Jacob El-Baz (El Baz) (born 1945) is a

photojournalist Photojournalism is journalism that uses images to tell a news story. It usually only refers to still images, but can also refer to video used in broadcast journalism. Photojournalism is distinguished from other close branches of photography (such ...

, art photographer, and gallery owner.

Life and work

El-Baz spent his early life on Kibbutz Sde Nehemia in the northern

Galilee Galilee (; he, הַגָּלִיל, hagGālīl; ar, الجليل, al-jalīl) is a region located in northern Israel and southern Lebanon. Galilee traditionally refers to the mountainous part, divided into Upper Galilee (, ; , ) and Lower Galil ...

and his photography career began there. His photograph of the flooding of the Jordan River in 1963 was used on the front cover of "Yediot Aharonot", along with another two of his pictures. He moved to Jerusalem to be a freelance photojournalist, taking photographs of celebrities such as

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, Teddy Kolek,

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, and

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. His pictures of poor Moroccan Jews in Haifa gained exposure for their living conditions and plans were made to improve the housing situation. Elbaz has taken photographs of the terrorist attack of the bus on the children of Avivim, the

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, negotiations of the cease-fire with the Egyptians at Km 101, the Litani Operation, the Jewish/Arab tension and the friction between the Hasidic and African American communities in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Elbaz first moved to Toronto to work as a freelance photographer for the paper ''

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''. Elbaz won first prize in a photography competition with the subject "Israel" in the ''

Jewish Chronicle Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

'' with a photograph called "Torah and Peace". He became an art dealer and eventually opened two art galleries in Toronto and two in the Soho district of Manhattan, New York. In his galleries Elbaz has sold the works of

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, Michael Eisemann, and the original silk screens of

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's "10 Jewish Geniuses". His own work focuses on tension between communities. His work has been featured in ''

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,'' '' San Diego Jewish Times,'' '' The Toronto Chronicle,'' and ''

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.'' Thirty six years after leaving, Elbaz returned to Israel. He set up a print making and framing studio, art gallery, and artists' studios at Kibbutz Sde Nehemiah. He is currently running an artists' placement to allow young artists to showcase their work whilst remaining in the north. In collaboration with local artists he will promote and sell Israeli art in North America.חדשות הוט צפון מהדורה *80 February 5, 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0bbwujr1VU

References

External links

* *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0bbwujr1VU *http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879463,00.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Elbaz, Jacob 1945 births Living people Israeli photojournalists he:יעקב אלבז (צלם)