MEITAR AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN PHOTOGRAPHY
MEITAR AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN PHOTOGRAPHY
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.
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.
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
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
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
Series Name
North Koreans