Accessibility Statement

Last accessibility review: 13 August 2026 · Page last updated: 13 August 2026

1. Commitment

This is a photography and documentary website: it is made of pictures and film. That makes accessibility harder, not optional. The work has been to make the site itself work properly with assistive technology — not to place a widget on top of an inaccessible site and call it done.

Accessibility here is treated as ongoing. Every time a new project or gallery is added, the same checks apply.

2. The standard this site aims at

The site is built to aim at Israeli Standard SI 5568, which adopts the international WCAG 2.0 guidelines at Level AA, in line with the Equal Rights for Persons with Disabilities Regulations (Service Accessibility Adjustments), 5773–2013.

Where the newer WCAG guidance goes further than SI 5568 requires — for example on focus visibility and on the size of touch targets — the newer guidance has generally been followed, because it makes the site better to use.

3. What has been done

Keyboard

• Everything on the site can be reached and operated with a keyboard alone — navigation, the menu, galleries, film players, the contact form and the accessibility panel.
• There is a visible focus outline on every interactive element, for everyone, without needing to switch anything on.
• A "Skip to main content" link is the first thing you reach on every page.
• When the mobile menu, the accessibility panel, the film player or the consent message opens, focus moves into it, stays inside it while it is open, and returns to where you were when it closes. Escape closes them.
• Focus is never trapped anywhere you cannot leave with the keyboard.

Screen readers and page structure

• Pages are built from real HTML landmarks — header, navigation, main content and footer — so you can jump between them.
• Every page has exactly one main heading, and headings below it run in order without skipping levels.
• Buttons are buttons and links are links, so they behave the way you expect.
• Menus, the accessibility panel and the film players announce whether they are open or closed.
• The site is available in Hebrew and English, each at its own address, with the page language declared correctly so a screen reader uses the right voice and reads Hebrew right-to-left.

Images

• Every photograph that carries meaning has a text description of what is in it.
• Purely decorative images — background textures, spacing images, the icons that sit beside text that already says the same thing — are marked so a screen reader passes over them instead of reading out noise.
• Icons used as buttons or links have a proper name, so "Instagram" is announced rather than "link".

Seeing the site

• Text colours meet or exceed the required contrast against their backgrounds.
• No information is given by colour alone — form errors, for instance, are written out in words, not only shown in red.
• Text can be enlarged to 200% and the page reflows instead of clipping or overlapping.
• The site works down to a 320-pixel-wide screen without needing to scroll sideways.

Movement and video

• If your device is set to reduce motion, the background films stop on a still frame, the opening sequence is skipped, and scroll animations are switched off. You can also do this from the accessibility panel without changing anything on your device.
• Background films are silent, and are decoration rather than content — nothing is only communicated through them.
• The documentary films have full player controls, so they only start when you ask them to and can be paused at any point.
• Nothing on the site flashes.

The contact form

• Every field has a visible label that stays visible while you type.
• If something is missing or wrong, the message says what to fix, appears next to the field, is read out by a screen reader, and focus moves to the first field that needs attention.
• Nothing is on a timer — you can take as long as you need.

4. The accessibility panel

There is an accessibility button on every page, at the top left. It opens a panel where you can adjust text size, letter spacing and line height, switch to a more readable typeface, increase contrast, use a dark or inverted colour scheme, turn on greyscale, highlight links and headings, strengthen the focus outline, and reduce motion. Your choices are remembered as you move around the site, and "Reset Settings" puts everything back.

This panel is a convenience, not a substitute. The site is built to work correctly with your own assistive technology and your own browser and operating system settings, with the panel switched off and untouched. It is not an accessibility overlay, it does not attempt to modify the page to compensate for problems, and it does not make the site compliant by itself — it exists because some visitors find it easier to adjust a page here than in their device settings.

5. Known limitations

I would rather list these honestly than claim the site is perfect:

• The documentary films are hosted on Google Drive and shown through Google's own player. That player is Google's, not mine, and I cannot change how accessible it is.
• Some films do not yet have captions or a text transcript. Where a film contains speech, this matters, and it is the item I am most actively working on. In the meantime, if you would like to know what is said in any film, please ask me and I will send you a transcript.
• Photographs are described in general terms — what is happening in the frame. A description can convey the subject of a photograph but not its atmosphere, and I am aware that is a real loss rather than a solved problem.
• The gallery pages are long, containing many photographs. Some of the accessibility panel's more dramatic settings, such as inverted colours, will change how the photographs themselves look.
• The site has been tested by its developer, not audited by an independent accessibility inspector. It is not certified as fully compliant, and this statement does not claim that it is.

6. How the Website Was Tested

The website was independently reviewed page by page, including heading structure, navigation areas, alternative text, color contrast against the required ratios, keyboard-only navigation, reduced-motion behavior, text enlargement up to 200%, and responsive layouts starting from a screen width of 320 pixels.

The accessibility review was conducted independently by the website owner. No external accessibility audit was conducted.

7. Accessibility of the Service

Accessibility is not limited to the website. If you need something to be arranged differently in order to work with me — such as an alternative form of communication, additional time, specific accommodations on the day of the shoot, or information provided in a different format — please let me know and I will do my best to accommodate your needs.

Physical location open to the public:
The business does not have a permanent studio, office, or other physical location open to the public. Photography services are provided at clients' locations or at locations agreed upon in advance.

8. Reporting an Accessibility Issue

If something on the website does not work for you, I would genuinely appreciate hearing about it — it is the quickest way for me to address the issue. Please let me know which page you were on, what you were trying to do, and what happened. It is also helpful to know what you were using, such as a specific screen reader or keyboard-only navigation.

Accessibility Coordinator: Talya Otzar
Email: otzar70@gmail.com
Phone: 054-834-9069

I aim to respond to accessibility-related inquiries within 7 business days.

If you are not satisfied with my response, you may contact the Commission for Equal Rights of Persons with Disabilities at the Israeli Ministry of Justice.