The Eretz Israel Museum in Tel Aviv recently opened a new photographic exhibition - Our Way - that showcases the photographs of Gidon Agaza, who was born in Ethiopia and immigrated to Israel from Ethiopia at the age of 11. The photographic exhibition documents authentic and special moments in the every day life of the Ethiopian community now in Israel, as well as "memories" from the past of Ethiopia through film and television.

When Gidon Agaza was a young boy he bought a semi-professional camera and began photographing portraits of people in his close environment and different events. After he completed his military service he studied photography at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design. At the same time he decided to focus on photographing his community and documenting its integration into local society, and set up a private photography archive. The exhibition is a culmination of his work and archive.

The photographs in the exhibition take the viewer on a journey and show the traditional Sigad festivities which take place annually in Jerusalem as well as staged photographs in different regions in Israel through which the photographer seeks to revive the memory of the grueling way to the Land of Israel. Sigad is one of the Beta Israel holy days, which takes place 50 days after Yom Kippur. It is a day of fasting, purification, and renewal, focusing on the renewal of the covenant between the people of Israel and God. The ceremony takes place on the top of a high mountain, symbolizing Mount Sinai, and is performed by the community's high priests.

The exhibition closes on March 25, 2015.