Press Coverage

An official recommendation letter sent by U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee to Sharon Gabay, on U.S. Embassy Jerusalem letterhead (July 2026): "You have the ability to photograph the soul of the people, and in this book, one can see the soul of Jerusalem. It is an amazing and important book that deserves to be distributed globally."

Sharon Gabay with the Chairman of the World Zionist Organization, Rabbi Doron Perez.

Argentina's Ambassador to Israel and the President of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies at the "Jerusalemites" exhibition.

Boaz Hepner's spotlight in the Los Angeles Jewish Journal on the photography book "Jerusalemites" (August 20, 2026): a trilingual book, "a living history of all of the, yes, diverse lives of the land", including the meeting with President Herzog.

A mention in Washington Jewish Week (September 14, 2017). Held in the Ethnic NewsWatch archive (ProQuest).

From the mako feature "Art that reshapes reality" — Sharon's street photograph (2016).

A piece by Peggy Cidor in The Jerusalem Post, “Off the Rail” (March 18, 2016). Held in the ProQuest archive.

"Jerusalem Pictures" — Yosef Ehrenfeld's Arutz Sheva review of the "Off the Rails" exhibition at Yes Planet Jerusalem: a hundred photographs by Sharon and Ezra Landau, from the Western Wall to the city's social contrasts (April 2016).

Eliezer Hayoun's ynet feature on Sharon and Ezra Landau and the "Off the Rails" exhibition at Yes Planet Jerusalem — coexistence through the lens, with all proceeds donated to the city's needy before Passover (April 2016).

Coverage on the haredi news site Charedim 10 of the exhibition's Jerusalem launch: "an esteemed, renowned photographer", MK Yehudah Glick among the guests, and the proceeds going to charity (March 2016).

The photograph "Let Live" on the cover of Yedioth Ahronoth's "24 Hours" supplement (2015).

A ynet studio interview — "Shooting and giving back: an exhibition for Jerusalem's needy" (2015).

The printed feature "Nine Measures of Kindness" by Avigdor Paksher on the photography-and-charity initiative (2015).

The feature "Jerusalem Through the Lens" in the Mishpacha Hasidit magazine (2015).

Sharon Gabay is included in IZZY — Stream Israel's "The Global Jewish 100", its list of one hundred notable figures in the Jewish world.

Humans of Judaism — the international Jewish content platform — published Sharon Gabay's Jerusalem photographs with full credit and a link to the "Jerusalemites" book.

The Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality invitation to "At Eye Level", with the SHEKEL association (2022).

The opening of "At Eye Level" in the lobby of Tel Aviv-Yafo City Hall (2022).

A feature by Hannah Brown in The Jerusalem Post (December 11, 2022): "Israelis with disabilities are focus in TA exhibit 'At Eye Level'" — on the portrait exhibition of people with disabilities, with the SHEKEL association, shown at Tel Aviv-Yafo City Hall.

Justice Minister Gideon Sa'ar, Welfare Minister Meir Cohen and Mayor Ron Huldai visiting "At Eye Level" (2022).

"A Good Reason for Love", with the SHEKEL association, on the Jerusalem Theatre wall (2022).

The "Our Jerusalem" exhibition at the Cardo in the Old City — a wide view of the opening-night crowd (2015).

A feature by Lauren Jiménez in Listín Diario (29.8.2023): "Al entrar, se perciben imágenes realizadas por Sharon Gabay, un fotógrafo nacido en Jerusalén que a través de sus obras fotográficas refleja la vida y los 'paisajes únicos' de esa ciudad."

A feature by Daniela Pujols in Diario Libre (1.9.2023). The street photographs were shown on the pavilion's second floor — people of different faiths: Christians, Orthodox Jews and Muslims. The article singles out a man proposing marriage, a Jew jumping while playing guitar, and a couple at an overlook with the Israeli flag.

The photo exhibit "Jerusalem The People" was shown at "Through the Lens: Meet Diverse Voices of Jerusalem," an event of the Murray Galinson San Diego–Israel Initiative (MGSDII) at Leichtag Commons in Encinitas, San Diego County (21.8.2022). The tour followed a screening of "Voices of Jerusalem," a short-film series on six Jerusalemite changemakers, hosted by Charlene Seidle and Dr. Haneen Mgadlh. From the invitation: a Jerusalem-based photographer and artist who "captures Jerusalem in a unique way, highlighting small moments of interaction that tell the stories of the city in a way that is rarely seen."

Sharon lying on the floor of Montreal's Kandy Gallery, the moment after finishing the installation of Jerusalem Now & Forever (2017).

A lecture to students at a Jewish school in Montreal during the exhibition week (2017).

The tour's stop at the Goldman Gallery, Bender JCC of Greater Washington, Rockville, Maryland (through 9.10.2017). The feature described a 50-photograph collection shot "with a loving eye, creating charming juxtapositions."

The Jerusalem Now & Forever poster — Kandy Gallery, Montreal, November 2017.

Speaking at the opening of the "Montenegro" exhibition, behind the podium of Montenegro's Consulate General in Israel (2016).

Sharon with dignitaries in front of the Montenegro photographs at the exhibition (2016).

Printing the exhibition photographs on wood panels at the print house, ahead of the opening (2016).

The lake-and-boat print — the work Montenegro's Prime Minister asked for and received (2016).

Sharon signs copies of the book for members of an evangelical delegation at the Knesset (2018).

Latin pop star J Balvin browsing the book during his visit to Israel (2018).

Governor Mike Huckabee raises "Jerusalem — Then, Now and Forever" on stage at the World Mizrachi event at the ICC Jerusalem. Huckabee received a copy to pass on to President Trump, and the book entered the White House collection (2017).

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks receives the book on stage at the same ICC Jerusalem event (2017).

Naftali Bennett receives the book at the World Mizrachi event (2017).

Presenting the photograph "Let Live" to Mike Huckabee at The Israel Experience event (2017).

Singer Yehoram Gaon holding the book at the book fair (2017).

Huckabee shaking Sharon's hand at the Knesset exhibition (2017).

Sharon, Mike Huckabee and MK Yehudah Glick with the exhibition photographs behind them (2017).

The Education, Culture and Sports Committee's official sign for the "Jerusalem, Then and Forever" exhibition at the Knesset (2016).

A wide view of the committee hall wrapped in the exhibition photographs (2016).

"50 photographs, 50 cities, 50 years of reunited Jerusalem" — NRG's coverage of the exhibition launch at the Knesset's Education Committee, with remarks by Sharon and MK Yehudah Glick (December 2016).

A television interview at the exhibition opening at the Knesset (2016).