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Abu Rmeleh lives and works in Jerusalem’s Old City, currently working as an Anadolu Agency photographer in Jerusalem. He studied photography at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem and joined the Activestills collective in 2013. He worked as a photojournalist for several local and global newspapers and agencies. His work has been published in Al Jazeera English, Vice, +972 Magazine, Josimar, National Geographic.
Al-Bazz, is a multi-award winning journalist, photographer and documentary filmmaker based in the West Bank city of Nablus in Palestine. Ahmad holds an MA degree in Film and Television Studies and Creative Practice from the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom (2018), and a BA degree in Media and Mass Communication from An-Najah National University in Palestine (2014). Since April 2012, Ahmad has been a member of the Activestills photography collective.
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Wahaj Bani Mufleh, known as the “eye of the mountain,” began his journey on May 2, 2021, when settlers attempted to establish a settlement on Jabal Sabih during the peak of Israeli escalation. With limited savings, he bought a small camera to document the Palestinian perspective. Despite constant violence and risks, his photos captured Beita’s model of popular resistance. Wahaj is also studying Digital Media at the Arab American University to further amplify the stories of his people and spread their message globally. He is a member of the Activestills collective, collaborating with fellow photographers to document human rights issues and everyday life under occupation through visual storytelling.
Omri Eran Vardi, an activist and photographer based in Jerusalem, joined Activestills collective in 2022. His work focuses on political, environmental and social issues.
Yahel Gazit is a photographer, visual storyteller, researcher and dancer based in Jerusalem. She joined the Activestills collective in 2023 and is also a member of Women Photograph. Gazit began photographing around the events of May 2021, documenting Palestinian families' struggle against dispossession in Sheikh Jarrah and the ongoing efforts to Judaize the neighborhood. Her work focuses on the people and communities she lives alongside and has been featured in local and international publications.
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Sharona (Shoni) Heather is a photographer and activist living in Jerusalem with her two kids. She has also worked on the ground for human rights organizations for around a decade, aiming to bring a decolonial approach into advocacy spaces. She is passionate about seeing women play a more central role, both as documentary photographers and as activists in the struggle for freedom in Palestine, and in anti-colonial struggles globally.
The Activestills collective was established in 2005 by a group of documentary photographers, out of a strong conviction that photography is a vehicle for social change. We believe in the power of images to shape public attitudes and to raise awareness on issues that are generally absent from public discourse.
We view ourself as part of the struggle against all forms of oppression, racism, and violations of the basic right to freedom. We do work on various topics, including the grassroots movement and the popular struggle against the Israeli occupation, women’s rights, immigration, asylum-seekers, social justice, the siege on Gaza, and housing rights inside Israel.
