EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL TRANING
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1991-1997 Graduated and Specialized in History of art and Photography at Seligsberg High School in Jerusalem from

1998-2001: Served as photographer for the IDF "Bamahane" magazine

2005 was chosen to attend the JOOP World Press Master Class workshop in Amsterdam.

JOBS:
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2000- Volunteer and teach Photography kids with Down syndrome for six month in Jerusalem

2001- Photographer for Zoom 77 News Agency and the daily Israeli newspaper “Yedioth Aharonot”.

2002- Hired as an Associated Press Photographer in Jerusalem. During that period covered the 2003 Nato summit in Istanbul , 2004 elections in Ukraine , 2006 Cover the 20th’ anniversary for the Chernobyl disaster and worked there for a month in Ukraine.

2007-2008 based in Beijing for Associated Press

AWARDES
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* 2007 PULITZER PRIZE in Photography braking News.

* 2004 - 1st prize of the Editor and Publisher Award for MULTIPLE IMAGES/PHOTO ESSAY.

* 2006- Unicef Photo of the Year honorable mention for "single picture"

* 2006 - Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar 2006 awarded 1st Place (best in show) and 1st place in spot news.

* 2006 - 1st' prize of the Editor and Publisher Award for MULTIPLE IMAGES/PHOTO ESSAY and honorable mention for "single picture"

* 2007 - 1st prize in "People in the news" World Press Photo

* 2007 - 1st prize in Germany Lead Awards 2007 in Photography
Category

* 2007 - 1st prize in POYI in human conflict category.

* 2007 - 1st prize in INTERNATHIONAL HEADLINER AWARD

* 2007 - 1st prize and 2nd in NPPA

* 2007 - 1st prize in NATIONAL HEADLINER AWARD for Magazines, News Services, Syndicates - Spot News Photography

* 2007 - Winning Photography Spot News in SIGMA DELTA CHI AWARD.

* 2007- National Geographic All Roads Photography Program

· 2007 - APME with group of Photographers for the cover of the Israeli Lebanese War

· 2008- 1st place in APME for the coverage of China’s Sichuan earthquake

2008- 3rd prize in "People in the news" World Press Photo “Nanjing 70 years after”

2008- 3rd prize in Picture of the Year for “Nanjing 70 years after”

EXHIBITIONS
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* 2004- took part in a group exhibition in VISA pour L'image Perpignan in France

* 2005- took part in a joint exhibition in the war photography museum in Dubrovnik, Croatia, together with 2 other Israeli photographers and another 3 Palestinians photographers

* 2005- exhibition in Coalmaine photogalery in Zurich under the topic of the Israeli separation barrier.

* 2006- exhibition in Angers at the festival du Scoop in France “CHERNOBYL TODAY”

* 2007- exhibition in Musee d’ethnographie Nauchatel in Switzerland in under the topic of the Israeli separation barrier.

* 2007- exhibition in Coalmaine photogalery in Zurich under the topic “CHERNOBYL TODAY”

* 2007- exhibition in Lucca Digital Photo Festival

* 2008- Exhibition in Yad Vashem holocaust museum in Jerusalem for the 60 anniversary of Israel, portraits of survivors