The Abu Dhabi Authority of Culture & Heritage (ADACH) organizes the 5th session of Emirates Photography Competition (EPC) under the patronage of the International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP). EPC is aimed at promoting photographic arts in the UAE through encouraging and attracting a large number of photographers to participate, as well as nurturing young talents and supporting established professional through workshops, master classes, forums, individual and collective galleries inside and outside the Country. Since its conception, the Competition has not saved an effort to acquire and publish artistic works of photographers.
Being one of the renowned professional events in the Middle East, EPC invites outstanding works from different styles, schools and sizes whether synthetic, panoramic, negative and positive slides, digital, modern technical artistic processing, or images of different sizes. However, participating works must respect performance values and standards of photographic art as well as the rules of FIAP.
In each annual session, EPC will have a Main Theme that will encourage photographer to explore fresh new depths. There are also four additional themes which may vary from year to year.
In its 5th session, EPC celebrates Al Hasan Bin Al Haythem Al Basri (965-1038 AD). Bin Al Haythem was an Arab scientist who made important contributions to the science of optics as well as physics, geometry, astronomy and philosophy. He made many breakthroughs in the realm of optics which gave the way to the development of camera. Al Basri gives one of his titles, the Prince of the Light, to the 5th session of EPC.
Believing in the inclusive nature of art and its timeless ability to unite interests and creations of human beings everywhere as well as the potential of an image to open the door for more interaction and communication among peoples, participation in the coming 5th session of EPC will be open for all photographers from around the world. It will have also additional new section reserved for participants from the UAE to live ADACH’s mission of nurturing and developing young local artistic talents in the Country. The coming 5th session will moreover reserve a special award for the best three group participations by international photography associations and clubs to support the role played by such groups in developing the cultural impact of photography.