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SUMMARY:Mobile Portrait Photography
DESCRIPTION:Vantage Point 13 artist Luisa Dörr introduces different ways of approaching portraiture today\, through observation\, collaboration and visual storytelling using a smartphone. A series of hands-on guided exercises will help participants beyond quick snapshots to consider how gesture\, environment and the relationship between photographer and subject can shape a compelling image. Designed for photographers\, artists and creatives at all levels.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/mobile-portrait-photography/
LOCATION:SAF Photography Gallery\, Al Manakh\, Sharjah
CATEGORIES:Photography,Workshop
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SUMMARY:Maktaba: A Speculative Thought Circle – Portraits from African Literature with Threadify
DESCRIPTION:Maktaba is 421’s monthly gathering dedicated to collective reading\, viewing\, and discussion across disciplines. For this session\, the focus is on Albert Memmi’s The Colonizer and the Colonized (1957). A foundational work of postcolonial thought\, the book examines how the colonial relationship deforms both the colonizer and the colonized\, reshaping identity\, perception\, and possibility on either side. Each participant will receive a complimentary copy of the book.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/maktaba-a-speculative-thought-circle-portraits-from-african-literature-with-threadify/
LOCATION:421 Arts Campus\, Mina Zayed\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260820T170000
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SUMMARY:Creative Photography Fundamentals
DESCRIPTION:A workshop and Develop your photography skills through hands-on training in composition\, lighting\, and camera settings using a professional camera or smartphone. The workshop\, in celebration of World Photography Day\, is led by Mansour Al Mansoori.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/creative-photography-fundamentals/
LOCATION:Souq Al Qattara\, Shareat Al Qattara\, Al Ain
CATEGORIES:Photography,Workshop
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SUMMARY:The Artist as Gatherer: Mapping Meaning
DESCRIPTION:A two-day workshop (same times tomorrow) with Amparo Baquerizas Carreras and her photobook Gauchito Querido (2026)\, which will be used as a case study for alternative cartography and the concept of ‘artist as gatherer’. Participants will explore how artistic research can be considered creative methodology; they will learn to identify patterns and relationships through systems thinking\, and will examine practical strategies for translating research insights into concept development and meaning-making for visual storytelling. \nAll materials are provided.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/the-artist-as-gatherer-mapping-meaning/
LOCATION:Sharjah Art Foundation\, Flying Saucer\, Sharjah\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Photography,Workshop
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