Gulf Photo Plus: Your ultimate guide
Give your hobby or profession a boost with this six-day artistic fest at Al Serkal Avenue
Lying in wait for the sun to slice through morning fog and light up the street. Capturing a drop of water falling through space for all eternity. Saving the smile of that old lady down the street.
If you are passionate about gathering precious moments and keeping them for posterity, Gulf Photo Plus (GPP Photo Week), which runs from today until February 12 at Al Serkal Avenue, is the perfect place to be.
The annual event, which is in its 14th year, is loaded with exhibitions and photo walks, workshops by professionals and product launches.
Mohammad Somji, co-director of Gulf Photo Plus, tells tabloid! in an email interview that the lure of photography lies in its layers. “It’s honest and misleading at the same time,” Somji says. “There’s something very genuine about photography that I find incredibly empowering, and yet it has also taught me in a way no other medium has that the story you tell is all about the angle you choose to tell it from.” The Dubai-based photographer specialises in architecture, interior and editorial photography. What’s new? Besides the venue, called Concrete.
“This year [there are] several new photographers to GPP Photo Week 2018 including Hugh Kretschmer, Nick Fancher, Tanya Habjouqa, Toufic Araman, Shannon Ghannam, and Teru Kuwayama,” he says. “We’ll be utilising the space to host one of our GPP featured exhibitions, a range of the latest photo gear on the market, and our Spotlight programming [a series of free photography talks and activations held throughout the week].”