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Israel Today photographer Miri Tzachi dies Israel today

2020-12-29T09:23:11.564Z


| In the country The mythological photographer of Judea and Samaria died at the age of 66 after a struggle with a serious illness • Among other things, she documented the disengagement and events in Amona • "There was a mission of settlement in the media." The late Miri Tzachi Photography:  Miriam Tzachi Miri Tzachi, the photographer of "Israel Today" and who was considered the mythological photographer of Ju


The mythological photographer of Judea and Samaria died at the age of 66 after a struggle with a serious illness • Among other things, she documented the disengagement and events in Amona •

  • "There was a mission of settlement in the media."

    The late Miri Tzachi

    Photography: 

    Miriam Tzachi

Miri Tzachi, the photographer of "Israel Today" and who was considered the mythological photographer of Judea and Samaria, passed away today (Tuesday) at the age of 66 after a struggle with a serious illness.

The date of her funeral has not yet been set.

She received her first camera at the age of 12, in honor of her bat mitzvah, and thus began filming.

In 1997, she sent a photo to Makor Rishon editor Ofer Shapira and thus began her career as a photographer.

In recent years, Tzachi has documented many events for "Israel Today."

During her work as a photographer, Tzachi stood at many intersections in Judea and Samaria.

Among other things, she documented Judea and Samaria during the Oslo Accords, the disengagement from Gush Katif and the events in Amona.

In 2019 she published a photo book called "Earth in the Heart of Man".

In an interview with Shishvat, she recounted how she began filming in Judea and Samaria: "At first I was a news cameraman, but in the 2000s the second intifada began, and I gave up.

I found myself entering the area almost daily and documenting life from every direction.

Everything that seemed interesting to me, different - I was a camera.

Not only the attacks and the violence, but also the parents with the children and nature and the animals, everything from everything in this magical area. "

A trailer up Ma'ale Rehavam, just before it was demolished

"Some of the caravans up Maale Rehavam were probably built illegally, and evacuations were decided upon. The family left, and the caravan looked from the outside like a dollhouse game, which in a moment the bulldozer would destroy. I managed to catch it just before evacuation" (Photo: Miri Tzachi). 

"I decided to show life in the area from a completely different angle, which is almost undocumented," she stressed in an interview.

"Most often the area is only covered when there are terrorist attacks or violence, and I know there are completely different angles of life, of humanity, of mother playing with the girls or families living in strange houses like a Mongolian tent, a cave or even an old bus. And that's all the magic."

Goat peeks into the living room of the Rom family in a sacred fire

"The parents and their five children were sitting in the living room, when a local shepherd was walking outside the house. The shepherd decided to joke, held the goat and let her peek out of the window, to the astonishment of the family. You can see the shock next to the amusement" (Photo: Miri Tzachi). 

The head of the Gush Etzion Regional Council, Shlomo Ne'eman: "A great loss to the settlement. Miri was the photographer of Judea and Samaria. "The story of our revival in Judea and Samaria. We had the privilege of meeting Miri, the pioneer and talented. May her memory be blessed."

Sarah Driven immerses in a mikveh pool at her home in Hebron

"Sarah is my friend, and inside her house there is a mikveh. She entered the mikveh to dip in her clothes, not necessarily for religious reasons, and I managed to capture the moment when she spread her arms and the water surrounded her all in a kind of great peace" (Photo: Miri Tzachi). 

Kiryat Arba Hebron Council Chairman Eliyahu Libman: "It hurts and mourns the passing of Miri Tzachi. Miri was not only a photographer, she was a messenger of the settlement in the media and did her best to carry out this mission for the best. Miri was present at quite a few intersections "They are important in the settlement and it has had a huge impact on the Israeli discourse regarding settlement. Her photos, her works and the heritage she left behind will stay with us forever. May her memory be blessed."

A woman training at a range in Gush Etzion

"Many women in the area hold weapons for self-defense, so they need to train. What mainly caught my eye was the woman's age, her special clothing and her alertness to the target" (Photo: Miri Tzachi).

A boy standing next to a public telephone on a building, in the locality of Rotem in the Jordan Valley

"When I saw the boy standing and trying his luck with the phone, I felt like in the play 'Waiting for Godot'. There was something surreal about it, in the middle of nowhere, on a building, a telephone station that is definitely not connected to the line, Spread out in front of him "(Photo: Miri Tzachi). 

The head of the Efrat local council, Oded Ravibi, expressed sorrow over the death of photographer Miri Tzachi. This is what I send my condolences to her family. "

A white donkey standing next to a sign with a picture of the Lubavitcher Rebbe

"Everyone has his own interpretation of who the Messiah is for him, and what will bring the Messiah, and one belief is that the Messiah will come on a white donkey" (Photo: Miri Tzachi). 

The Israeli system today is participating in the family's grief

Source: israelhayom

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