Miki Kratsman [SEP] date of birth
Miki Kratsman
Miki Kratsman is an Israeli photographer, photojournalist and activist.
Biography.
Kratsman was born in Argentina in 1959. He immigrated to Israel with his family in 1971. He studied photography in College of Kiryat Ono. He worked as photojournalist in "Hadashot" newspaper until 1993, when the newspaper was closed. Kratsman joined "Haaretz" newspaper, where he worked until 2012.
Kratsman is also active in photography education. He was teaching in Camera Obscura College of Photography in Tel Aviv from 1997 to
with Miki Kratsman), Haifa Museum, Umm El Fahem Gallery, Stadtische Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, Haus Am Lutzowplatz, Berlin and various other galleries and museums.
Some of his work consists of figurative paintings after photographs and video stills. While previously he used news photographers’ images, especially those of Miki Kratsman, since 2006 he has been making these paintings primarily after his own source material. He also often exhibits video. Mainly during the 1980s and 90s he helped organise cooperative activities, generally in the form of common exhibitions