Participating Photographers

A staff photographer for AFP in Gaza, Mohammed Abed was shortlisted for the Bayeux war-reporting prize in 2009.

Fady has been covering the conflict and daily events for the international media as a photographer as well as a reporter.Mr Adwan has recently been awarded in the Picture of the year competition.

www.propaimages.com

Tomer is a staff photographer at “Haaretz” newspaper and works regularly for international magazines. He is a five time winner of the Israeli Press award, and an accomplished fine-art photographer.

tomerappelbaum.blogspot.com

Tal has worked for leading Israeli newspapers as well as the AFP press agency covering Israel and the West Bank. His pictures were published in newspapers and magazine worldwide. Currently he is an Independent photographer based in London.

www.talcohen.net

Yoav was awarded in the “Picture of the Year” competition as well as the China Press competition.
He currently resides in London where he takes part of the “Olive Tree Programme”

www.yoavgalai.com

Alongside his work as a staff photographer for AFP Hams is a photography lecturer in the Islamic University of Gaza.He has been awarded several international accolades including the prestigious Prix Bayeux for war reporting.

Khalil Hamra is an AP staff photographer based in Gaza City.
He is a graduate of the faculty of journalism in the Islamic University in Gaza and an accomplished photographer. He is a recepient of the prestigious “Editor and Publisher” award.

After starting out as a reporter in a local newspaper in Nablus, Jafar turned to photography and joined AFP in 1996.
He was awarded the Prix Bayeux for war journalism twice, as well as many other regional awards.

Abid is a Getty staff photographer based in Gaza. Born in Rafah he has taken various jobs before focusing on journalism and later photojournalism. Abid was recently awarded in the by the IPA.

Lior is the director of “Contact” press photography agency in Jerusalem, and a veteran photojournalist.
His work can be found in publications worldwide, and he was awarded numerous times by the Israeli Press photography competition.

www.liormizrahi.com

A young freelance writer and photojournalist based in Gaza. Eman is frequently published in the international and regional media, and her work is often used by NGOs. Recently she had received the New Media award from the "Next Century Foundation", and was a finalist to the Carmignac international prize. 

The chief Jerusalem photographer of “Yediot Aharonot”, Amit was awarded the prestigious World Press award in 2001. His work is published in newspapers and magazines around the world.

After several years of covering Israel and the west bank for daily Israeli newspaper “Haaretz” Uriel joined Getty images as a staffer in 2003.  In his current position he has shot stories in the Middle East and elsewhere in places such as Congo, Georgia and Myanmar. Uriel was awarded the "World Press" prize in 2005, and recently won the 2009 picture of the year "Magazine Photographer of the Year" award.

www.urielsinai.com

A veteran photojournalist, Mr Zach covers news and sports in Jerusalem for Israel’s largest newspaper.

www.haim-zach.com