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From 2007-2008, he was based in Beijing for AP. Today Balilty lives in Tel Aviv and he is the Associated Press Chief Photographer for Israel, West Bank and Gaza. Balilty is the chief AP photographer for Israel, West Bank and Gaza Strip. Born and raised in Jerusalem, he began his career as a photographer for the Israeli army magazine Bamahane.

He lives in Tel Aviv and photographs current events and documentary features in Israel, the Palestinian Territories, and around the world. He is the first and only Israeli photographer to receive the Pulitzer Prize. In 2002 in the peak of the second intifada he joined the Associated Press and in 2007, he won the Pulitzer Prize for his photograph of a lone Jewish settler confronting Israeli security officers during the evacuation of a West Bank settlement outpost.

Between 2007-2009, he was based in Beijing. photographing current events and features for AP.

Besides his photojournalism, his fine art photography has been exhibited in galleries in Europe and Israel.

Balilty is available for special assignments via AP Images.

Solo Exhibitions

2015 “Sabra Traces” Eretz Israel Museum” Tel Aviv
2014 “In Observation” Projex Connect, San Francisco
2013 “Restraint,” N&N Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
2013 “Israel, Soviet Style,” Russian Photo Forum, Moscow, Russia
2011 “Marginal Notes,” N&N Amana Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
2009 “Hide and Seek,” Artist House, Jerusalem
2008 “China,” photo festival, Gijon, Spain
2007 “Chernobyl Today,” Coalmine photo gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
2007 “Along the Lines,” Lucca Digital Photo Festival, Lucca, Italy
2007 “Along the Lines,” Ethnography Museum Neuchâtel, Switzerland
2005 “Along the Lines,” Coalmine photo gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
2006 “Chernobyl Today,” Festival du Scoop, Angers, France
2000 “Reflected Reality” with artist Anna Shapira, Z.O.A House, Tel Aviv, Israel

Selected group exhibitions

2014 “The Double Exposure Project” Shpilman Institute For Photography, Tel Aviv
2012 International Photography Festival, Tel Aviv, Israel
2011 “A Road to Nowhere,” Ashdod Museum, Ashdod, Israel
2008 “Portraits of Holocaust Survivors,” Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum, Jerusalem
2005 “Conflict Inherited,” joint exhibition of Israeli and Palestinian photographers, War Photos Limited Gallery, Dubrovnik, Croatia
2004 “AP Jerusalem,” VISA Pour L’Image, Perpignan, France

Awards

2014 National Headliner Award (1st place portrait category)
2014 NPPA Awards (Honorable Mention portrait category)
2014 Picture of the Year International (2nd place, Portrait series)
2013 Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar (1st place portrait and 2nd place sport feature)
2013 Overseas Press Club of America (Feature Photography)
2012 China International Press Photo Contest (1st place in daily life category, 2nd place in daily life and sports feature categories)
2012 Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar (1st place, pictorial category)
2012 Picture of the Year International (1st place, portrait)
2012 Henri Nannen Prize Nomination
2009 PX3 (3rd place in photojournalism general news)
2009 Pulitzer Prize finalist (with group of Associated Press photographers for photos of Sichuan earthquake)
2009 Picture of the Year International (Award of Excellence for “Ping Pong Nation” and coverage of Sichuan earthquake)
2009 PGB Award (1^st place for coverage of Sichuan earthquake)
2009 National Headliner Awards (Photography Portfolio)
2009 NPPA Awards (Honorable Mention, Natural Disaster)
2008 World Press Photo (3rd place, People in the News)
2008 Picture of the Year International (3rd place, news picture story)
2008 APME (for coverage of Sichuan earthquake)
2008 UNICEF Photo of the Year (2nd place, coverage of Sichuan earthquake)
2008 Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar (awards in five categories for China photography)
2007 National Geographic All Roads Photography Program
2007 Pulitzer Prize in Breaking News Photography
2007 World Press Photo (1st place, People in the News)
2007 Germany Lead Awards (1st place, Photography Category)
2007 Picture of the Year International (1st place, Human Conflict)
2007 International Headliner Award (1st place)
2007 NPPA (1st and 2nd place)
2007 National Headliner Award (1st prize for Magazines, News Services, Syndicates – Spot News Photography)
2007 Sigma Delta Chi Award (Spot News Photography)
2007 APME Award (with group of photographers, for coverage of 2006 Israel-Lebanon War)
2006 UNICEF Photo of the Year (Honorable Mention, Single Picture)
2006 Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar (1st place, Best in Show)
2006 Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar (1st place, Spot News)
2006 Editor and Publisher Award (1st place for Multiple Images Photo Essay, Honorable Mention for Single Picture)
2004 Editor and Publisher Award (1st place for multiple images/photo essays)
2003 APME News Photography Award (with AP photographers, for coverage of violence in the Middle East)

In 2007, he won the Pulitzer Prize for his photograph of a lone Jewish settler confronting Israeli security officers during the evacuation of a West Bank settlement outpost.

He is the first Israeli photographer to receive the Pulitzer Prize.

Selected Works

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Solo Exhibitions

2018                “Front” Herzliya Museum of Art, Israel
2018                “White Noise” Zemack Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
2017                Oded Balilty: Selected Works Laurie M.

Tisch Gallery, JCC Manhattan, NY
2016                “Miss Trans Israel” Photoville, Brooklyn, NY
2015                “Vets” Photoville, Brooklyn, NY
2015                “Sabra Traces” N&N Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
2015                “Sabra Traces” Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv
2014                “In Observation” Projex Connect, San Francisco
2013                “Restraint,” N&N Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
2013                “Israel, Soviet Style,” Russian Photo Forum, Moscow, Russia
2011                “Marginal Notes,” N&N Amana Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
2009                “Hide and Seek,” Artist House, Jerusalem
2008                “China,” photo festival, Gijon, Spain
2007                “Chernobyl Today,” Coalmine photo gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
2007                “Along the Lines,” Lucca Digital Photo Festival, Lucca, Italy
2007                “Along the Lines,” Musée d’ethnographie de Neuchâtel, Switzerland
2005                “Along the Lines,” Coalmine photo gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
2006                “Chernobyl Today,” Festival du Scoop, Angers, France
2000                “Reflected Reality” with artist Anna Shapira, Z.O.A House, Tel Aviv, Israel

Group Exhibitions

2019                Jewish Museum of Basel, Switzerland
2017                “To Draw Freedom” Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa, Israel
2014                “The Double Exposure Project” Shpilman Institute For Photography, Tel Aviv
2012                International Photography Festival, Tel Aviv, Israel
2011                “A Road to Nowhere,” Ashdod Museum, Ashdod, Israel
2008                “Portraits of Holocaust Survivors,” Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum, Jerusalem
2005                “Conflict Inherited,” joint exhibition of Israeli and Palestinian photographers, War Photos Limited Gallery,
Dubrovnik, Croatia
2004                “AP Jerusalem,” VISA Pour L’Image, Perpignan, France

Prizes & Awards

2017                Head On Photo Awards (Landscape Prize Finalist)
2016                China International Press Photo Contest (1^st place in Stories for Horses Hospital)
2014                National Headliner Award (1^st place portrait category)
2015                NPPA Awards (1^st place pictorial category)
2014                NPPA Awards (Honorable Mention portrait category)
2012-2014 Picture of the Year International (Portrait series)
2013                Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar (1^st place portrait and 2^nd place sports feature)
2013                Overseas Press Club of America (Feature Photography)
2012                China International Press Photo Contest (1st place)
2012                Henri Nannen Prize Nomination
2009                Pulitzer Prize finalist (with group of AP photographers – Sichuan earthquake)
2009                PGB Award (1^st place for coverage of Sichuan earthquake)
2009                National Headliner Awards (Photography Portfolio)
2008                World Press Photo (3rd place, People in the News)
2007                National Geographic All Roads Photography Program
2007                Pulitzer Prize in Breaking News Photography
2007                World Press Photo (1st place, People in the News)
2007                Germany Lead Awards (1st place, Photography Category)
2007                International Headliner Award (1st place)
2007                NPPA (1st and 2nd place)
2007                National Headliner Award (1st prize for Magazines)
2007                Sigma Delta Chi Award (Spot News Photography)
2006                Editor and Publisher Award (1st place for Multiple Images Photo Essay)
2004                Editor and Publisher Award (1st place for multiple images/photo essays)
2003                APME News Photography Award

Oded Balilty

Oded Balilty is a Pulitzer Prize-winning Israeli photographer born and raised in Jerusalem.

In 2002, at the height of the second Palestinian uprising, he joined The Associated Press. Besides his photojournalism, his fine art photography is exhibited in galleries and museums throughout Europe, U.S., and Israel.

Archive Exhibitions Featuring Oded Balilty

The Four Elements

Brooklyn Bridge Park – Empire Fulton Ferry Lawn

archive : 2021

The Four Elements from the Visual Thinking Collective showcases four bodies of work—the elements visually interpreted by: Nadia Aly (Water), selected by Lauren Steel; Oded Balilty (Earth), selected by Sarah Leen; realities:united (Air), selected by Shannon Simon; and Marcus Yam (Fire), selected by Elizabeth Krist.

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Miss Trans Israel

Brooklyn Bridge Park – Emily Warren Roebling Plaza

archive : 2016

Contenders in Israel’s first transgender pageant polished their moves and competed in “Miss Trans Israel.” Talleen Abu Hanna, 21, an Israeli from a Catholic Arab family, was crowned the winner of the 2016 pageant held at HaBima, Israel’s national theater, in Tel Aviv.

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Selected Works

Oded Balilty (Born 1979, Jerusalem, Israel)
Lives and works in Tel Aviv, Israel

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2018 Front, Herzliya Museum of Art, Israel
2018 White Noise” Zemack Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
2017 Oded Balilty: Selected Works, Laurie M.

Tisch Gallery, JCC Manhattan, NY, US
2016              Miss Trans Israel, Photoville, Brooklyn, NY, US
2015              Vets, Photoville, Brooklyn, NY, US
2015              Sabra Traces, N&N Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
2015              Sabra Traces, Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel
2014              In Observation, Projex Connect, San Francisco, US
2013              Restraint, N&N Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
2013              Israel, Soviet Style, Russian Photo Forum, Moscow, Russia
2011              Marginal Notes, N&N Amana Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
2009              Hide and Seek, Artist House, Jerusalem, Israel
2008              China, Photo Festival, Gijon, Spain
2007              Chernobyl Today, Coalmine photo gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
2007              Along the Lines, Lucca Digital Photo Festival, Lucca, Italy
2007              Along the Lines, Ethnography Museum Neuchâtel, Switzerland
2005              Along the Lines, Coalmine photo gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
2006              Chernobyl Today, Festival du Scoop, Angers, France
2000              Reflected Reality with artist Anna Shapira, Z.O.A House, Tel Aviv, Israel

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2020 Spaces in Turmoil, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa, Israel
2020 Territory of Tenderness, Zemack Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
2019 Jewish Museum of Basel, Switzerland
2018 N18, Zemack Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
2018              The Deluge, Ashdod Museum of Art, Ashdod, Israel
2017              Dangerous Art, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa, Israel
2017              To Draw Freedom, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa, Israel
2014              The Double Exposure Project, Shpilman Institute For Photography, Tel Aviv
2012              International Photography Festival, Tel Aviv, Israel
2011              A Road to Nowhere, Ashdod Museum, Ashdod, Israel
2008              Portraits of Holocaust Survivors, Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum, Jerusalem
2005              Conflict Inherited, joint exhibition of Israeli and Palestinian photographers, War Photos Limited Gallery, Dubrovnik, Croatia
2004             AP Jerusalem, VISA Pour L’Image, Perpignan, France

AWARDS

2017             Head On Photo Awards (Landscape Prize Finalist)
2016             China International Press Photo Contest (1st place in Stories for Horses Hospital)
2015             NPPA Awards (1st place pictorial category)
2014             Picture of the Year International (Portrait series)
2014             National Headliner Award (1st place portrait category)
2014             NPPA Awards (Honorable Mention portrait category)
2014             Picture of the Year International (2nd place, Portrait series)
2013             Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar (1st place portrait and 2nd place sport feature)
2013             Overseas Press Club of America (Feature Photography)
2012             China International Press Photo Contest (1st place in daily life category, 2nd place in daily life and sports feature categories)
2012             Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar (1st place, pictorial category)
2012             Picture of the Year International (1st place, portrait)
2012             Henri Nannen Prize Nomination
2009             PX3 (3rd place in photojournalism general news)
2009             Pulitzer Prize finalist (with group of Associated Press photographers for photos of Sichuan earthquake)
2009             Picture of the Year International (Award of Excellence for “Ping Pong Nation” and coverage of Sichuan earthquake)
2009             PGB Award (1^st place for coverage of Sichuan earthquake)
2009             National Headliner Awards (Photography Portfolio)
2009             NPPA Awards (Honorable Mention, Natural Disaster)
2008             World Press Photo (3rd place, People in the News)
2008             Picture of the Year International (3rd place, news picture story)
2008             APME (for coverage of Sichuan earthquake)
2008             UNICEF Photo of the Year (2nd place, coverage of Sichuan earthquake)
2008             Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar (awards in five categories for China photography)
2007             National Geographic All Roads Photography Program
2007             Pulitzer Prize in Breaking News Photography
2007             World Press Photo (1st place, People in the News)
2007             Germany Lead Awards (1st place, Photography Category)
2007             Picture of the Year International (1st place, Human Conflict)
2007             International Headliner Award (1st place)
2007             NPPA (1st and 2nd place)
2007             National Headliner Award (1st prize for Magazines, News Services, Syndicates – Spot News Photography)
2007             Sigma Delta Chi Award (Spot News Photography)
2007             APME Award (with group of photographers, for coverage of 2006 Israel-Lebanon War)
2006             UNICEF Photo of the Year (Honorable Mention, Single Picture)
2006             Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar (1st place, Best in Show)
2006             Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar (1st place, Spot News)
2006             Editor and Publisher Award (1st place for Multiple Images Photo Essay, Honorable Mention for Single Picture)
2004             Editor and Publisher Award (1st place for multiple images/photo essays)
2003             APME News Photography Award (with AP photographers, for coverage of violence in the Middle East)

Oded Balilty is a Pulitzer Prize-winning Israeli photographer.