Ohad Zwigenberg

Ohad fell in love with photography , when he was working in a Duty Fee shop on a Cruise ship. The beauty of surrounding sunsets of the Mediterranean sea and the unforgettable urban landscapes of the European cities he past by during work helped him to develop a unique angle of view on the surrounding world and made him realise his passion to photography.

In 2007 Ohad began working as a photographer in a local newspaper "Yedioth Modiin” and then worked also for few years at internet news service “Ynet” and currently his a stuff photographer for the major Israeli newspaper "Yedioth Ahronoth” Until the year 2019.
In 2019, he started working as an editorial photographer at “Haaretz” newspaper
,Until January 2023 and from February 2023 he began working as a photojournalist for the Associated Press ("A.P") international news agency.

Ohad lives in the capital of Israel ,Jerusalem .
therefor his work involved a lot around the topics of Conflict and Faith , photographing important events of Israeli - Palestinian conflict in Israeli and West Bank , as well as many religious events in he holiest city for three major religions (Judaism , Islam and Christianity )ohad works also presented in the photography magazine

Awards

2023- "P.o.y 80-pictures of the Year International " Spot news-Awards of Excellence

2022- “siena photo awards 2022'' 2nd classified,Documentary & Photojournalism

2022- "Local Testimony " .News Curator's choice Singles / 2 st prize / Singles - Urbanism and Culture/society and community, 1 st prize/Nature and the Environment Curator's choice/war in ukraine

2021- "P.o.y 79-pictures of the Year International " Spot news-Awards of Excellence

2021- "P.o.y 79-pictures of the Year International Asia" Spot news-Finelist

2021- "Local Testimony " .News 2 st prize 2 Singles & Curator's choice

2020- "Local Testimony " .News Curator's choice / Religion and faith, Curator's choice / Nature and environment,Curator's choice / society and community, 3 st prize / 2 Singles /Two pictures in a Religion and Faith 2 st prize

2019- "Local Testimony " .News 2 st prize 2 Singles / Religion and Faith 2 st prize /sport

2018- "Local Testimony " .Nature and environment 1 & 2 st prize / Singles /sport 1 st Prize Singles / Curator's choice

2018- trieste photo fringe

2017- "P.o.y 75-pictures of the Year International " Spot news-Awards of Excellence

2017- "Local Testimony " .News 3 st prize / Singles / 3 st Prize Nature and the Environment 3 st prize / Singles / Curator's choice

2016- "Local Testimony " .News 1 st prize / Series /Curator's choice"

2015- "Local Testimony " .Religion and Faith 3 st prize / Singles - Urbanism and Culture 1 st prize / Singles"

2014- "Local Testimony " .Choosing news category curator / 3 st Prize - Urbanism and Culture category / The group exhibition "Operation Protective Edge"

2014- "1 st Prize exhibition on the subject of religious liberty city free Israel.

2013- "Local Testimony " 1 st Prize - news category Singles / 2 st Prize - Urbanism and Culture category Wit a series of images, and selecting the exhibition curator

2013- Category and selecting the exhibition curator in "Nature Photo Exhibition " .

2012- "Local Testimony " 2 st Prize -Urbanism Category - Singles .

2011- "Local Testimony " 1 st Prize -news Category - Singles.

Selected group and solo exhibitions

2023- "P.o.y 79-pictures of the Year International " u.s.a

2022- “siena photo awards 2022''

2022- " Local Testimony " - Eretz Israel Museum - Tel Aviv

2021- "P.o.y 79-pictures of the Year International " u.s.a

2021- "P.o.y 79-pictures of the Year International Asia"

2021- " Local Testimony " - Eretz Israel Museum - Tel Aviv

2020- " Local Testimony " - Eretz Israel Museum - Tel Aviv

2019- " Local Testimony " - Tel Aviv

2019- " Local Testimony " - Eretz Israel Museum - Tel Aviv

2018- " Local Testimony " - Eretz Israel Museum - Tel Aviv

2018- "picture of the year international"Newseum - Washington

2017- " Local Testimony " - Eretz Israel Museum - Tel Aviv

2016- " Local Testimony " - Eretz Israel Museum - Tel Aviv

2015- " Local Testimony " - Eretz Israel Museum - Tel Aviv

2014- " Local Testimony " - Eretz Israel Museum - Tel Aviv

2014- " liberty city free Israel " . - Jerusalem - Israel

2014- solo exhibion - agronski coffee. -Jerusalem - Israel

2014 -" tel aviv photo ".

2013- " Local Testimony " - Eretz Israel Museum - Tel Aviv

2013- " Nature Photo Exhibition " .

2012- " Local Testimony " - Eretz Israel Museum - Tel Aviv

2012- solo exhibion-alice coffee.

2011- " Local Testimony " - Eretz Israel Museum - Tel Aviv

2011- " Final Master Class Workshop exhibition in Tel Aviv Port

2010- " Graduates Exhibition Camera Obscura