Photographers Choose Photo of the Year 5785

COLlive.com invited 9 Lubavitcher photographers to choose a memorable image they took in the year 5785. Here’s what they chose.

Sadya Liberow
HELPING HAND
Jewish teens cover their heads in a moment of unity during the Cteen International Shabbaton in New York.

Mendy Krief
BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH
Captured by drone at 500 meters, this hidden Alpine village lies along a winding road between Italy and France—a truly breathtaking sight.

Yossi Kurant
AM YISROEL CHAI IN MANHATTAN
At the close of the CTeen International Shabbaton, participants filled Times Square on Motzei Shabbos for a mass Havdalah and a vibrant celebration of Jewish pride.

Itzik Roytman
FAITH IN ACTION

At a demonstration in Tel Aviv for the hostages held by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, Jews paused to put on tefillin. It added a mitzvah to the call for freedom because every prayer matters.

Shalom Ross
THE AWE OF NIAGARA FALLS

Standing before the famous waterfall, I was reminded of the words: Mah Rabu Ma’asecha Hashem — how manifold are Your works, G-d.

Aharon Gellis
QUIET MAJESTY

On a summer trip with Chabad on Campus students, I witnessed a full moon rising over the mountains of Sand Hollow State Park in Hurricane, Utah. The desert’s red cliffs and vast skies were transformed under its glow.

Tzvi Levenhartz
A CABIN IN THE WOODS

Along Seven Lakes Drive in the Hudson Valley region of New York, what seemed ordinary revealed hidden serenity — a soft ray of light breaking through the trees. For my friends and I, it felt like a discovery.

Muli Berger
BIG MOMENTS

At a double Bar Mitzvah at the Kosel, two 13-year old boys and a father adjusted their hats and yarmulkas for a picture-perfect pose, capturing the excitement of a milestone celebrated together.

Levi Kolton
A QUICK WORD WITH HASHEM

Between sirens from rockets launched by terrorists at Eretz Yisroel, a few rushed to daven at the Kosel, surely for their families and for the entire nation under fire.