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Tasweer 2021

The inaugural Tasweer Photo Festival Qatar (24 March – 30 May 2021) featured a dynamic and interconnected programme of exhibitions, awards, commissions, collaborations, presentations and workshops that drew innovative international photography together with photographers and photographic communities in Qatar and the Western Asia and North Africa (WANA) region.

Established by Qatar Museums under the leadership of its Chairperson, Her Excellency Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Tasweer 2021 was sponsored by the Social & Sport Contribution Fund (Daam).

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2021 Sheikh Saoud Awards

A pair of high-heeled white leather women's boots positioned on rocks by the sea.

Sheikh Saoud Al Thani Single Image Award 2021

24 March – 30 May 2021
A city street at night, crowd of people and a bright explosive firework lighting the night sky.

Sheikh Saoud Al Thani Project Award 2021

24 March - 30 May 2021

2021 Exhibitions

View of an artwork projected on a wall in a dark space with contemporary seating.

Experimental Photography

Features six innovative contemporary American artists who are re-shaping photography’s 200-year history of experimentation.
A young black woman with pink lipstick wears a hijab made from large exotic pink flowers.

The New Black Vanguard: Photography Between Art and Fashion

Contemporary portrayals of Black life by global image makers across the African diaspora.
A dark interior space with a picture of a horse's head, in blue.

And Thereafter

Contemporary Heritage project with time-based media artist Hadeer Omar at the Al Koot Fort.
A contemporary image of a woman in black walking in front of a Qatari historic building.

The Spaces In Between

Contemporary Heritage project with works by artist Shaha Al Khulaifi created for the Al Rayyan Palace

2021 Conversations

Two people dressed in sports clothes with brand logos and 'Qatar' written on the sleeves, holding ping pong bats.

Charlotte Cotton

An interview by Adriane Aghata in conjunction with the Sheikh Saoud Al Thani Awards.
Two domed tents sit in a landscape with trees either side.

Khalifa Ahmad Al Obaidly and Sheikha Sara Bint Saud Al-Thani

An interview by Ammar Alqamash in conjunction with the Sheikh Saoud Al Thani Awards.
A young boy leans against a concrete column with a striped wall and painting of a man with a hat in the background.

Heriadi Joewono

An interview by Shaima Ayou in conjunction with the Sheikh Saoud Al Thani Single Image Awards.
A contemporary artwork depicting a dustpan and rubbish, with 'USA' written on the base.

Asha Schechter

An interview by Charlotte Cotton in conjunction with the 'Experimental Photography' exhibition.
View of an artwork showing two branded boxes with lettering 'Ritz' and 'Premium'.

Brandon Lattu

An interview by Charlotte Cotton in conjunction with the 'Experimental Photography' exhibition.
View of two brightly coloured artworks hanging next to each other in a white space.

Kate Steciw

An interview by Charlotte Cotton in conjunction with the 'Experimental Photography' exhibition.
View of a contemporary artwork hanging in a white space.

Lucas Blalock

An interview by Charlotte Cotton in conjunction with the 'Experimental Photography' exhibition.
A colour artwork with horizontal lines, shown against a white wall.

Valerie Green

An interview by Charlotte Cotton in conjunction with the 'Experimental Photography' exhibition.
View of an artwork projected on a wall in a dark space with contemporary seating.

Victoria Fu

An interview by Charlotte Cotton in conjunction with the 'Experimental Photography' exhibition.
View of the New Black Vanguard exhibition display.

Antwaun Sargent

An interview by Sara Foryame in conjunction with the 'The New Black Vanguard: Photography Between Art and Fashion' exhibition.
A dark interior space with a picture of a horse's head, in blue.

Hadeer Omar

An interview by Maryam Hassan Al-Thani in conjunction with the 'And Thereafter' exhibition.
Two arched doorways are separated by a green central image of a carved window covering.

Shaha Al Khulaifi

An interview by Maryam Hassan Al-Thani in conjunction with the 'The Spaces In Between' exhibition.

2021 Workshops

A foldout zine publication showing black and white images of a man and a skull..

Zine + DIY Publishing

Online zine-making workshop with Andreas Laszlo Konrath that took place in April and May 2021.
An installation image showing Arabic lettering projected in a space.

Fast Forward Tasweer

Online research workshop on women in photography, held on 22 and 23 May 2021.