Local Testimony

Local Testimony is a regional photojournalism exhibition for photographers from Israel and the Palestinian Authority, held every year since 2003 in the Eretz Israel Museum.[1]

The exhibition is held alongside the World Press Photo exhibition, presenting photographs from the field of photojournalism.[2]

Details

The photographs in the exhibition are selected by a panel of judges. Photographs are divided into several categories. Three images are selected in each category: first, second and third place. In addition to categories, Photo of the Year and Series of the Year are chosen by the jury.[3][4]

One of the categories is Religion and Faith, which traditionally includes photographs reflecting life of the Jewish ultra-orthodox community.[5]

The exhibition was established by Dana Wohlfeiler-Lalkin, who has been the manager of the project since.

Frames of reality

Local Testimony established the Frames of Reality project in 2008 in collaboration with Peres Center for Peace. The project is to bring together Israeli and Palestinian photojournalists and documentary photographers to promote coexistence and mutual understanding. The project includes workshops, meetings and lectures.[6]

Photos of the year
Contest year Photographer - Photo of the year Photo of the Year Photographer - Series of the year Series of the Year
2003 Michael Krame The sister of Staff Sergeant Oren Tzelnick salutes his grave. Not awarded Not awarded
2004 Barkay Wolfson The Philadelphi Route. Not awarded Not awarded
2005 Natan Dvir The year of the disengagement Not awarded Not awarded
2006 Pavel Wolberg August 4, 2006, ten days before the ceasefire. Katyushas made a direct hit on a private car, setting it afire, on a street in Kiryat Shmonah. Yoav Galai Combat-engineering soldiers wounded the village of Inta, while they were preparing field clinic.
2007 Natan Dvir Nai'm Eli'am, Palestinian resident of Jabalia Refugee Camp waiting at Erez Checkpoint with the body of his three-month old son, who died after treatment of congenital defect at Tel-HaShomer Hospital. Rina Castelnuovo Garbage Trap
2008 Muhammed Muheisen A Palestinian youth runs to avoid tear gas grenades fired to disperse a demonstration against the separation barrier in Bil'in. Felix Lupa Homeless
2009 Kobi Gideon Israel military forces blowing up a Palestinian house in the northern part of the Gaza Strip during the IDF operation. 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.
2010 Daniel Bar-On A demonstration following the Gaza Flotilla events in front of the Turkish Embassy on Hayarkon Street, Tel Aviv. Amit Sha’al Altneuland - a journey in the steps of old black and white photographs.
2011 Ilia Yefimovich An Israeli motorist runs down a Palestinian youth while trying to escape a group of youngsters that had hurled stones at Israeli cars in Silwan, Yuval Tebol Leading figures in the tent city protest
2012 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. 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 .
2013 Miriam Alster The Rosh Hodesh Tamuz prayer of the Women of the Wall guarded by the police. Uriel Sinai Residents of the southern localities during Operation Pillar of Defense.
2014 Yuval Chen The girlfriend of Guy Algranati, a 20-years-old Maglan fighter, standing over his grave, surrounded by his fellow unit members, at the Kiryat Shaul Military Cemetery. Daniel Tchetchik Sunburn. The Israeli sunlight is a hot, scorching light, sparking our deepest passions.
2015 Menahem Kahana Palestinian women dismayed at the sight of the house of the Dawabsheh family. Duma village, south of Nablus, 3 August 2015 Kobi Wolf The Jordan Valley - A Firing Zone

References
  1. "The annual Word Press Photo and coinciding Local Testimony". TimeOut Israel.
  2. "Local Testimony". madan.co.il.
  3. "Local Testimony exhibition". qantara.de.
  4. "Local Testimony 2014". ISRAEL21c.
  5. "Images from ultra-Orthodox world star in press photo competition's 'Religion and Faith' category". Ynet.
  6. "Social Networking Web Site Links Israeli, Gaza Journalists During Wartime". Haaretz.
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