The festival reveals the names of the candidates to win

In pictures, lenses from 125 countries participate in the Xposure Awards

• Photos nominated in the close-up photography (macro) category.

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• One of the nominated photos in the "Portrait" category.

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• From nominated photos for travel photography.

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• Tariq Saeed Allai: “(The Festival) celebrates the experiences of photography pioneers, through its awards, which have witnessed great development and became a global platform.”

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The International Photography Festival "Xposure", organized by the Sharjah Government Media Office, has revealed the names of the 10 nominees for festival awards, after the 2020-2021 session received the largest number of entries since its launch in 2016, attracting 25,384 participants.

The "Travel Photography" category witnessed the largest number of posts, with 6012 photos, followed by the "Portrait" category with 4,451 photos, while the Photojournalism category came in third with 2,469 posts.

For his part, Director of the Sharjah Government Media Office, Tariq Saeed Allai, said, “The International Festival of Photography (Xposure) celebrates the experiences of the pioneers of photography, through its awards, which have witnessed great development, and have become a global platform that brings together professional and amateur photographers, and enables them to present their work to a wider audience. From the audience », indicating that the award has become the main tool for discovering emerging talents in the art of contemporary photography, with its various main categories.

He added: “Participations in the (Exposure) Awards witnessed a remarkable growth, and this session was unique par excellence, not only in terms of registering the largest number of entries, but also in terms of the number of countries that reached 125 countries, indicating the participation of 15 new countries, and these achievements are evident. The festival’s position in the community of professional photographers around the world, and the confidence of amateur photographers in it, describing the festival as a platform from which to pursue professional excellence and enhance artistic talent.

Candidates for "Flight Filming" included: F Delek Uyar (Turkey), Chen Leung Tyo (Singapore), Wei Fu (Thailand), Shenghua Yang, Mingkian Wang (China), Azim Khan Rooney (Bangladesh), and Aditya Vardhan (India).

In the category “Portrait” Pranab Basak (India), Kevin Shi (USA), Lee Huang Long (Vietnam), Qasim Ijaz (Pakistan), Hussain Vardinvard (Netherlands), Zay Yar (Myanmar), and Cefelten Yusifov (Bulgaria) were nominated for And Pingiao Song (China).

The Architectural Photography category saw the nominations of Zamir Abdul Majeed and Muhammad Al-Musibi (United Arab Emirates), Gerdi Hatoumou (Indonesia), Fatima Qadir (Bahrain), Catherine Young (United Kingdom), Anna Walker (Germany), and Alexander Burmoten (Russia).

"Aerial photography and drone" were reached by Mustafa Ajawi (Emirates), Albert Drus (Netherlands), Sergey Varniuk (Russia), Ahmed Abbasi, Muhammad Riza Reza Masoumi (Iran), Phuk Hui Neujin and Adam Khanh (Vietnam).

The "Junior Category (under 18 years)" included: Abdullah Al-Raisi, Ayush Krishnan, Faseeh Fawaz, Joel Jozy, Abdulaziz Al-Mansouri, and Maitha Qassem, all from the Emirates.

In the “Landscape” category, Cheng Liu and Zhendgong Kwai (China), Paul Zgmint (Ireland), Kevin Krautgartner (Germany), Kale Che (Australia) and Jani Yanni Kaheela (Finland) compete in the “Landscape” category.

While the “Macro” category includes: Andy Abdul Jalil and Agar Setadi (Indonesia), Shane Ling Teo (Singapore), Pedro Louis Saise (Spain), Riad Hamzi (Saudi Arabia), Alexander Trebolsky (Germany), and Peter Sabol (Hungary). ).

As for the “photojournalism” category, Marina Serebikova (Belarus), Alain Shukroeder (Belgium), Mohamed Zaanoun (Palestine), Tariq Zaidi (United Kingdom), Amit Molik and Departition Chatterjee (India) and Simon Moshez Sabgen (Hungary) arrived in the category. ).

The “Sharjah government employees” category included: Muhammad Nawfal, Abdullah Aref, Muhammad Hassan, Ahmed Al Ali, Ahmed Al Muhairi, and Fahmi Al Shilili.

In the “Short Films” category, there were competitions between: Mark Resang (China), Zahraa Kababen (Iran), Guido Jazeli (Italy), Tripti Tamang Bkhur (Nepal), Florine Liddeaux (Norway), and Maric Skechsch (Poland), And Issam Tacit (Algeria).

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The names of the winners will be announced during the activities of the fifth session of the International Photography Festival "Exposure", which is organized at the Expo Center Sharjah, during the period 10-13 February next, as the first and second place winners will be selected for each category, and the candidate with the highest evaluation of the center will win The first in terms of awards, and all nominated photos are presented during the festival days.

- The "Trip Photography" category witnessed the largest number of participants ... 6012 photos.

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