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 2025 in Tel Aviv. The award winner will be announced during the festival.
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20.05.2025
Early Registration Opens
03.06.2025
Late Registration
30.06.2025
Submission Deadline
02.11.2025
Selected artists notified
AWARDS
Finalists
Finalists
The 20 finalists will be showcased in a group exhibition at the International Photography Festival in November 2025 in Tel Aviv.
THE WINNER
The winner will be announced in November 2025. 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 2026 International Photography Festival.
JURY
Dr. Wiktoria Michałkiewicz
Founder / Talent Manager / Curator, REZO Agency & REZO Art Advisory. Contributing Editor National Geographic and Vogue, Poland
Maya Benton
Curator, Art Historian and Visiting Professor at Yale University, USA
Dafna Meitar Nechmad
Director General, The Zvi and Ofra Meitar Family Fund, Israel
Hannan Abu-Hussein
Interdisciplinary Artist and Educator, honored with the Rappaport Prize (Tel Aviv Museum of Art)
Said Abu Shakra
Founder and Director of Umm el-Fahem Museum of Art
Anne Leighton Massoni
Executive Director and Curator, Houston Center for Photography, USA
Enrico Stefanelli
Founder and Artistic Director, Photolux Festival, Italy
Avi Sabag Sharvit
Founder and CEO of "Musrara", the Naggar School of Art and Society, Jerusalem
Sigalit Landau
Interdisciplinary artist honored with the Nathan Gottesdiener Foundation Israeli Art Award (Tel Aviv Museum of Art), the Sandberg Prize for Israeli Art (The Israel Museum, Jerusalem), and an honorary doctorate from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Dr. Gilad Reich
Curator of Photography, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
2023 FINALISTS
