HE Tariq Saeed Allay, Director of the Sharjah Government Media Bureau, said: “Everyone has a general understanding of what photography means, but the bigger concept of how images help us understand people, cultures, and the world is a different ballgame. Xposure 2018 is a global platform where we bring together different ideas, experiences, thoughts, impressions and seek to understand photographs as an immaterial reflection of the reality. Different images will provoke different understanding in everyone. Xposure 2018 is a space where we can build a greater understanding of the external world based on an overall understanding of the global environment.”
He added, “This year we have more than 35 photographers who bring with them over 700 years of experience. The scale and magnitude of their work encompasses a wide range of experiences. It’s an exciting and inspiring event, and visitors will definitely be able to learn something new about photography as well as themselves.”
Photographers Participating at Xposure 2018
Sir Don McCullin is a well-acclaimed photojournalist with over 59 years of experience who believes that photography is a highly empathetic endeavour. “Photography for me is not looking; it’s feeling. If you can’t feel what you’re looking at, then you’re never going to get others to feel anything when they look at your pictures.”
Cory Richards is a daring National Geographic Adventurer Photographer who wants people to invest in pictures emotionally and incite action. Most importantly, to not succumb to the addictive nature of content consumption. He has over 21 years of experience.
Douglas Dubler is a well-established fashion, beauty, and fine art photographer who has been in the industry for almost 60 years, whose personal work runs the gamut from surreal abstract to still life to architectural.
David Burnett has been in the illustrious career of photojournalism for over five decades, and remarked that, “The greatest photographs are motivated by human feeling.”
Kathy Moran is an experienced National Geographic Editor who won numerous awards for her work. Kathy has edited over 300 stories for the magazine and began her career over thirty years ago.
Lawrence Jackson is a photojournalist with almost thirty years of experience and was the official White House Photographer during the Obama Administration.
Timothy Allen is a well renowned travel Photographer with over twenty years of experience. He is known for picturing indigenous people and isolated communities from around the world and is the founder of TAPSA Scholarship.
Elia Locardi: With each photograph, his goal is to share his vision, so others can see the world as he does, full of colour, texture, beauty, depth, and emotion. He is one of the most remarkable travel photographers with a decade of experience.
Keith Berr is a successful commercial and fine arts photographer with over thirty years of experience in the field. He has a unique ability to connect with people, gaining a trust that allows him to capture the real individual, as few other photographers can.
William Barrington-Binns is a travel photographer who has a deep passion for life. He captures moments that make the viewer feel as though they are there by providing a glimpse into worlds that may not be seen every day. This does not mean travelling by plane or going long distances; it is everywhere. Everyday activities can be seen differently.
Garcia de Marina is a cutting-edge contemporary art photographer with eight years of experience. His photography involves a change of personal outlook in a context of economic and social crisis.
Essdras M Suarez is a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner with coverage of stories such as Columbine Shooting, Boston Marathon Bombing, Newton Massacre, Asian tsunami aftermath, Iraq war coverage, and others across over two decades of his career.
Philip Lee Harvey believes photography should convey the emotion of places and people rather than functioning simply as a descriptive guide. That has been his philosophy as a photojournalist for over 20 years of his career.
David Newton is a photographer and filmmaker, depending on the client or his mood, he can be found shooting anything from landscapes to portraits, travel to sports, products, architecture and macro…anything that catches his eye.
Lars Boering has taught at master classes and academics throughout the world and has been involved as curator for festivals, museums, publishing houses and other institutions, producing artwork and exhibitions for them. He has over two decades of experience in the field.
J Henry Fair is a renowned photojournalist whose photos connects environmental pollution and abstract painting to work together and form a devastating effect.
Maan Habib is a photojournalist, with over 20 years of experience, who brings together images from the streets of New York, Washington DC, Baghdad, the Village of Barnun and the stunning marshes of Iraq that not only show the difference in cultures but the similarities between humans and the hidden beauty in all areas of our world.
Kate Brooks: For over two decades, she worked across the Middle East, photographing history in the making, the impact of conflict on civilian populations, alongside everyday moments in the lives of ordinary people.
Drew Altdoerffer’s journey as a travel photographer has led him from the simple and derelict structures of Antarctica to the humble ski cabins of the Alps in over two decades. He aims to capture the stark and simplistic beauty of seemingly unobtrusive human elements within nature.
Katarina Premfors, a photojournalist, is committed to telling stories that can create a positive social impact for over 26 years.
Yan Wang Preston is interested in how landscape photography can reveal the hidden complexities behind the surface of physical landscapes.
Eric Pare executes light-painting photography through acute observation on how light falls on people’s skin. He uses one light in darkness and creates mesmerising photos. He has over five years of experience.
Beno Saradzic is a digital artist and photographer for over 18 years, who believes that life is a never-ending road of learning and tirelessly experiments with fresh styles of photography and filming techniques.
Rob Taggart’s notable works include the Northern Ireland Troubles, the Romanian Revolution, Iraq Invasion of Kuwait, Kurds fleeing Northern Iraq, the start of the Balkan war, G7/APEC summits and many more. He has been in the field for over 48 years.
Yousef Al Habshi‘s macro photography works have been made available to several universities for the purpose of performing new scientific projects and specialised studies. He has almost a decade of experience in macro- shooting.
Rick Friedman has photographed every presidential candidate from President Jimmy Carter to Donald Trump and is ubiquitous in the field of photojournalism. His experience spans over three decades.
Colin Hawkins refrains from being pigeonholed into any one category as his graphic emotive imagery delivers a carefully crafted concept or idea, which encapsulates effective communication. He has been in the field for over 20 years.
Andy Yeung is an architecture and landscape photographer who believes that a great photograph can speak to people’s emotions and make people pause and think.
Waheed Akhtar is a renowned digital designer and fine art photographer with almost 20 years of experience, who takes teaching photography to himself very seriously and does not let the hunger of learning die.
Bjoern Lauen is a Sony Alpha Ambassador with works published in National Geographic Kids, The Guardian, Time Magazine, Wall Street Journal and others. His experience spans across two decades.
John Reuter dabbles in photography as well as filmmaking and has been in the field for over five decades. He is currently working on a feature-length documentary titled “Camera Ready: The Polaroid 20x24 Project.”
Yousef Bin Shakar Alzaabi’s career as a life photographer taught him patience and gave him a new perspective in life among his friends and family.
Mohammed Almusabi is a landscape photographer for almost five years who always tries to tell a story with his picture because a picture is worth a thousand word.
Chris Coe’s fascination with natural light and a passion with nature, landscape and travel underpin his images that have a striking simplicity and graphic quality. He is a photographer with immense range which he developed in the span of 26 years.
