Aliza Auerbach was born in Israel and studied philosophy and Bible at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She began taking still photographs for international movie productions, then turned to photojournalism. Her work has been published in Haaretz, Jerusalem Post, New York Times, and The Times of London, among others. In 1989 she turned to art photography. Her prize-winning photographs can be found in the collections of the Israel Museum, Tel-Aviv Museum, Ein Harod Museum, the Museum of Israeli Art, the Museum on the Seam, Tel Chai Photography Museum, and in private collections all over the world.

Aliza’s books include The Poems of Jerusalem, with Yehuda Amichai (1987), Mothers on Earth (1997), Women at Work (2003), and The Song of the Sea (2007). The album Nitzolim (Survivors, 2010) is the third part of a trilogy that includes Rishonim (Pioneers, 1990) and Olim (New Immigrants, 1992).Aliza lives in Jerusalem with her husband Gideon Ofrat, a researcher, curator, and historian of Israeli art. Their daughter, Eden Auerbach Ofrat, is a video artist.