Honorable Mention / 2024 / Special / Street Photography

Purim, B'nei Brak, Israel

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Celebrate Purim in B'nei Brak, Israel.

Syndi Pilar is a New York based photographer who has been documenting the streets of NYC since the emergence of Covid-19 through present day.

She has had work included in the 2020 Women Street Photographers exhibition at Artspace PS109, the 2020 #ICPConcerned exhibition at the International Center of Photography and the “Hindsight is 2020 – Street Photography in a Tumultuous Year” online exhibit with Photoworks at Glen Echo Park.

She holds an MFA in photography from the School of Visual Arts, and currently has a successful career as an Emmy award winning TV editor.