

War diary: ruins and destruction around Israel and the West Bank

7 October 2023 - 29 July 2024

Gali Segal and Ben Benjamin were wounded by grenades hurled into the shelter where they were hiding on October 7, after escaping from the Nova music festival. They each lost their right leg. 29 people were
murdered in the shelter. The couple were married after undergoing a lengthy rehabilitation process together.

3rd prize

Series

Long exposure

Polaris Images

Ziv Koren

YEDIOTH AHRONOTH

Gali Segal and Ben Benjamin were wounded by grenades hurled into the shelter where they were hiding on October 7, after escaping from the Nova music festival. They each lost their right leg. 29 people were
murdered in the shelter. The couple were married after undergoing a lengthy rehabilitation process together.

Sheba Tel-HaShomer Medical Center, Ramat Gan

January - July 2024

A trip through a ghost town

Series

Long exposure

TSP Israel

EREZ BEN SIMON

A trip through a ghost town

Kiryat Shmona

December 2023 - July 2024

Video


NAAMA STERN

Eshet Chayil.
A photojournalist who is married to a reserves soldier attempts to deal with the tensions between her desire to go on photographing and being left alone at home with her two small children and anxious about her husband on the battlefield. Through her photos she expresses feelings of fear, loss, and longing.

Around Israel

November 2023 - June 2024

Creator and Photographer: Naama Stern
Editor: Ashrina Lepon
This project was produced in the Photographic Communication Department of Hadassa Academic College, Jerusalem.


ROTEM PESACHOVISH PAZ

Hotel Sanctuary.
Documentary on the evacuees from Kibbutz Nir Am after a months-long stay in a hotel.

Herod’s Hotel, Tel Aviv

November 2023 - February 2024

Director, Photographer and Editor: Rotem Pesachovish Paz
Participants: Oriana Ben Aba Golan and members of Kibbutz Nir Am
This project was produced in the Steve Tisch School of Film and Television, Tel Aviv University


SHAY LEE NISSIM

The Dance Floor.
National children’s and youth ballroom dancing contests.

Around Israel

2023-2024

Creator: Shay Lee Nissim
Participants: dancers, directors and teachers in ballroom dancing clubs.
Project Guidance: Nurit Yarden
Editor: Ran Slavin


ARIEL BERNSTEIN AND ASA RIKIN

A Night in Beit Lid.
Dozens of demonstrators, led by coalition MKs, attempted to break in to the military court at the Beit Lid military base in protest at the detention of nine reserves soldiers on allegations of sexually abusing a Palestinian detainee.

Beit Lid military base

29 July 2024

Photography and editing: Ariel Bernstein and Asa Rikin


OR SITT

Let’s Hit the Streets Together.
The hostages’ families hit the streets to make their voices heard, urging the public to join in the protests and demand that the government work towards a deal for returning the hostages.

Tel Aviv

30 March 2024

Director, photographer and editor: Or Sitt


BAR PELEG, HAARETZ

Winter, Spring, Summer, War.
A journalist’s docu-diary: riots, demonstrations, wars and reserves duty.

Around Israel

August 2023 - August 2024


SHELLY SHALEV

Even If You Had a Tail.
It has been estimated that more than half a million people will need psychological help following the events of October 7 2023. Psychiatric disorders and mental illnesses, including PTSD, are invisible diseases and syndromes, chiefly because they do not present visible symptoms. The creator of this video has tried
to provide visual illustrations of the disorders from a perspective of hope and optimism.

Jerusalem

June - September 2024

Director: Shelly Shalev
Editor: Yael Moinester

CREATION PRIZE, “SHOMRIM” - THE CENTER FOR MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY

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