Edward Kaprov is an Israeli artist and documentary photographer renowned for his profound exploration of human nature and social dynamics. Born in 1975 in the Soviet Union, he immigrated to Israel in 1992, where he embarked on a career in photography, reflecting and connecting the shattered utopias of both his motherland and his homeland.
Kaprov’s work delves into the intersection of ideals and reality, capturing the complexities of contemporary life. His projects encompass a wide range of themes.
His work has been featured on various international platforms, including an exhibition at the Swiss Camera Museum in Vevey, Switzerland, titled La guerre sur verre, showcasing his Ukrainian war photographs.
Kaprov’s work has been widely recognized: it was presented at the WARM Foundation festival in Sarajevo 2023 and he received the Prix Bayeux Calvados-Normandie award for his project Le visage de la dernière guerre which was exhibited at the Musée d’Art et d’Histoire Baron Gérard in Bayeux. In 2025 his film Donbas: Between Life and Death, a Lila production for Arte, was awarded the top prize in the video category of the Prix Bayeux for war correspondents.
Published in prominent publications including the New York Times, Kaprov is known for the sincerity and depth of his work and for his unique approach to conflict photography.

2025   Bayeux Calvados-Normandy Award for war correspondents, first prize for Arte reportage Donbas: Between Life and Death (Lila productions), Image Video category
2023   Bayeux Calvados-Normandy Award for war correspondents, first prize for Arte reportage Ukraine: a photographer in the war, TV Large Format category
2020  Borderlines. Personalities. Disorder, Sony World Photography Awards (shortlisted)

2024  Lignes de front – prises de vues sur plaques de verre, Centre d’Art Contemporain de St Restitut, France
2024  War on glass, Swiss Camera Museum
2023  Personal war, WARM (War Art Report Memory) Festival in Sarajevo
2023  The face of latest war, Bayeux Normandy-Calvados Award for war correspondents
2021  Borderlines. Personalities. Disorder, Be’eri Gallery
2018  Nature installations, Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv

2024  Album Darom, Petach Tikva Museum of Art
2018  Giphantie, Photolab Gallery, Tel Aviv
2017  Local Testimony, Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv
2016  Local Testimony, Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv
2015  Local Testimony, Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv
2014  Local Testimony, Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv
2014  All that Music, Tel Aviv
2014  Life in Motion, Tel Aviv
2014  South Wind, Light House Gallery, Jaffa
2014  Summer, Skizza Gallery, Jerusalem
2012  Frames of reality, Amiad Gallery, Peres Peace Center, Jaffa
2009  Splicing of edges, Amiad Gallery, Jaffa
2006  Local Testimony, Tel Aviv