Launched in 2021, under the aegis of Her Excellency Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Tasweer Photo Festival Qatar aims to promote the photographic work co-directed by Charlotte Cotton and Qatari photographer Khalifa Al Obaidly. An initiative that is in line with Her Excellency’s vision of what could be the post-oil economy of Qatar”, explains Charlotte Cotton who, for her part, does not wish to make this event “a festival that fights only for a semantic idea of what photography is”, because she is convinced that photography is at the same time art, documentary, photo journalism and creation.
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