What do Photographers Wear? Conversation with Ya’ara Keydar and Sahar Shalev

Ya’ara Keydar is a fashion historian and curator. Currently a doctoral student in the Cultural Studies Ph.D. program at Hebrew University, Keydar graduated from the Costume Studies M.A. program at NYU and holds a B.A. with honors in fashion design from Shenkar College. Her recent exhibition “Alber Elbaz: The Dream Factory,” opened in September 2022 at Design Museum Holon. Previously, Keydar curated the museum’s exhibitions “The Ball: Fashion & Escapism,” (2021), which became the museum’s most successful exhibition to date; “New York Fashion Rediscovered,” at ZAZ10TS Gallery in NYC (2020); and “Je t’aime, Ronit Elkabetz,” at Design Museum Holon (2018). Keydar was a guest speaker at The Jewish Museum in New York, JCC Manhattan, Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem, among others. She interned at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, as well as the Museum at FIT.

Sahar Shalev is the owner of “Osef” – a store for men’s designer clothing by local designers, a cultural researcher and a journalist.