@ofirberman

Documentary photographer • Based in Israel, working internationally. מצלמת על התפר שבין מציאות לחלום

 Tel-Aviv, Israel
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Joined June 2021
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My ongoing project “Along the Separation Wall” in the @NewYorker online. Beautiful words by Ruth Margalit and lovely edit by Noelle Flores-Theard. #israel #palestine newyorker.com/culture/photo-… – at Israel

Life Along Israel’s Separation Wall

The photographer Ofir Berman captures two entangled realities.

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Vogue Magazine
@voguemagazineFeb 12
A conversation between Daro Sulakauri, Forough Alaei, Kiana Hayeri, Laura Pannack, Maria Abranches, Ofir Berman and Priscillia Kounkou Hoveyda, moderated by Anastasia Taylor-Lind. vogue.com/article/pvf-2026-c…

PVF 2026 Conversations • No Woman’s Land: Women, Power, and Survival

A conversation between Daro Sulakauri, Forough Alaei, Kiana Hayeri, Laura Pannack, Maria Abranches, Ofir Berman and Priscillia Kounkou Hoveyda, moderated by Anastasia Taylor-Lind.

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Muhammad al-Atarash was killed on Oct. 7. Months later, his body was returned from Gaza for burial. His son Ibrahim rides the horses his father once loved. Photographed for NYT Opinion.
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Lishay Miran-Lavi
@LishayLM12 Oct 2025
כבר שנתיים, כל לילה אנחנו יוצאות מול הירח ואומרות ״לילה טוב אבא עמרי״, בתקווה שהוא ישמע, שהוא ירגיש. היום בפעם האחרונה. מחר רוני ועלמא יגידו את זה לאבא עצמו🎗️ קרדיט: אופיר ברמן
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They Have Waited Two Years for the Hostages. These Are Their Rituals. nytimes.com/2025/10/05/opini…

Opinion | They Have Waited Two Years for the Hostages. These Are Their Rituals. (Published 2025)

Families of captives in Gaza find private ways to stay connected to their loved ones.

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Latest assignment for The New York Times Opinion: an essay by Etgar Keret nytimes.com/2025/08/20/opini…

Opinion | We Need a New Language After This War (Published 2025)

We must find a way to speak in a common language again, a language that has a name for everything, even for a person holding a photograph of a dead child.

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בין ההריסות והעשן בראשון לציון – יונה פצועה, סמל לשבריריות החיים תחת אש. #מלחמה #אירן
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DIE ZEIT
@zeitonline14 Jun 2025
Israel macht den Iran zum Hauptschauplatz des Krieges. Bei Gegenschlägen starben im Großraum Tel Aviv drei Menschen. Wie nehmen die Menschen dort die Eskalation auf? trib.al/6BLSWoN

Lage in Israel: »Wir müssen da jetzt durch«

Israel macht den Iran zum Hauptschauplatz des Krieges. Bei Gegenschlägen starben im Großraum Tel Aviv drei Menschen. Wie nehmen die Menschen dort die Eskalation auf?

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The Mossad: Satirical and Awesome
@TheMossadIL7 Jun 2025
I SUPPORT ALL THE THINGS
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The IDF is putting more women on the front line amid a growing manpower shortage. I photographed female soldiers training at a purpose-built urban warfare base near the Syrian border for @WSJ. #Israel #IDF #WomenInCombat #Photojournalism #MiddleEast #MilitaryTraining
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Israel Is Putting More Women on the Front Line to Help Fix Its Manpower Problem

Female soldiers are entering the battlefield in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria in ways many previously thought impossible.

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The Wall Street Journal
@WSJ8 Jun 2025
Women serving in Israel's military are entering the battlefield in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria in ways many previously thought impossible on.wsj.com/4kwAb7G

Israel Is Putting More Women on the Front Line to Help Fix Its Manpower Problem

Female soldiers are entering the battlefield in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria in ways many previously thought impossible.

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Photographed former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert for @NZZ In this rare interview, he sharply attacks Netanyahu: “A sick fantasy by Benjamin Netanyahu.” #Photojournalism #Israel #MiddleEast #DocumentaryPhotography
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My cover photo for The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) story about Bnei Sakhnin and their struggle to maintain unity during a time of tension.
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The Washington Post
@washingtonpost5 Mar 2025
Bnei Sakhnin is the most famous Arab team in the Israeli Premier League, comprised of 13 Arabs, four Jews and six players from outside Israel. For 16 months of war, players struggled not to fall apart. wapo.st/4ipYCCj
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סוף טרגי. המשפחה ואוהדי הפועל תל אביב מלווים את צחי עידן בדרכו האחרונה. הבוקר בבלומפילד #BringThemHomeNow
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Christmas Eve in Jerusalem, 2024 #MerryChristmas #israel #Jerusalem
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Efrat Rayten אפרת רייטן
@Efratrayten123 Dec 2024
אז מה דומה ושונה בין נתניהו לצ׳רצ׳יל ומה המחיר של הילדים שלי ושלו. הקשיבו לדבריי בנאום 40 החתימות שיזמה האופוזיציה.
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We Are All Hostages@AllHostages7 Dec 2024
"Unless Netanyahu is forced to or feels that it could benefit him, he will do nothing for the hostages.” Yehuda Cohen, whose son is being held hostage in Gaza. spiegel.de/international/wor…
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DER SPIEGEL
@derspiegel9 Aug 2024
Tausende Ukrainer sind vor Russlands Angriffskrieg nach Israel geflohen und dort nun in einem neuen Konflikt gefangen. Warum viele sich trotzdem nicht vor einer Attacke aus Iran fürchten. spiegel.de/ausland/geflohene…

(S+) Aus der Ukraine nach Israel: »Ich habe null Panik«

Tausende Ukrainer sind vor Russlands Angriffskrieg nach Israel geflohen und dort nun in einem neuen Konflikt gefangen. Warum viele sich trotzdem nicht vor einer Attacke aus Iran fürchten.

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Emilia Smechowski@emilia_owski9 Jul 2024
Das Schiff, das einer Nation ins Leben half. Wir haben die letzten noch lebenden Passagiere der „Exodus“ in Israel getroffen. Titelgeschichte von Jörg Burger, Titelfotos von Yad Vashem/Government Press Office und Ofir Berman, im neuen @ZEITmagazin
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