Born on a kibbutz in Israel in 1977, Amnon Gutman began expressing his photographic interest during the four years he traveled the world. Returning to Israel, he studied at the college for photojournalism in Tel Aviv. For his final project, Gutman joined the Tel Aviv municipal paramedics team for one year in order to document their night shifts. Since becoming a professional freelance photographer (end of 2006), Gutman has covered stories in places that the media world tends to ignore, places on the fringes of public awareness. In Africa he did work in Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi and Mozambique dealing with HIV/AIDS and the on- going conflict in eastern DRC focusing on the FDLR Hutu militia. He went to China to take photos of the earthquake aftermath and shot the civil war in Sri Lanka. Most recently, Gutman has completed a project focusing on "the Ilaga" Christian vigilantes living on the southern island of Mindanao in the Philippines. Currently based in Israel, and documenting the ongoing Israel-Arab world conflict, Gutman continues his work on long term projects that interest him in places that have not necessarily enjoyed the media spotlight. His work had been published by Newsweek, the Guardian, the Observer, Le Monde, Boston Globe, Courrier Japan, the Epoch Times and others. In addition, Gutman won third prize for his paramedics project in the national photography competition, “Local Testimony” (Israel), and has participated in Courrier Japon’s “This Day of Change” special book project for this year, April 2009.

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