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Aug 5, 2014, 4:02 PM

Thank You Hamas

Recently, I celebrated my 7 year ‘aliyaversary’ as we call it here. This means that it had been 7 years since I had come to live in Israel and became an Oleh Hadash (new immigrant). This came at a time...

Dec 11, 2013, 2:37 PM

Helle of a selfie

The single toughest assignments in my photographic career over the past thirty years have been when I was asked to cover a funeral or memorial service. Whether it was for the British National Press, the Jewish Communal Press, my role...

Nov 17, 2013, 3:18 PM

A Tale Of Two Pictures

In the Middle East, we seem to hear all too often about a 'line being crossed'. I am going to keep with that tradition and say that last week’s coverage by the New York Times of the brutal murder...

Oct 24, 2013, 4:42 PM

The cameras lens shows all the dirt

Having been the official election and personal campaign photographer, to first Benjamin Netanyahu in 2009 and then Avigdor Liberman in 2013, I thought I had a fair idea of what was involved in being a member of campaign staff...

Jul 8, 2013, 6:09 PM

Another Brick In The Wall

Today is the first of the 9 Days commemorating the destruction of two Jewish Temples and numerous other tragic events that have befallen the Jewish people over the past four thousand years. We might hope by now, after everything we...

May 27, 2013, 2:21 PM

Picture from London

As a proudly born and bred Londoner, the images of the brutal murder of Drummer Lee Rigby last week in Woolwich at once broke my heart and transported my mind back to my hometown. I remember vividly, standing on...

May 21, 2013, 2:40 PM

Palestinian Fairytales

Let a seasoned photographer tell you: the furthest thing from the truth is the saying 'the camera never lies'

May 14, 2013, 11:26 AM

The Politics behind the Picture of the Year

Here's why the winning photo isn't from Syria, say, where photojournalists have risked their lives to document atrocities

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About Me

David Katz is a Photographer and Imagery Advisor