Abdelrahman Alkahlout

 

Palestinian Photojournalist | Documentary Photographer

Gaza Strip, Palestine

 

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Biography

 

Abdelrahman Alkahlout is a Palestinian photojournalist from Gaza whose work focuses on documenting war, genocide, displacement, and the lived experiences of civilians under prolonged siege. He began his photographic career during the 2014 war on Gaza and has since dedicated his practice to visual storytelling rooted in testimony, human dignity, and accountability.

 

Working from within conflict zones, Alkahlout documents not as an external observer but as a survivor and witness. His photographs reveal the human cost of war through intimate portrayals of families, children, hospitals, displacement, and faith amid destruction. Despite being injured multiple times while covering events in Gaza, he continues to work under extreme conditions to preserve visual evidence and collective memory.

 

His work has received wide international recognition and has been exhibited globally. Alkahlout has received multiple Photographer of the Year titles and major international awards across Europe, North America, and Australia. He believes photography is both a moral responsibility and a form of resistance against erasure.

 

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Major Awards & Titles

• Photographer of the Year — Tokyo International Foto Awards (TIFA)

• Photographer of the Year — International Photography Awards (IPA)

• Photographer of the Year — Australian Photographic Prize

• LensCulture Critics’ Choice Awards — Winner

• MUSE Photography Awards — Three Platinum Awards

• New York Photography Awards — Winner (Editorial / Press)

• Great Photo Award — PHOTOVISION ART, Athens

• First Prize — Fine Art Photography Awards (FAPA), Photojournalism

• Second Prize — Best Photography Awards, Documentary / Photojournalism

• Winner — The Photography Foundation Awards (Social Documentation)

• Winner — ViewPoint Gallery International Photo Competition (Canada)

• Honorable Mention & Finalist — Berlin Photo Awards

• Winner — Golden Shot International Photo Award (Editorial / Press)

• Winner — Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest (Series / Top News)

• LensCulture Emerging Talent & Critics’ Choice Selections

 

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Selected Exhibitions

• Photo London — LensCulture Emerging Talent

• Rotterdam Photo Festival — Selected Artist

• PHOTOVISION ART — Athens Metropolitan Expo

• ViewPoint Gallery — Halifax, Canada

• Siena International Photo Awards Exhibition — Italy

• House of Lucie (IPA & BIFA Exhibitions) — Athens & Budapest

• Fine Art Photography Awards Exhibition — London

• Berlin Photo Awards Exhibition — Germany

• Australian Photographic Prize Exhibition — Melbourne

• NIP Awards Exhibition — Poland

• LensCulture Critics’ Choice Exhibition — International / Online

 

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Professional Experience

• Freelance Photojournalist collaborating with international media outlets

• Covered wars, mass displacement, civilian casualties, healthcare collapse, and humanitarian crises

• Documented events including Gaza conflicts (2014–2024), border protests, and regional crises

• Published internationally across news platforms, exhibitions, and editorial outlets

 

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Education

 

B.A. in Media & Mass Communication

Al-Azhar University, Gaza — 2018

 

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Statement

 

“I photograph to bear witness. My work is not about spectacle but about evidence, memory, and the dignity of civilians whose lives are reduced to numbers. Photography, for me, is a form of resistance against erasure.”