Ziv Koren

• Name — Ziv Koren • Native Name — זיו קורן • Born — July 13, 1970 • Birthplace — Ramat Gan, Israel • Citizenship — Israel • Occupation — Photojournalist • Website — zivkoren-writingwithlight.com

Ziv Koren began his career as a photographer in the Israeli army. Koren was in a relationship with Israeli fashion model Galit Gutmann. They have two daughters.

Koren's main interest are humanitarian issues which are often the subject of his documentary projects such as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, poverty, the tsunami, Guantanamo Prison, the Haiti earthquake, AIDS in South Africa and festivals in India, to name a few. In addition, he has documented the Israeli Defense Forces for more than two decades including military operations such as the withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, the Second Lebanese War, military operations "Cast Lead", "Pillar of Cloud", "Protective Edge" and others. His photographs have appeared in solo and group exhibitions worldwide at the Metropolitan Museum of Tokyo, the Memorial Museum in Spain, and the War Museum in Croatia, in the project 'War/Photography: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath", at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. They have been published in Time Magazine, Newsweek, The Sunday Times Magazine, Stern, Der Spiegel, Paris Match, Le Figaro, Corriere Della Sera Magazine, Wired Magazine and more. Koren's image of an exploded Israeli bus (1995), was selected in year 2000 as one of the 200 most important images in the last 45 years by The World Press Photo organization, besides which he is the recipient of numerous awards such as the "Photo District News Award "(four times), "Yann Geffroy Award", "International Color Award" (twice) and " POYi - Picture of the Year International " (twice). Koren was the subject of the documentary film "More than 1000 words" (directed by Solo Avital) which was screened in film festivals and won festival awards.

• "Jessica File", Museum of Israeli Art – Ramat Gan, Israel (1999). • "Louai Mer'i, a Sergeant, is Going Home" Museum of Israeli Art – Ramat Gan, Israel (2003); Artist Resident Tokyo – Tokyo, Japan (2004). • "Shooting for the Truth", Palm Beach Photography Center – Palm Beach, USA (2006). • "More Than 1000 Words", Cicero Gallery – Berlin, Germany (2007); Tokyo Metropolitan Museum – Tokyo, Japan. BankART Gallery – Yokohama, Japan (2008). • "Tel Aviv Photographs", Presso lo Spazio Krizia – Milano, Italy (2009). • "Brotherhood" project, touring exhibition in 6 main cities in the US (2010). • "Aftershock", Tel Aviv historical train station, Israel (2010). • "MILESTONES" Urban Gallery, Jaffa, Israel (2010). • "Shalom Inshallah", SCSC, Stockholm, Sweden (2011). • "Heartbeat" - Tel Aviv historical train station, Israel (2012). • "Tel Aviv Moments"- Yokohama, Japan (2012); Riga, Latvia. and Saint Petersburg, Russia (2013). • "Heartbeat" UN building – Geneva, Switzerland (2014). • "Writing with Light" – B&W Exhibition - Tel Aviv, Israel (2014); National Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand. The Exhibition Center, Hanoi, Vietnam (2015); Deitta Gallery, Yangon, Myanmar (2016).

• "World Press Photo" world traveling exhibition (1995). • "Memorial Map" in memory of Yitzhak Rabin, Eretz Israel Museum – Tel Aviv, Israel (1997). • F.I.A.P International, Rishon Le'Zion Arts Center – Rishon Le'Zion, Israel (1998). • "Yitzhak Rabin", Einav Center – Tel-Aviv, Israel (1999). • A Century of Photography in Israel", Israel Museum – Jerusalem, Israel (2000). • "Israel" slide show, VISA Pour L'Image festival – Perpignan, France (2001). • "Wandering Library", the 50th Biennale – Venice, Italy (2003). • "Big Small Moments" on Shimon Peres, Holon Museum, curator – Holon, Israel (2003). • "Local Testimony", Azrieli Towers – Tel Aviv, Israel (2003). • "Sensitivity & Determination", International traveling exhibition – USA (2006). • "Disengagement", Tel Aviv Museum – Tel Aviv, Israel (2006). • "War Stricken Regions of the Mediterranean", Athens Photo Festival – Athens, Greece (2008). • "Canon Ambassadors – Shooting for the Top", Gettyimages Gallery – London, UK (2009) • Lianzhou International Photo Festival 2009 (LIPH09) - China (2009). • War Photography- Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, USA (2012); The Brooklyn Museum of Art, USA (2014). • Ethiopia's Ancient Salt Trade - MAXXI - National Museum of Arts in Rome, Italy (2015).

Ziv Koren is recorded as photographer, journalist and photojournalist.