Event History
During the annual International Photography Festival, category Winners & Runners-ups will also be invited to the awards ceremony held in Sharjah, UAE. Travel & Accommodation is provided in addition to the cash prizes. Annually One overall winner prize of $6,000 Nine category winner prizes of $3,000 Nine category runner-up prizes of $1,500
What Makes this event different?
At the Xposure International Photography Festival, you will get the opportunity to meet with over 70 of the world's most renowned photographers and picture editors. Dozens of photography talks, portfolio reviews, workshops, and focus groups take place over the seven-day festival, with over 1700 exhibits on display. Winners & Runners up will have their entries exhibited during the festival.
Copyright Policy
Copyright holders retain the copyright of their work. For awarded pictures, copyright holders grant the organisers unlimited, non-exclusive use of high-resolution images for activities in all media, including social media, online and print, concerning the contest, the exhibition, the yearbook, the public archive, and all promotional and educational activities for and under the auspices of the Sharjah Government Media Bureau and Xposure, without any remuneration being due.
Image Usage Rights
Entrant Licenses & Releases If the photograph contains any material or elements that are not owned by the entrant or which are subject to the rights of third parties, and if any persons appear in the photograph, the entrant is responsible for obtaining, any and all releases necessary to permit the exhibition and use of the picture.
The Xposure International Photography & Film Competitions is FREE to enter for all photographers. Prizes across several genres. There is additionally a category for filmmakers.
The contest is a juried panel of online judges who are looking to award an Overall Winner from the photography categories and additionally a winner and runner-up from each category including moving image & short-films.
CATEGORIES
Architectural Photography,
Drone Photography,
Landscape Photography
Photojournalism
Portraiture
Short Film & Moving Image
Street Photography
Wildlife Photography
Competition Entries Online entries will be accepted to 05 November 2022. The latest time for submitting an entry will be 23:00 GST – Gulf Standard Time (Standard Time) (UTC +4)
In each category, there will be
1 Winner + 1 Runner-up + 5 Nominated photographers. In addition to the category winners, an overall winner will be determined from the highest score achieved, regardless of the category entered.
Prizes & Benefits Overall Winner – $6,000 (USD) / Flights and accommodation to the Awards Ceremony in Sharjah UAE / Included in the Xposure festival exhibition.
Category Winners – $3,500 (USD) / Flights and accommodation to the Awards Ceremony in Sharjah UAE / Included in the Xposure festival exhibition.
Category Runner-up – $1,500 (USD) / Included in the Xposure festival exhibition / Flights and accommodation to the Awards Ceremony in Sharjah UAE.
Nominated / Shortlisted – Displayed during the Xposure Festival
