The winning works will be exhibited at Hayy Jameel in Jeddah. The exhibition, organised by the Visual Arts Commission, is due to take place in December.
The Kingdom Photography Professional Grant and Kingdom Photography Discovery Competition are aimed at creating a professional photographic archive of the region. All photos: Visual Arts Commission
For its first year, the initiative is focusing on the Al Wajh area along the Red Sea coast, in the north-west of Saudi Arabia.
Australian photographer Nyree Cox won the grant in the urban environment category.
The winners were commissioned to create a professional photographic archive of Al Wajh.
Art photographer Andrea Alkalay, who lives in Buenos Aires, won in the coastal photography category. Photo: Visual Arts Commission
Winners of the grant will also join a distinguished roster of judges who will evaluate the final submissions for the Kingdom Photography Discovery Competition.
The competition, running in parallel to the Kingdom Photography Grant, is open to early and mid-career photographers from Saudi Arabia shooting images in the region.
Twenty one photographers were shortlisted for Saudi Arabia’s first-ever landscape photography award.
The winning works will be exhibited at Hayy Jameel in Jeddah. The exhibition, organised by the Visual Arts Commission, is due to take place in December.
The Kingdom Photography Professional Grant and Kingdom Photography Discovery Competition are aimed at creating a professional photographic archive of the region. All photos: Visual Arts Commission
For its first year, the initiative is focusing on the Al Wajh area along the Red Sea coast, in the north-west of Saudi Arabia.
Australian photographer Nyree Cox won the grant in the urban environment category.
The winners were commissioned to create a professional photographic archive of Al Wajh.
Art photographer Andrea Alkalay, who lives in Buenos Aires, won in the coastal photography category. Photo: Visual Arts Commission
Winners of the grant will also join a distinguished roster of judges who will evaluate the final submissions for the Kingdom Photography Discovery Competition.
The competition, running in parallel to the Kingdom Photography Grant, is open to early and mid-career photographers from Saudi Arabia shooting images in the region.
Twenty one photographers were shortlisted for Saudi Arabia’s first-ever landscape photography award.
The winning works will be exhibited at Hayy Jameel in Jeddah. The exhibition, organised by the Visual Arts Commission, is due to take place in December.