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Vantage Point Sharjah 10

16 September 2022

Free

The annual photography exhibition of Sharjah Art Foundation, selected from an open call, may not be the biggest local photographic show but has consistently proved to be one of the most interesting.

Since its introduction back in 2013 “to encourage public engagement with photography as an artistic medium”, VPS has evolved into a significant platform for up-and-coming photographers from traditionally underrepresented regions from around the world.

The exhibition includes works by 66 artists from 34 countries. For this 10th edition, VPS called for works that celebrate photography’s ability to perceive social realities through different perspectives. The resulting exhibition features different approaches to visual storytelling – from photojournalism and intimate photo essays to film, digital, and experimental work – which portray the diversity of contemporary lives.

The accompanying Vantage Point Photography Award had an international jury of prominent photographers – Solmaz Daryani, Lamya Gargash and Sohrab Hura – who selected a winner and four runners up. This year the first prize and $5,000 went to Md Fazla Rabbi Fatiq; the four runners-up, each receiving $1,500, were Hady Barry, Kirti Kumari, Morteza Niknahad and Neec Nonso.

The full list of exhibitors:

  • Zeina Abedrabo
  • Sari Al Dahoul
  • Mehraneh Atashi
  • Ali Abbas Azhar
  • Mythri Babu
  • Ali Bahmani
  • Twinkle Banerjee
  • Hady Barry
  • Abdelhamid Belahmidi
  • Toufic Beyhum
  • Diyae Bourhim
  • Philippe Caland
  • Ian Cheibub
  • Aya Chriki
  • Elham Dawsari
  • Arum Tresnaningtyas Dayuputri
  • Maxence Dedry
  • Santanu Dey
  • Farheen Fatima
  • Md Fazla Rabbi Fatiq
  • Attila Fekete
  • Maryam Firuzi
  • Ramzi Flayhan
  • Cristina Fontsare
  • Julien Gardair
  • Karim Goury
  • Barry Harley
  • Roya Heydari
  • Ziaul Huque
  • Sitara Ibrahimbayli
  • Ali Al Shehabi Jaafar
  • Prapat Jiwarangsan
  • Zobayer Hossain Joati
  • Ayman Kaake
  • Munir Kabani
  • Mohosin Kabir
  • Maazin Hisham Kamal
  • Yasmin Kazeem
  • Mohamad Khayata
  • Jennifer Kinsey
  • Kirti Kumari
  • Duy-Phuong Le Nguyen
  • Dmitry Lookianov
  • Elli Lorz
  • Benjamin Malik Roman Mahieddine
  • Rima Maroun
  • Maria Mavropoulou
  • Mónica de Miranda
  • Zinnia Naqvi
  • Morteza Niknahad
  • Neec Nonso
  • Kayode Oluwa
  • Ibrahim Quraishi
  • Btihal Remli
  • Fadwa Rouhana
  • Lydia Saidi
  • Pallov Saikia
  • Soody Sharifi
  • Valentin Sidorenko
  • Daro Sulakauri
  • Safia Tadbirt
  • Ali Tahayori
  • Sarathi Thamodaran
  • Bongani Tshabalala
  • Alexis Vasilikos
  • Zulkhairi Zulkiflee

The exhibition is open to 11 December, 9am to 9pm Saturday to Thursday and 4pm-9pm on Fridays. Admisision is free, but advance registration is required.

Above: Maryam Firuzi, Najmeh Kazazi. From ‘Scattered memories of a distorted future’, 2021

Details

Date:
16 September 2022
Cost:
Free
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Website:
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