Artist Profiles | Debbie Hill

Debbie Hill is a photojournalist and artist, living in Jerusalem, whose images explore and document the convergence of culture, religion, and politics in Israel.

Debbie Hill was born into a devout Christian Baptist home in the mountains of West Virginia in the United States in 1956. In 1978, she travelled to Israel on a church sponsored tour and returned alone for an extended visit in 1983 and began a photo essay that would change the course of her life. Hill began a professional photography career in the early eighties after earning a Master's Degree in Communication Arts, specializing in photojournalism, in 1982, from Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia.

In 1995, she converted to Judaism, and, immediately immigrated to Israel. She lives in Jerusalem. She is an independent photojournalist who has been widely published in major international magazines and newspapers, including, Time, Newsweek, Der Spiegel, Paris Match, the New York Times, International Herald Tribune, USA Today, Sunday Telegraph of London. Her images explore and document the convergence and conflicts of cultures, religions and politics in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza. Hill's photographs have been exhibited in the United States and Israel. She frequently lectures in the United States about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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