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Sharon Gabay | |
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| Born | April 18, 1974 Jerusalem, Israel |
| Occupation | Photographer |
| Website | www |
Sharon Gabay (born 18 April 1974) is an Israeli street and portrait photographer. For over fifteen years, he has documented the people, cultural diversity, and everyday life of Jerusalem.[1][2][3] He has published six photography books, all devoted to Jerusalem.[3] His work has been exhibited in Israeli national institutions and internationally, and was featured in the photography book Humans of Judaism (Artisan Books, 2024).[4][failed verification]
Biography
editGabay was born in Jerusalem and grew up in the Nachlaot neighbourhood. He describes himself as a fifteenth-generation native of the city.[5][6] He is a self-taught photographer and holds a bachelor's degree in psychology from Bar-Ilan University. He worked for years in senior sales and marketing management roles at various companies before becoming a photographer at the age of 38.[3]
In October 2023, following the 7 October attacks, Gabay accompanied teams of the ZAKA organisation to Kibbutz Kfar Aza to photograph the aftermath of the massacre. His documentary work from the site was later shown in the exhibition "Holocaust in the Village" at the Jerusalem Theatre.[7][8] He later said that after the Kfar Aza documentation he withdrew to his studio for about two years, and that the work on his book Jerusalemites returned him to street photography in late 2025 and early 2026.[3]
Photography and social impact
editGabay's photography primarily focuses on the human and cultural mosaic of Jerusalem, capturing unposed, everyday moments among the city's various religious and ethnic communities.[2][5][9]
In 2017, his touring exhibition "Jerusalem Now and Forever" was presented in the Montreal area and in Maryland, USA.[1][6] In 2023, his street photographs were exhibited in the Israel pavilion at the Santo Domingo International Book Fair, held at the Museum of History and Geography in the Dominican Republic.[10][11] Within Israel, his Jerusalem collections have been exhibited at the Knesset.[12][13] /> His works have also been exhibited at the United Nations building in New York and at the United States Congress in Washington, D.C.[3] His photographs have been used by Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Tourism.[3]
In 2022, he created "At Eye Level", a pro bono portrait exhibition for SHEKEL—an organisation serving people with disabilities—which opened Israel's Disability Rights Awareness Month at the Tel Aviv Municipality building.[14] Proceeds from his earlier exhibitions, such as "Jerusalem Ours" (2015), have been directed towards social causes, including supporting low-income elderly residents and the city's poor.[15]
Books
edit- Jerusalem: Nine Measures of Beauty (Korim, 2015)[16][17]
- Jerusalem Ours; listed in the National Library of Israel catalog.[18]
- Jerusalem — Then, Now and Forever (2017); listed in the Library of Congress catalog[19] and in the National Library of Israel catalog.[20]
- Mahane Yehuda Market (Korim, 2019); listed in the National Library of Israel catalog.[21]
- Jerusalemites (2026), his sixth book: a trilingual (Hebrew, English and Arabic) street-photography album of several hundred photographs selected from about 1.5 million images taken in Jerusalem over fifteen years (2011–2026). The Hebrew lettering of the title, on the cover and inside the book, is based on the handwriting of Aner Shapira and was incorporated with his family's consent. Listed in the National Library of Israel catalog.[22][3]
References
edit- 1 2 Schwartz, Susan. "Photography exhibition highlights vibrancy and diversity of Jerusalem". Montreal Gazette. 2 November 2017.
- 1 2 "Photo exhibit shows Jerusalem's joie de vivre". The Suburban.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Segal, Arnon. "15 שנה של הליכה ברחובות ירושלים": הספר שמחפש את האדם שמעבר למיתוס [15 Years of Walking the Streets of Jerusalem: The Book That Seeks the Person Beyond the Myth]. Makor Rishon (in Hebrew). 15 July 2026.
- ↑ Palmer, Joanne. "Everyone has a story". The Jewish Standard. 23 October 2024.
- 1 2 Nativ, Lior. "אמנות משנה מציאות: הצלם הירושלמי שעושה מהפכות". mako (in Hebrew). 23 June 2016.
- 1 2 Slattery, Chris. "City of Traditions…and Juxtapositions". CultureSpotMC. 20 September 2017.
- ↑ Galit, Michal. ""שואה בכפר": זוועות כפר עזה בתערוכה שנפתחה בתיאטרון ירושלים". כל העיר (in Hebrew). 6 July 2025.
- ↑ Brown, Hannah. "Exhibition 'Yakir's Light' brings together art by a fallen soldier and his mother". The Jerusalem Post. 7 March 2026.
- ↑ Hadar, Shiri. "שער אחד, שלוש דתות וארבעה דורות: שגרה נדירה בירושלים". Ynet (in Hebrew). 20 September 2015.
- ↑ Jiménez, Lauren. "La historia de Israel expuesta en el Museo de Historia y Geografía". Listín Diario (in Spanish). 29 August 2023.
- ↑ "Sufrimiento y fortaleza de su gente: el Pabellón de Israel". Diario Libre (in Spanish). 1 September 2023.
- ↑ "תערוכת צילומים נפתחה בכנסת". NRG / Makor Rishon (in Hebrew). 28 December 2016.
- ↑ "Knesset inaugurates Jerusalem Jubilee Celebration". Israel National News. 28 December 2016.
- ↑ Brown, Hannah. "Israelis with disabilities are focus in TA exhibit 'At Eye Level'". The Jerusalem Post. 11 December 2022.
- ↑ Hadar, Shiri. "מצלם ותורם: תערוכה למען קבצני ירושלים". Ynet (in Hebrew). 1 July 2015.
- ↑ Hadar, Shiri. "ירושלים של אפקטים: הצלם שמאוהב בבירה". Ynet (in Hebrew). 17 April 2015.
- ↑ "A photographer in love with Jerusalem". Ynetnews. 2015.
- ↑ "Jerusalem Ours". National Library of Israel.
- ↑ "Gabay, Sharon – LC Name Authority File". Library of Congress.
- ↑ "Jerusalem — Then, Now and Forever". National Library of Israel.
- ↑ "Mahane Yehuda Market". National Library of Israel.
- ↑ "Jerusalemites". National Library of Israel.
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