The Sheikh Saoud Al Thani Project Award Open call: 15 September – 1 November 2022

The Sheikh Saoud Al Thani Project Award is an annual grant award for photographers residing in the Western Asia and North Africa region.

The Sheikh Saoud Al Thani Project Awardees will receive a grant award of 30,000 QAR to support the development or initiation of their in-development or new photographic project in 2023. Proposals for the 2023 Sheikh Saoud Al Thani Project Awards will be jury-selected. As an award winner, you will be invited to work with Tasweer’s curatorial team to: Exhibit your award-winning project as part of the Tasweer 2025 exhibition programme (Spring 2025). Have your award-winning project published in a free magazine dedicated to the 2025 Sheikh Saoud Al Thani Awards. Present your work – in-person or online - as part of Tasweer’s events programme. Be interviewed by a Tasweer curator for an English and Arabic language long-form text about you and your photographic practice.

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Sheikh Saoud Al Thani
Project Award 2023
Timeline
Open call and submissions: from 15 September – 1 November 2022 Awardees will be contacted in February 2023
Awardees will be announced to the public in March 2023
Sheikh Saoud Al Thani Project Award 2023
Submission requirements
Up to 20 image files in jpeg, tiff and png format, each image no larger than 2,000 pixels. Each image filename to be formatted with your last name _ title of the artwork_a number. The numbers at the end of the file names should be consecutive e.g.
Hamed_The_Genesis_1,
Hamed_The_Genesis_2...
Your artist biography (150 words maximum)
Your artist statement for the photographic project that you are submitting as part of your award application (250 words maximum) Your proposal for how you intend to use the Sheikh Saoud Al Thani Project Award grant to develop or initiate your in-development or new photographic project in 2023 (300 words maximum).
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