Liza arrived in London from Israel in the mid 1980s and it was here that she developed her passion for photojournalism. She went on to complete her qualifications in documentary photography at Gwent College of Higher Education, Newport 1991 – 1993. During her studies, her choice of photographic projects reflected her increasing interest in human rights and social issues. Documentary photography attracted Liza because of the powerful combination of art and narrative it offers. The political message is central to Liza’s work. To her, the pictures are only as good as the message they convey. Liza has worked extensively in black-and-white and in colour, using the camera as a potent political tool to record, express and raise a variety of social issues. Her work has been widely published and exhibited both in England and Israel throughout the last two decades. Projects about the Homeless Under Waterloo Bridge, Tin Miners in Cornwall, Women and Warfare, Women Building Their Own Homes, Women Living in a Refuge and Bedouin Communities in the Negev Desert have been published in The Guardian, The Independent the Daily Telegraph and The Big Issue. Her work has been exhibited in the Royal Festival Hall – London, Milton Keynes, Photo Fusion, Oxford Museum and Spiro Ark in England and the Dizengoff Gallery in Israel. Liza has also contributed to various magazines, charitable organisations and photographic books and has been short-listed for the Ilford/Professional Photographer B&W portrait award.
