Oren Ziv

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]

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

  • Video image credit on the "Israeli Cabinet Members Join Settler Event of Thousands Calling for Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza" story reported by Amy Goodman, Democracy Now, Jan 31st 2024 [9]
  • "Young Israelis refuse to join the Israeli army in protest of the occupation", Islam Channel, November 2023 [10]
  • "Seder Held at Migrant Detention Center in Israel", Tablet, April 2014 [11]

Appearances as commentator

  • "Israeli Cabinet Members Join Settler Event of Thousands Calling for Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza", Democracy Now, January 2024 [12]
  • "The fear is everywhere: Israel's Fascist Internal Crackdown", Marc Steiner Show, November 2023 [13]
  • "Activestills: Photography as Protest in Palestine/Israel", Center for the Humanities, March 2017 [14]

References

  1. ^ "שיחה מקומית". שיחה מקומית (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2024-12-03.
  2. ^ a b Center for the Humanities (CUNY Graduate Centre). "Oren Ziv". Center for the Humanities. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Oren Ziv". Center for the Humanities. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
  4. ^ "Activestills Collective". www.activestills.org. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
  5. ^ a b c "Just Vision". justvision.org. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  6. ^ "Lens". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
  7. ^ "Settlers attack Activestills photographer in Hebron". +972 Magazine. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  8. ^ "More Info". New Israel Fund Australia. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
  9. ^ Goodman, Amy (January 31, 2024). "Israeli Cabinet Members Join Settler Event of Thousands Calling for Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza". Democracy Now!. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  10. ^ "Young Israelis refuse to join the Israeli army in protest of the occupation". Islam Channel. YouTube. 8 November 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  11. ^ "Slideshow: Passover Seder Held Outside Migrant Detention Center in Israel". Tablet Magazine. 2014-04-11. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
  12. ^ "Israeli Cabinet Members Join Settler Event Calling for Ethnic Cleansing & Resettlement of Gaza". Democracy Now!. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  13. ^ "The Mark Steiner Show: 'The fear is everywhere': Israel's fascist internal crackdown (Podcast)". Spotify. 14 November 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  14. ^ "Activestills: Photography as Protest in Palestine/Israel". Center for the Humanities. Retrieved 2024-12-03.