#XPOSURE

XPOSURE INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL 2019

In September 2019, I was invited as a guest photographer and speaker in Sharjah, UAE for the

Xposure International Photography Festival.

It was… a lot of things and I’m not sure words will ever be able to fully describe the experience I lived there during those few days…

From day one, being part of a group, mostly composed of photographers that I call “Rockstars” made me feel so small and so lucky at the same time that I wanted to find a pause button to appreciate the moment. Yeah, I was that kid asking each of them to sign me an autograph… I wanted to listen to every single conversations, watch every single pictures, learn every single piece of advice they had to give.

Sharing the stage with so many worldwide talents gave me goosebumps, talking with them even more, having them watch my work made me feel a bit vulnerable to be honest. But the wonderful things about this group that I like to call “Rockstars” is the simplicity, the passion and more importantly the humility of each of them. Nobody was there to compete but to share and celebrate our passion for images.

I tried to listen to all the live talks and I’m still catching up on youtube on the ones I didn’t see yet. To be true some brought me to tears, some made me so mad, some made me doubt, some made me question myself and some made me smile, but each of them gave me so much admiration for the person behind the work.

I’m grateful I had the chance to be part of such an international group of people reunited with the same drive to tell stories.

I’d like to extend my gratitude to His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi and His Excellency Sheikh Sultan bin Ahmed Al Qasimi and all the people involved in the organisation of Xposure for giving such an important place to photography in our world.

Thanks to RTGlobal and Metal Prints Dubai for the amazing prints on ChromaLuxe.

Thanks to ChromaLuxe for supporting this project!

Scroll down to see some behind the scenes and video of the event.