MEITAR AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN PHOTOGRAPHY

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Photo: Chloé Jafé

ABOUT

The Meitar Award for Excellence in photography, a collaboration between PHOTO IS:RAEL and the Zvi and Ofra Meitar Family Fund, will be awarded for the ninth time this year for a body of work that demonstrates excellence in the field of photography.

A professional independent jury of leading international professionals will review all shortlisted candidates anonymously and will select a photographer who demonstrates thought, quality, originality, and excellence in photography, as well as the potential to create a comprehensive body of work suitable for a solo exhibition.

The 20 finalists will be showcased in a group exhibition at the International Photography Festival in November 2023 in Tel-Aviv.  The award winner will be announced in November during the festival.

31.05.2023

Early Registration Opens

18.06.2023

Late Registration

09.07.2023

Submission Deadline

01.11.2023

Selected artists notified

AWARDS

Finalists

The 20 finalists will be showcased in a group exhibition at the International Photography Festival in November 2023 in Tel-Aviv. The finalists’ exhibition will travel to Jinan International Photography Biennial in China in October 2024.

2022 finalists »

THE WINNER

The winner will be announced in November 2023. The award winner will receive a $14,000 grant, composed of a personal grant of $2,500, curatorial  guidance, and the production of a solo exhibition that will be part of the 2024 International Photography Festival.

2022 Winner »
Edgar Martins, Finalist 2020

JURY 2023

Zeng Yi

Photographer, Curator, Founder of Silk Road Photographic Organization International Alliance (SRPOIA), Director of FIAP China Coordination Office, Honorary Academician of Academy of Fine Arts of Florence, Italy. China.

Dr. Wiktoria Michałkiewicz

Founder / Talent Manager / Curator, REZO Agency & REZO Art Advisory. Contributing Editor National Geographic and Vogue, Poland

Rivka Saker

Chairman of Sotheby's Israel, Founder and board chair of ARTIS, Israel & USA

דפנה מיתר נחמד , קרן משפחת צבי ועפרה מיתר

Dafna Meitar Nechmad

Director General, The Zvi and Ofra Meitar Family Fund, Israel

Maya Anner

Chief Curator, PHOTO IS:RAEL International Photography Festival, Israel

Gillian Laub

Artist and documentary filmmaker, USA

Patrick Zachmann

Photojournalist and Film Director, member of Magnum Photos agency, France

מיה בנטון , אוצרת מייעצת, המרכז הבינלאומי לצילום (ICP), ניו יורק

Maya Benton

Curator, Art Historian and Visiting Professor at Yale University, USA

Dr. Michael Pritchard

Director of Programmes and Education, Royal Photographic Society, UK

Lauren Buckley

Senior Projects Curator, Tate Modern, UK

2022 WINNER

Stephan Gladieu

 

The Winner of the 2022 Meitar Award for Excellence in Photography

Stephan Gladieu

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North Koreans

2022 FINALISTS

France Leclerc
Elizabeth Bourne
Silvia Alessi
Daniel Rolider
Daniel Taveira
Mauro De Bettio
Chloé Jafé
Fabiola Cedillo
Tamara Eckhardt
Tair Adato
Jean-Francois Bouchard
Lionel Jusseret
Yuval Tebol
B.A. Van Sise
Forest Kelley
Natalya Saprunova
Viktoria Sorochinski
Anat Icar Shoham
Shiraz Grinbaum
France Leclerc / The Mundari and their Treasured Cows

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