MAGZOID - Leading Art Magazine of MENA | March 2021

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UAE Showcases Works of TOP PHOTOGRAPHERS
IN A NEW GALLERY CALLED GALLERY X
Photo Credits – Pawan Singh / The National
During the fifth annual
edition of Xposure
International Photography
Festival which ran for four
days, a new permanent
photo gallery called ‘Gallery X’ was
launched to showcase the works
of leading photographers. To be
housed at Al Majaz Amphitheatre,
Gallery X will be a new permanent
gallery in Sharjah. Its a house
of collection of works by worldrenowned
photographers who
have participated in the Xposure
International Photography Awards.
Ranging from portraits and still
life to architectural and editorial
photography, the works in the
gallery showcase a broad range of
styles and subjects. Some brings
us closer to wildlife and highlight
environmental concerns, while
others tackle social and political
issues. The gallery will feature a
new exhibition every month and
will include images captured by
photographers who have received
awards or been nominated at past
editions of Xposure awards.
The Xposure 2021 International
Photography Festival, held at the
Expo Centre Sharjah, began on
Wednesday and exhibited 1,558
photographs from around the
world by more than 400 acclaimed
photographers. Among this year’s
participants was Tariq Keblaoui,
whose images were instrumental
in showing the world what was
happening in Beirut during the 2019
October revolution.
Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning
Jordanian photographer Muhammed
Muheisen also presented portraits
of Zahra Mahmoud, a young Syrian
refugee he met in Jordan in 2015.
Travel photographer Brian Hodges
presented a snapshot of a school
in Gulu, Uganda, a work which
forms part Hodges’ efforts to raise
awareness of the African Women
Rising organisation, which provides
education and micro-funding to girls
and women in Uganda.
Gallery X will also launch a line of
merchandise sporting the Xposure
brand that will include T-shirts,
hoodies, caps, mugs, among other
items. These items were launched
at the Gallery X stall at Xposure and
are available for purchase.
Gallery X will also hold long-term
exhibitions, academic programmes
and workshops aimed to attract
international creatives, emerging
talents, residents and local youth.
Gallery X is formed with an intention
of bringing all those who are
interested in photography together
and can learn and share their
insights on the art form.
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