EMIRATES PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION Each year, the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage runs an annual photography competition in the UAE under the supervision of the FIAP.  DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 15TH APRIL 2010

The aim of the Competition is to develop photography in the UAE by attracting as many photographers as possible, fostering new talent and supporting professional photographers through specialized workshops, meetings, seminars and individual and group exhibitions within the UAE and abroad. All efforts will be made to purchase and publish photographic works entered in the Competition.

In its capacity as one of the professional competitions held in the region, the Competition expects to receive entries from various artistic schools and disciplines, including Compound and Panoramic photography, Negative and Positive slides, Negatives, Digital Photography and Modern Art Technical Processing. Photographs of all types and sizes will be accepted providing that they conform to the accepted standards of the art of photography.

Every year the Competition has a Main Theme designed to encourage photographers to address new, unusual and unexplored aspects of photography, in addition to four other themes that change annually. In its 5th Session, the Competition will be celebrating the famous Arab scientist Al Hassan Ibn Al Haytham Al Basri (965-1038 AD) who excelled in the fields of optics, physics, engineering, astronomy and philosophy. The main theme of this session is derived from one of his best-known titles,‘the Prince of Light’.

In accordance with the organizers’ belief in the universality of the Arts, the commonality of human creative endeavour at all times and in all places and the ability of photography to increase communication and interaction between nations, the Competition is open to all photographers from all over the world. As part of the key role played by Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage in attracting and developing all aspects of talent in the UAE, the fifth session of this Competition will be offering a special section for amateur photographers who are UAE nationals. Also for the first time, a special award will be granted for the three best group works submitted by international photographic societies or clubs with the aim of enhancing such artistic forums and supporting the cultural impetus provided by photography.