Heidi Levine

Heidi Levine (born 1961–1962) is an American freelance photojournalist who has worked for the Associated Press, Sipa Press, and The Washington Post. She has spent much of her career covering the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

Early life and education

Levine was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts. Her father was passionate about photography, and bought Levine her first camera; they would walk around Boston taking pictures. Her first interest in the field was to photograph under-privileged areas of Boston and New York. At the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, she was the school paper photographer. In 1983 during a school break, at age 21, and in 1983 started her photojournalism career in Israel as a staffer.

Career Working at A.P. in Israel gave Levine experience in many facets of the field, including editing, lab activities, and interacting with subscribers. She reports difficulty breaking into the field as a woman, describing it as a "boys club." She has covered conflicts in Afghanistan, Kosovo, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, and Syria While there covering the Russian invasion of Ukraine, she photographed and commented on the aftermath of the Bucha massacre. She noted that "most of the images [she] took could never be published because they're too shocking."

As of October, 2024, Levine is covering the Gaza war. She has described covering the Israeli–Palestinian conflict as "very, very personal" and intimate. and "a passion for bearing witness." 2015 Bayeux Award for war correspondents, for her photo series titled "Healing and Resilience in Gaza" 2015 UNICEF Photo of the year award 2015 Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award, for her work in Gaza 2021 Picture of the Year Award of Excellence 2022 Local Testimony, First Prize Breaking News award for her coverage titled "Violence in Lod"

Personal Levine has lived in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, and has three children. In Jerusalem, she lived in a mixed neighborhood to expose her children to people of different backgrounds.