Oren Ziv
Oren Ziv | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1985 Israel |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, Photographer and Videographer |
| Years active | 2003 - present |
| Employer | Local Call & +972 Magazine |
| Organization | Activestills 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. He has won 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. [1]
Ziv is the co-founder of the Activestills Collective, a photojournalism collection known for shaping the visual language of Local Call over the years. 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 (magazine), Tablet (magazine), et al. [1][2]
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.[3]
Education
[edit]Ziv has a Master of Arts degree in Research/Forensic Architecture from Goldsmiths University in London. [2]
Awards
[edit]He received the Curators' Choice Prize during the "Israeli Local Testimony" exhibition at the Eretz Israel Museum from 2011 to 2014. [2]
Works
[edit]- "Young Israelis refuse to join the Israeli army in protest of the occupation", Islam Channel, November 2023 [4]
- 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 [5]
Appearances as commentator
[edit]- "The fear is everywhere: Israel's Fascist Internal Crackdown", Marc Steiner Show, November 2023[6]
- "Israeli Cabinet Members Join Settler Event of Thousands Calling for Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza", Democracy Now, January 2024[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Center for the Humanities (CUNY Graduate Centre). "Oren Ziv". Center for the Humanities. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ^ a b c "Just Vision". justvision.org. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ "Settlers attack Activestills photographer in Hebron". +972 Magazine. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ "Young Israelis refuse to join the Israeli army in protest of the occupation". Islam Channel. YouTube. 8 November 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "The Mark Steiner Show: 'The fear is everywhere': Israel's fascist internal crackdown (Podcast)". Spotify. 14 November 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ "Israeli Cabinet Members Join Settler Event Calling for Ethnic Cleansing & Resettlement of Gaza". Democracy Now!. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2024.