Sharjah Art Foundation welcomes photographers to participate in its annual photography exhibition Vantage Point Sharjah, which is now in its ninth year. The open call welcomes established and emerging photographers whose works belong to one of the following categories: photojournalism and documentary, conceptual, experimental and staged photography.
Submissions will be accepted until Saturday, July 3. Photographers can submit up to six photographs with each application and must provide descriptions of the works and a biography. After the submission, a jury of photographers will begin the selection process for the Vantage Point Sharjah 9 exhibition in September. The jury will select a winner for each category who will be awarded $1,500.
Among the jury members is Moroccan photographer M’hammed Kilito, whose portrait series Among You was shown at Vantage Point Sharjah in 2019, and Syrian photographer and architect Sham Enbashi, who was part of the Salama bint Hamdan Emerging Artists Fellowship (Seaf) in Abu Dhabi in 2016. Emirati photographers Ammar Al Attar and Alia Al Shamsi are also members.
Over the years, Vantage Point Sharjah widened its open call geographically and thematically. In 2019, it began accepting applicants outside the GCC and allowed works across various themes and styles. Last year, more than 30 photographers from 20 countries took part.
Vantage Point Sharjah 9 is scheduled to take place at Al Hamriyah Studios, an off-site location for Sharjah Art Foundation on Saturday, September 18.
More details on submitting work can be found at sharjahart.org