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Ziv Koren at ISDEF 2010 |
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Monday, 18 October 2010, 21:39 PM |
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A
special guest from the defense press at ISDEF 2010, Ziv
Koren, winner of PDN award 2010. |
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At
ISDEF 2010, the Israeli photographer Ziv Koren was there
with some sample pictures of one of the world's top elite
combat units. |
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Ziv Koren photographs
copyright the Israeli army in action
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For
6 months, world renown photojournalist Ziv Koren has followed
Israel's special police counter terror unit, "Yaman",
ranked as one of the top five of its kind in the world,
in operations and training never viewed before. Breathtaking
photographs showing the unit's actions will be premiered
at the ISDEF, among other special units documented by Koren,
an impressive experience for any visitor interested in the
field of defence. This behind-the-scenes reportage won the
international PDN award 2010. |
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Ziv
Koren photographs copyright the Israeli army in action |
Ziv
Koren has been a professional photojournalist for over 15
years. He began his career as photographer in the Israeli
army, later to join the editorial committee of the Yedioth
Achronoth daily newspaper, as photographer and photo editor.
Ziv Koren has been photojournalist for Sygma and Gamma photo
agencies, and is a staff photographer for Polaris Images
since 2003. His photographs from various projects and assignments
have been published in numerous international publications
including Time magazine, Newsweek, US News & World Report,
the Sunday Times Magazine, Stem, Der Spiegel, Paris Match,
l’Express and Wired Magazine. Koren’s award-winning
photographs have been included in numerous solo and group
exhibitions worldwide.
Koren’s 1995 image of an exploded Israeli bus, was
selected in 2000 as one of the 200 most important images
in the last 45 years by the World Press Photo organization,
besides other award like “Photo District News”,
Yann Geffroy”, and “Picture of the Year”.
Koren has contributed to many books, and regularly lectures
at workshops and universities. |
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