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Amer Mohamad is one of the Middle East’s most admired photographers, responsible for creating many of the striking images seen in the region’s best fashion magazines. He speaks to Arabian Business about living a life through the lens
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In pictures: Online photography exhibition ‘View from my window’
The show includes images submitted from 66 photographers from around the world, the countries represented in the show include, Australia, Canada, India, Pakistan, Sudan, Singapore and UAE.
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In pictures: Award-winning Canon photographers capture Ramadan during Covid-19 pandemic
Canon has partnered with Jordanian Canon Ambassador and two time Pulitzer prize winner, Muhammed Muheisen and Dubai-based photographer Reem Falaknaz – who took part to the Arab Documentary Photography Program – to document their personal experiences of practicing Ramadan during this unprecedented time through the powerful medium of photography.
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In pictures: Apple’s shoot on iPhone ‘night mode’ challenge winners
Among the winners of Apple’s Night Mode challenge was a photo taken in Dubai by Mumbai-based photographer Mitsun Soni. The winning photographers represented countries from China, India, Russia and Spain, sharing their various perspectives of the beauty and colors of night in the cultures surrounding them.
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In pictures: 2020 Sony World Photography Awards winners revealed
Over 345,000 images were submitted to the Sony World Photography Awards 2020 competition and over 135,000 were entered across the Professional competition’s 10 categories – the highest number of entries to date, images from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait won competitions across 63 countries.
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Video: Ras Al Khaimah Fine Arts Festival showcases Emirati & international talent
Marking its eighth edition, the Ras Al Khaimah Fine Arts Festival (RAFAF) showcased talented local and international artists, photographers and filmmakers this year.
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Video: Middle East photographers focus on people behind the news
Capturing someone’s life story in a single moment is what Oslo-based photographer Afshin Ismaeli does for a living.
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Video: Have Mobile phones killed photography?
Renowned film director and photographer Wim Wenders has hit out at phone ‘photography’. Talking at an exhibition of his Polaroid works, he said photography was dead and thinks mobile phones are to blame.
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Entrepreneur of the Week: Hakim and Tasneem Boriawala
Bawabba is a new portal that connects service providers from media and design to childcare and removals to companies seeking specialised talent