Xposure International Photography Festival 2025

The ninth edition of the region’s largest, broadest and generally most impressive festival of photography. It is based around a the exhibitions, solo and group, but importantly incudes a very full programme of authoritative talks and useful workshops; portfolio reviews and focus group sessions; film screenings, guided tours, and book signings; an accompanying trade show; the Xposure Awards; the Xposure Market Area, selling festival merchandise, prints, and accessories; and, new for this year, the Conservation Summit – “a dedicated platform for addressing critical environmental issues through the lens of visual storytelling” that brings together conservationists, photographers, and filmmakers to discuss and promote sustainability and environmental awareness.

For this year, Xposure moves to the Aljada development near the airport and the universities. This would seem to be a much cooler, more dynamic and creatively inspiring destination, much more open and less form than the Expo Centre (and it helps that Ajjada’s developer ARADA is the festival’s official partner: “ARADA’s visionary development provides an elevated experience, setting the stage for a transformative celebration of photography and the visual arts”, says the press bumf).