Dan Balilty

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Dan Balilty
Dan Balilty (b. 1979) is a photographer, cinematographer, and music producer born in Jerusalem and based in New York and Tel Aviv, Israel.

He began his professional photography career in 1999 working as a photojournalist for a local news agency in Jerusalem. Since then, he has worked as a staff photographer for Yedioth Ahronoth (2001-2005) a leading Israeli daily newspaper, The Independent (2005-2007), and The Associated Press (2007-2017).

In 2019, Dan filmed the six-part documentary Netflix series, “Immigration Nation”, which was released in 2020.

Today, Dan splits his time between New York and Tel Aviv and is a regular contributor to the New York Times. Since 2017, his work has largely concentrated on daily and political life in Israel and the West Bank and combines both stills and video to tell a visual story.

In addition to the publications above, his work has also been featured in publications around the world, including Reuters, Time, Newsweek, The Guardian, Agence France Presse, and Polka Magazine.

He has been a two-time first prize recipient of the Local Testimony Exhibition that takes place annually in Tel Aviv and has held numerous solo and group exhibitions in Israel and New York City, including at the Eretz Israel Museum.

When Dan is not photographing, he is producing and recording music. He is currently working on establishing a Jazz records label.