Dan Balilty

Pro Type: Photographer

Dan Balilty (b. 1979) is a photographer, cinematographer, and music producer born in Jerusalem and based in Los Angeles 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 as a Videographer 2 episodes of the six-part documentary Netflix series, “Immigration Nation”, which was released in 2020.

Today, Dan splits his time between New York, Los Angeles, 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.