The traveling Peace Circus
Noa Perez, Israel
Jerusalem-based photographer (b.2002) working with portraiture and street photography, engaging with communities and questions of identity within the local scene. Third-year student in the Department of Photography at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, currently participating in a student exchange program in Berlin.
Participated in exhibitions in Israel and abroad, including the solo exhibition No Despair at Clal World at Muslala. Recently published first photobook, Under the Same Sky. Exhibited at the Rencontres d’Arles OFF Festival in July 2026 as part of the group exhibition ProfiFoto(s) Arles.
The traveling Peace Circus during a visit to Arab al-Rashaida, a Bedouin village in the Judean Desert. The project moves between Bedouin and Palestinian villages to create connections with the children there, whose encounters with Israelis and Jews are shaped mainly by fear resulting from experiences with settlers or the military.