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 contibutor for 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, Die Zeit, NZZ, NBC News, VICE, HUCK Magazine, Ha’aretz, PhMuseum and ICP.
In 2018 he graduated from the Documentary Practice and Visual Journalism Program at the International Center of Photography (ICP), in New York City.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
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.
2023 - “TIME’s Top 10 Photos of 2023, Time Magazine.
2022 - Rare Overlap of Holy Days Shows Jerusalem’s Promise and Problems - The New York Times, USA.
2022 - Israeli Artist Turns Plastic Pollution Into ‘Earth Poetica’ - The New York Times, USA.
2022 - A New Israeli Wonderland, Where You Can Almost Forget Where You Are - The New York Times.
2021 - Fight Over a Gentle Stream Distills
Israel’s Political Divide, The New York Times.
2021 - Israel's COVID-19 Vaccination - TIME Magazine.
2021 - American Evangelicals, Filmmaker - The New York Times.
2021 - He Calmed Gaza - 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 - 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.
2021 - FOLIO Masterclass, by PHmuseum.
2020 - Encontros da Imagem Portfolio Review.
2019 - Guest, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2019 - RPS photobook making masterclass, Japan.
2018 - Internship - Magnum Photos, New York.
2018 - Eddie Adams Workshop XXXI.
2018 - Nominated PDN’s 30 - New and emerging.
2017 - George Moss Scholarship, ICP, New York.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 - Bavarian National Museum, Munich, Germany.
2019 - My Friend Lucia - RSOAA, Brooklyn, NY
2018 - Signal Crossings, International Center Of Photography.
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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 contibutor for 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, Die Zeit, NZZ, NBC News, VICE, HUCK Magazine, Ha’aretz, PhMuseum and ICP.
In 2018 he graduated from the Documentary Practice and Visual Journalism Program at the International Center of Photography (ICP), in New York City.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
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.
2023 - “TIME’s Top 10 Photos of 2023, Time Magazine.
2022 - Rare Overlap of Holy Days Shows Jerusalem’s Promise and Problems - The New York Times, USA.
2022 - Israeli Artist Turns Plastic Pollution Into ‘Earth Poetica’ - The New York Times, USA.
2022 - A New Israeli Wonderland, Where You Can Almost Forget Where You Are - The New York Times.
2021 - Fight Over a Gentle Stream Distills
Israel’s Political Divide, The New York Times.
2021 - Israel's COVID-19 Vaccination - TIME Magazine.
2021 - American Evangelicals, Filmmaker - The New York Times.
2021 - He Calmed Gaza - 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 - 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.
2021 - FOLIO Masterclass, by PHmuseum.
2020 - Encontros da Imagem Portfolio Review.
2019 - Guest, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2019 - RPS photobook making masterclass, Japan.
2018 - Internship - Magnum Photos, New York.
2018 - Eddie Adams Workshop XXXI.
2018 - Nominated PDN’s 30 - New and emerging.
2017 - George Moss Scholarship, ICP, New York.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 - Bavarian National Museum, Munich, Germany.
2019 - My Friend Lucia - RSOAA, Brooklyn, NY
2018 - Signal Crossings, International Center Of Photography.
