In addition to his photography, Ganihar has published a book of selected essays titled Electricity in the Air (2001), a collection of short stories, Welcome to Texas (1996), and a novel, Sodom-City (2015).
His first solo exhibition was shown at Limbus gallery of photography, Tel Aviv 1997, when he was awarded by The Israeli President Residence Prize for Young Artists.
[7][8] Ganihar has participated in the international pavilion at the 52 Venice Biennale, in 2007, curated by Robert Storr (art academic) with his photo-series "hospital party".
This work reflects a modern spiritual and cosmopolitan culture as an alternative to the reality of militarism, conflicts and religious tension in the Middle East.
[11][12] The New Yorker wrote: "There is elegy to the ecstasy in Tomer Ganihar's photographs of young Israeli party goers…'Raving in the Negev Desert' vibrates with mystical presence; its impressionistic blurs unite youthful bodies and ancient sand".
[16] "Pan, focus, dissolve; the visual variables are cinematic as much as they are photographic" wrote Robert Storr, "This is unsurprising given that Ganihar is also a filmmaker, and necessary given that the targets of his lens are usually kinetic.