Amit Elkayam
Tel Aviv / New York
amitelkphotog@gmail.com
+972 53 480 7425
ABOUT
Amit Elkayam (b. 1996 in Kiryat Tivon, Israel) is a documentary photographer based in Tel Aviv.
His works often reflects human interactions with their environments, aiming to reveal unfamiliar aspects of what is considered familiar. Since 2021, he’s been a frequent contributor to The New York Times.
Elkayam’s work has been published by The New Yorker, TIME,
The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, CNN,
Financial Times Magazine, Die Zeit, NZZ, NBC News,
VICE, HUCK Magazine, Ha’aretz, PhMuseum and ICP.
He’s a graduate from the Documentary Practice and Visual Journalism Program at the International Center of Photography (ICP), in New York City.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2024 - A Ghostly Life - The New York Times.
2024 - In a city of ancient Jewish mysticism, Israelis arm for a fight, The New York Times.
2023 -
They ran into shelter for safety. Instead, they were slaughtered, The New York Times.
2022 - Rare Overlap of Holy Days Shows Jerusalem’s Promise and Problems - The New York Times.
2022 - Israeli Artist Turns Plastic Pollution Into ‘Earth Poetica’ - The New York Times.
2022 - A New Israeli Wonderland, Where You Can Almost Forget Where You Are - The New York Times.
2021 - Preserved Hopes - The New York Times.
2018 - Charles Nuttal, Sunday Routine -
The New York Times.
2018 - New York City with a Great Dane - The New Yorker.
2018 - Tender shots on the cusp of adulthood -
Huck Magazine.
HONORS
2024 - TIME’s top 100 photos of 2024.
2024 - Ha’Aretz photographer of the year.
2023 - POY 81 Spot News - Award of excellene.
2023 - TIME’s Top 10 photos of 2023.
2023 - Photos of the year - CNN
2021 - FOLIO Masterclass, by PHmuseum.
2020 - International Photography Award Encontros da Imagem Portfolio Review.
2019 - Guest - University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2019 - RPS photobook making masterclass, Tokyo, Japan
2018 - Internship - Magnum Photos, New York.
2018 - Selected attendee at the Eddie Adams Workshop XXXI.
2018 - Nominated PDN’s 30 - New and emerging
photographers.
2017 - George Moss Scholarship - ICP, New York.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 - Treue Freunde. Hunde und Menschen - Bavarian National Museum, Munich, Germany.
2019 - My Friend Lucia - RSOAA, Brooklyn, NY
2018 - Signal Crossings, International Center Of Photography, NY.
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Photo Credit: Roee Bokobza
Amit Elkayam
Tel Aviv / New York
amitelkphotog@gmail.com
+972 53 480 7425
ABOUT
Amit Elkayam (b. 1996 in Kiryat Tivon, Israel) is a documentary photographer based in Tel Aviv.
His works often reflects human interactions with their environments, aiming to reveal unfamiliar aspects of what is considered familiar. Since 2021, he’s been a frequent contributor to The New York Times.
Elkayam’s work has been published by The New Yorker, TIME,
The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, CNN,
Financial Times Magazine, Die Zeit, NZZ, NBC News,
VICE, HUCK Magazine, Ha’aretz, PhMuseum and ICP.
He’s a graduate from the Documentary Practice and Visual Journalism Program at the International Center of Photography (ICP), in New York City.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2024 - A Ghostly Life - The New York Times.
2024 - In a city of ancient Jewish mysticism, Israelis arm for a fight, The New York Times.
2023 - They ran into shelter for safety. Instead, they were slaughtered, The New York Times.
2022 - Rare Overlap of Holy Days Shows Jerusalem’s Promise and Problems - The New York Times.
2022 - Israeli Artist Turns Plastic Pollution Into ‘Earth Poetica’ - The New York Times.
2022 - A New Israeli Wonderland, Where You Can Almost Forget Where You Are - The New York Times.
2021 - Preserved Hopes - The New York Times.
2018 - Charles Nuttal, Sunday Routine -
The New York Times.
2018 - New York City with a Great Dane - The New Yorker.
2018 - Tender shots on the cusp of adulthood -
Huck Magazine.
HONORS
2024 - TIME’s top 100 photos of 2024.
2024 - Ha’Aretz photographer of the year.
2023 - POY 81 Spot News - Award of excellene.
2023 - TIME’s Top 10 photos of 2023.
2023 - Photos of the year - CNN
2021 - FOLIO Masterclass, by PHmuseum.
2020 - International Photography Award Encontros da Imagem Portfolio Review.
2019 - Guest - University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2019 - RPS photobook making masterclass, Tokyo, Japan
2018 - Internship - Magnum Photos, New York.
2018 - Selected attendee at the Eddie Adams Workshop XXXI.
2018 - Nominated PDN’s 30 - New and emerging photographers.
2017 - George Moss Scholarship - ICP, New York.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 - Treue Freunde. Hunde und Menschen - Bavarian National Museum, Munich, Germany.
2019 - My Friend Lucia - RSOAA, Brooklyn, NY
2018 - Signal Crossings, International Center Of Photography, NY.
Photo Credit: Roee Bokobza