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Vantage Point Sharjah 10 presents 66 artists from 34 countries

Maryam Firuzi, Najmeh Kazazi, 2021. From ‘Scattered memories of a distorted future’, 2021. Digital photography; 42 x 31.5 cm. Courtesy of the artist

The 10th edition of Vantage Point Sharjah (VPS), an annual photography exhibition that manifests the spirit of experimentation in lens-based image making today, opens this Friday at Sharjah Art Foundation.

The open call for VPS 10 invited works that celebrate photography’s ability to perceive social realities and the diversity of contemporary lives from multiple perspectives and present these realities through different forms of visual storytelling. Works by 66 artists from 34 countries were selected for the exhibition from more than 450 applications.

Introduced in 2013 to cultivate public engagement with photography as an artistic medium, VPS has evolved into a dynamic platform that embraces multiple approaches to photography, from photojournalism and photo essays to experimental work in both analogue and digital forms.

In conjunction with the exhibition, Sharjah Art Foundation presents the Vantage Point Photography Award to five of the selected photographers to encourage their practice. The awardees will be announced on the opening day of VPS 10. One winner will receive a cash prize of USD 5,000, and four runners-up will each receive USD 1,500. This year’s international jury consists of acclaimed photographers Solmaz Daryani, Lamya Gargash and Sohrab Hura.

Participating artist:

  • 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 runs from the 16th of September until the 11th of December 2022 at Al Hamriyah Studios in Al Hamriyah, Sharjah. Advanced registrations is required on Sharjah Art Foundation.

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