Oren Ziv

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Oren Ziv
Born1985
Israel
Occupation(s)Journalist, Photographer and Videographer
Years active2003 - present
EmployerLocal Call & +972 Magazine
OrganizationActivestills Collective (Co-founder)

Oren Ziv (born in 1985) is an Israeli journalist, political commentator, and photographer. He reports for Local Call and +972 Magazine and is a freelance photographer for Haaretz , Agence-France Presse, and Getty Images. [1] He has won several awards and been a jury member at the 5th International Activist Award (issued by the PhotoPhilonthropy in 2014) for his work documenting social and political issues in Israel and Palestine since 2003. [2] [3]

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Ziv is the co-founder of The Activestills Collective, a photojournalism collection known for shaping the visual language of Local Call over the years. [4] He joined Local Call as a staff reporter in 2018, covering human and civil rights issues in a broad spectrum, including themes such as the occupation, affordable housing, socio-economic struggles, and protests against discrimination. Ziv's work has been published in the New York Times "Lens" Blog, Al Jazeera , Vice , Tablet , and other reputable platforms. [2] [5] [6]

Israeli settlers in occupied Hebron in Palestine's West Bank attacked Ziv, Breaking the Silence activist Yehuda Shaul and Irish writer Colm Toibin in 2016. [7] [8]

Education

Ziv has a Master of Arts degree in Research/Forensic Architecture from Goldsmiths University in London. [5]

Awards

He received the Curators' Choice Prize during the "Israeli Local Testimony" exhibition at the Eretz Israel Museum from 2011 to 2014. [5]

Works

Appearances as commentator

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