Slidefest VII - 16th May 2012

© Aya Atoui and Manal Elias

The seventh edition of Slidefest organised by Gulf Photo Plus is back tomorrow in it's usual place, the Knowledge Village Auditorium. 

If you are not familiar with Slidefest, it's an event organised by Gulf Photo Plus where photographers present their personal projects in a variety of genres that can range from documentary projects to fine art, still-life and landscape images. The event also aims to bring photographers (amateurs and pros) and people from the photography community together where people can network, connect and share stories.

Here's the line up of presenters for this edition:

Ashkan Shafaati

A self-taught photographer,  Ashkan Shafaati will present "Planet X" which was inspired by the architectural and multiple construction sites found throughout Dubai.  He observed each site, seemingly operating as if it were its own universe, reminding him of the culturally diverse population of Dubai.

© Ashkan Shafaati© Ashkan Shafaati

Aya Atoui and Manal Elias  

Atoui and Elias will show work documenting projections they set up and photographed in Dubai.  Playing on the ephemerality of temporary installations, the project evokes the eternal flux of a city in a constant state of change.

© Aya Atoui and Manal Elias

Basel Badran

Abdulrazzaq Badran, was a pioneer Palestinian-Jordanian photographer, cinematographer, educator and artist. His son, Basel Badran, will be presenting a collection of his father's battlefield coverage as a photo-journalist of the first Arab-Israeli war in 1948. He will also talk about the Abdulrazzaq Badran Photography Award that was established in 2010 in co-operation with the Jordan Photography Society.

© Abdulrazzaq Badran

Belinda Muller  

Belinda Muller is a Dubai based freelance photographer. She recently visited Deira to capture the Kushti Wrestling matches, a sport originating from India and Pakistan and practiced in Dubai every Friday on an open sandy strip across the Fish Market in Deira. Muller will present her series that captured the participants in action, as well as the spectators surrounding.

© Belinda Muller


Issa Saleh AlKindy 
Issa  AlKindy is a freelance photographer from Oman who works and lives between the UAE and Oman. He will present his latest project "The Rubber Chicken", a lighthearted reminder that just because you've grown up, doesn't mean you have to loose your sense of playfulness. I must say I was a bit baffled by these photos, so will be interested to see him talk about them.

© Issa AlKindy© Issa AlKindy

 

Kamran Jebreili 

Kamran Jebreili was born in Iran in 1957, a self taught photographer who  started to take pictures in 1976. As a freelance young photographer, he covered the Iranian revolution and Iran-Iraq war and currently works for the Gulf regional photographer of the Associated Press based in Dubai.  He will present images of Abyaneh, an ancient village on the Western border of the central desert of Iran with a history that spans 1500 years.

© Kamran Jebreili

Lamya Gargash  
Lamya Gargash will talk about her series "Through the Looking Glass" which is currently exhibited at The Third Line. The series examines identity, perception and acceptance in modern day society.

© Lamya Gargash

Sara Naim
Sara Naim's work has been exhibited in Dubai, London, Cologne, New York and Guernsey. She will present her multiple-veined series developed from the idea of photographing the "intangible".  Using liquid to portray sound, e-xrays to beautify defect, and skin cells to contemplate boundaries, Naim explores elements of existence that are unusually challenging to portray visually.

© Sara Naim 

Event details:
Date: Wednesday, 16th May at 7pm
Location: Knowledge Village Auditorium, Dubai (location map)
Free entry

www.gulfphotoplus.com

Slidefest VI - 8th February 2012

© Nikolai Kozak

Slidefest is back after a long break with its 6th edition on Wednesday 8th February with a line up of interesting photographers. If you are not familiar with Slidefest, it's an event organised by Gulf Photo Plus where photographers present their personal projects in a variety of genres that can range from documentary projects to fine art, still-life and landscape images. The event also aims to bring photographers (amateurs and pros) and people from the photography community together where people can network, connect and share stories.

Here's the line up of presenters:

Ammar Al Attar

© Ammar Al Attar  Shooting in his home country here in the UAE, Al Attar's series titled Spare Parts focuses on scrap yards full of countless automotive parts.  Stacked skye high, the abundance of items speaks of the exaggerated the auto industry and also the people who work within it.  www.ammaralattar.com

Arezu

© Arezu

Arezu's work, titled Trespassing is rooted in concepts of obscurity and ambiguity.  Vague portraits represent a desire to be, but not seeking to be seen or to be paid attention to.  The crow in her work expresses her fascination with the freedom of flying and anonymity. www.arezuk.com

Mansoor Bhatti and Noush Like Sploosh

© Mansoor Bhatti and Noush Like Sploosh

Presenting a collaborative project, Bhatti and Noush will describe their photographic approach to the stop motion video for song 3 Act Circus by Noush Like Sploosh.  The music video which was released in March of last year was accepted later that year into the Gulf Film Festival.  www.facebook.com/noushlikesploosh

Lee Hoagland
© Lee Hoagland

This body of work examines the life of undocumented immigrants living in an abandoned factory in Paris. Immigration is a massive issue in Europe, and particularly in France, where many believe it has reached a stalemate. www.leehoagland.com



Nikolai Kozak

© Nikolai Kozak

Kozak will present a a study of Umm Al Quwain titled Forgotten. In black and white, the photos depict daily life in the emirate introducing fundamental social forces at play on a local, and daily, level.   Recent founder of NYUAD Photographic Society. www.nikolaikozak.com

Shahid Mohammed

© Shahid Mohammed

Where the majority us find ourselves locked into the link of modern technology, Mehrab lives his life at the other end of the spectrum. Mohammed's photographic story describes one man's life in the middle of desert; a camel caretaker living in a date palm hut. www.strandedsymphonies.photoshelter.com



Golnaz Olya

© Golnaz Olya

Originally form Iran, Olya began shooting Parkour roughly four years ago. Capturing her subjects flying through mid-air amidst an urban Tehran landscape, Olya depicts a perspective of Iran not so commonly portrayed. www.golnazolya.com

Silvia Razgova

© Silvia Razgova

Defining the last fifty odd years have been a generation know as the baby-boomers.  Now reaching retirement and beyond, the "boomers" now redefine death much like they have redefined the culture they lived within. Razgova's presents her series Death Boom in her own photo-journalist approach. www.silviarazgova.com





Event details:
Date: Wednesday, 8th February at 7pm
Location: Knowledge Village Auditorium, Dubai (location map)
Free entry

www.gulfphotoplus.com

Slidefest V - 11th May 2011

© Philip Cheung

The 5th edition of Slidefest is back this month, on Wednesday, 11th May. Slidefest is an event organised by Gulf Photo Plus where photographers present their personal projects in a variety of genres that can range from documentary projects to fine art, still-life and landscape images. The event also aims to bring photographers (amateurs and pros) and people from the photography community together where people can network, connect and share stories.

Presenters at Slidefest V:

1. Aisha Al Qasimi's Million Faces series tells the story of her discovery into extreme chaos through the streets of India. 
    
2. Catalin Marin, a presenter from the very first Slidefest in October 2009, he will share photos from his trip to Iceland, a breathtaking selection I must add, some of which I featured on this blog last year).  
    
3. Daisy Kwan will present photos from her Abstract series.
    
4. Karen Dias' will show us part of her ongoing series, a documentary project about camel racing, camel jockeys and the life of camel caretakers in the UAE.
    
5. Philip Cheung will share the Soldiers' Angels series, a look at Mortuary Affairs Specialists in Afghanistan. 
    
6. Raja'a Khalid, another presenter from Slidefest I, she will share a series called Empire of Your Dreams, a look at macro close-up photographs of a television screen playing a series of well-known Pakistani drama series from the 1960s-80s. (I featured this series a couple of weeks ago.)
    
7. UBIK  will showcase images that inspire or lead him to his artwork.
     

© Aisha Al Qasimi

© UBIK 

© Raja'a Khalid

© Catalin Marin

Event details:
Date: Wednesday, 11th May at 7pm
Location: Knowledge Village Auditorium, Dubai (location map)
Free entry

www.gulfphotoplus.com

Slidefest IV - 2nd February 2011

© Katarina Premfors

The 4th edition of Slidefest is this week on Wednesday, 2nd February. It will feature a diverse range of images and photo stories by professional and amateur photographers based in the United Arab Emirates.

Slidefest is an event organised by Gulf Photo Plus where photographers present their personal projects in a variety of genres that can range from documentary projects to fine art, still-life and landscape images. The event also aims to bring photographers (amateurs and pros) and people from the photography community together where people can network, connect and share stories.

© Charney Magri - Women of the UAE

This event is getting more and more popular based on the turn out each time and I'm glad to say that the quality of work that is presented each time is getting better and better as well.

The presenters at Slidefest IV include:
Antonie Robertson
Arezu Karoobi
Charney Magri
Constance Van Heule
Dennie Pasion
Gerry O'Leary
Katarina Premfors

© Arezu - From That Obscure Object series

Event details:
Date: Wednesday, 2nd February at 7pm
Location: Knowledge Village Auditorium, Dubai (location map)
Free entry

www.gulfphotoplus.com

Slidefest III

Photo by Clint McLean

Slidefest is back with its third edition on 3rd November. The second edition that happened in May had a fantastic turnout and great feedback, so I'm looking to seeing what the third edition has in store.

If you are new to Slidefest, it's an event oraganised by Gulf Photo Plus where photographers present their personal projects in a variety of genres that can range from documentary projects to fine art, still-life and landscape images. The event also aims to bring photographers (amateurs and pros) and people from the photography community together where people can network, connect, and share stories.

Event details:
Date: Wednesday, 3rd November at 7pm
Location: Knowledge Village Auditorium, Dubai (location map)
Free entry

Here's the line up for Slidefest III:

Ammar Al Attar
Ammar is an avid Emirati street and documentary photographer based in Sharjah. He will be sharing a series of images taken in and around the streets of Dubai and Sharjah. Ammar shoots with a Leica M6 film camera and will also be giving an insight on the process of shooting and developing film in the Emirates.

Amy Leang
Amy Leang is an American photojournalist currently working for The National. Amy will be presenting images from the Guru Hanuman Akhara Wrestling School which is a wonderful series of images of young wrestlers practicing the art of Kushti in India.

Left: Ammar Al Attar Right: Amy Leung

Aysha Al-Muhairi
Aysha is a program production manager at Dubai Media Inc. and when she is not producing programs, she is an avid photographer and she will be presenting a series of images that highlight the beauty of the ocean. 

Carol Dragon
Carol, a New York based photographer and instructor will be sharing a series of environmental portraits that she has been pursuing where she photographs people in their homes and workplaces because she's fascinated by the challenge of walking into a person’s space and making a portrait that expresses not what she presupposes but what she ends up discovering.

Clint McLean
Clint McLean, also from The National is sometimes photographer, sometimes photo editor and sometimes photography instructor and he will be presenting Saltworks where Clint examines the duality of salt in its humble everyday use with that of its visually compelling natural state.

Martin Prihoda
Martin Prihoda, a successful editorial and commercial photographer originally from Canada has been based in Mumbai since last year and has been doing some great personal and commercial work in India. It is his personal work that he will be sharing in particular two stories; one is a series of portraits of yoga and yogis in and around Rishikesh and Haridwar in Northern India.

Wouter Kingma
Wouter is a professional photographer based in Dubai specializing in sports, outdoor and adventure photography. He will be showcasing work from his Project Endurance series which is a compilation of images from some of the toughest adventure races on the planet and will also share video clips from the documentary.


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Update on Wednesday, November 3, 2010 at 1:10AM by The Culturist

One more photographer has been added to the line up:

Nasra Edde, she will present a stop motion photography project of portraits of women over the age of 40.

Slidefest II

Photo from Slidefest I, October 2009
Slidefest is an event oraganised by Gulf Photo Plus that aims to bring photographers (amateurs and pros) and people from the photography community together where people can network, connect, and share stories. Photographers can present their personal photography projects in a variety of genres that can range from documentary projects to fine art, still-life and landscape images.

The first Slidefest was in October 2009 and I remember really enjoying the evening. I saw some amazing work and met new photographers. So I feel very honored to be taking part in the second Slidefest event, taking place on 19th May. The other photographers presenting include: 

• Tariq Dajani
• Gerald Donovan
• Lamya Gargash
• Matilde Gattoni
• Michael Christopher Green
• Michael McKelvie
• Nadine Kanso
• Oz Newcombe
• Sid Siva & Jamal Iqbal

Event details:
Date: Wednesday, 19th May at 8pm
Location: Knowledge Village Auditorium, Dubai (location map)
Free entry


www.gulfphotoplus.com