About Us
Studio Location: Modiin-Maccabim-Reut, Israel
Write Us: main@incertum.com
Anna Hayat and Slava Pirsky are Israeli photographers known for their collaborative work in analog photography. Originally from the Soviet Union, they immigrated to Israel in the early 1990s and met in Jerusalem in 1999. Since then, they have been partners in both life and art.
Their creative process revolves around analog photography, particularly expired Polaroid large-format black-and-white negative films, which ceased production in 2008. They work with both large studio cameras and small field Polaroid cameras, embracing the unpredictability of aged negatives to infuse their images with a distinctive character and timeless quality.
Featured Exhibitions
2026 “Interval”, Festival Kyotographie KG+, gallery G-77, Kyoto, Japan (solo)
2026 Biennale of Crafts and Design “Works and Days”, MUZA, Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel
2026 LensCulture exhibition of award-winners, Caelum Gallery, New York, USA
2025 “Postbotanica”, Festival Kyotographie KG+, gallery G-77, Kyoto, Japan (solo)
2024 “Heart-wisdom alone will repair”, Institute for Israeli Art, Jaffa Museum, Israel
2024 “Summer Unveiled” Wertheimer gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
2024 “Existence”, Festival Kyotographie KG+, gallery G-77, Kyoto, Japan (solo)
2023 “Rifts, Joints, and Rifts”, The Laurie M. Tisch Gallery,, New-York, USA (solo)
2023 “Rifts, Joints, and Rifts”, Festival Kyotographie KG+, gallery G-77, Kyoto, Japan (solo)
2022-23 “Rifts, Joints, and Rifts”, Contemporary Art Center, Ramle – CACR, Ramle Museum, Israel (solo)
2022 “BAD+(contemporary art fair)”, Bordeaux, France
2022 “In the Locked Garden”, Lemon Frame art gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
2014 Fresh Paint Limited Edition, Contemporary Art Fair , Tel Aviv, Israel
2014 Documentary Israeli Photography, companion exhibition to World Press Photo, Eretz Israel Museum, Tel-Aviv, Israel
2013 Fresh Paint 6, Contemporary Art Fair, Tel Aviv, Israel
2011 “Safe shore” City Gallery, Rishon-LeZion, Israel
2011 “Because our lives is…” Bet HaOmanut Gallery, Mevasseret Zion, Israel
2011 “Crust”, Jerusalem Artists’ House, Jerusalem, Israel (solo)
2010 “Girl and Simple Things”, Ellicott City, Maryland, USA (solo)
2009/10 “People and Trees,” Jerusalem Theater, Jerusalem, Israel (solo)
2009 “Fetish,” Between Mango and Passion Fruit, Izostadia gallery, Petah Tikva, Israel
2009 “Polaroid,” Design Gallery , Saint Petersburg, Russia
2009 Local Testimony, The Open Museum of Photography Tel–Hai, Israel
2008 Israeli Photojournalism, exhibition held each year along with the World Press Photo. Dizengof Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Awards
2025 LensCulture Portrait Awards, 3rd place. Featured in The Guardian
2023 AAP Magazine Awards. The Second Place Winners: The Series “Alex”
2014 First place in Landscapes category, Local Testimony
2008 First place in Portrait category, Local Testimony
2008 International Photography Association (IPA) Award
2003 Polaroid International Photography Award
1999 Award from the Ministry of Immigrant Absorption