Dalia Amotz

Dalia Amotz was an Israeli photographer known for her images of the local landscape.

1938 to 1994Landscape photography using natural lightThe "Dir Samit" exhibitionThe Stonehenge photo series

Born: 12 August 1938, Jerusalem
Died: 27 November 1994
Occupation: photographer

Dalia Amotz was born in 1938 in Jerusalem

Dalia Amotz was born in 1938 at Kibbutz Gan Shmuel. Her parents were Yaffa and Isaac Gleicher. Her father was murdered before she was born, and her mother later remarried.

She taught herself photography after a kibbutz member showed her how photographs were printed. In 1962 she moved to Jerusalem.

Most of her work showed the local landscape, using natural light to make nature look abstract. From 1973 to 1976 she photographed often in the West Bank, and in 1973 she held her first solo show, "Dir Samit," of Palestinian landscapes and buildings. In 1977 and 1978 she lived in England and photographed the Stonehenge series.

She stopped printing her negatives in 1985. In 1987 she had surgery to remove a cancerous tumor, and she died of the illness in 1994. She was buried at Gan Shmuel, and her works are held by the Israel Museum.

Milestones in Dalia Amotz's life

1938
Born at Kibbutz Gan Shmuel.
1962
Moved to Jerusalem.
1973
Held her first solo exhibition, "Dir Samit."
1976
Received the Enrique Kavlin Photography Prize of the Israel Museum.
1977
Moved to England and photographed the Stonehenge series.
1985
Stopped printing her negatives.
1990
Won the Oskar Handler Prize from the Ghetto Fighters' House.
1994
Died of cancer.
2000
Received the Constantiner Photography Award after her death, with an exhibition at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.