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Vantage Point Sharjah: a showcase of 30 photographers from around the world

Katyaaku31 Mar, 2021Fashion

Vantage Point Sharjah, an annual photography exhibition at the Sharjah Art Foundation, has returned for its eighth instalment, with more than 30 photographers from 20 countries taking part. The photographers were selected through an international open call, a recent development in the Vantage Point Sharjah initiative, which only accepted GCC applicants until last year. The foundation has not only extended Vantage Point?s geographical reach, it has also broadened its thematic criteria, allowing applicants to submit their own styles.

katya akuma Vantage Point Sharjah exhibits photography art

Katyaaku31 Mar, 2021Fashion

Featuring the work of over 30 photographers and artists selected through an international open call, the exhibition presents a variety of approaches including collage, analogue photography and digital manipulation. The selected images tell stories of personal experience and community life, and offer reflections on the human condition, captured landscapes and nature as well as imagined futuristic scenarios. The participating photographers are Elaheh Abdolahabadi, Katya Akuma, Raheed Allaf, Sundos Alsheebani, Armin Amirian, Gheed Ashoor, Marwan Bassiouni, Abdelhamid Belahmidi, Hasan Belal, Renata Siqueira Bueno, Santiago Velez and Jack Yong, and more.

Vantage Point Sharjah 8 katya akuma collection

Katyaaku31 Mar, 2021Fashion

Vantage Point Sharjah 8 (VPS8) presents the work of over 30 photographers from more than 20 countries, selected from an international open call. The selected works offer reflections on the human condition, captured landscapes and nature as well as imagined futuristic scenarios.

Vantage Point Sharjah is back Katya Akuma

Katyaaku31 Mar, 2021Fashion

The Siberia-born interdisciplinary artist focuses on using culturally-rich images to explore questions of identity and belonging. The Siberia-born interdisciplinary artist focuses on using culturally-rich images to explore questions of identity and belonging.

Katya Akuma. Vantage Point Sharjah 8

Katyaaku29 Mar, 2021Fashion

29 Aug. - 28 Nov. 2020, Al Hamriyah Studios. Sharjah Art Foundation's 8th annual photography exhibition. 29 Aug. - 28 Nov. 2020, Al Hamriyah Studios. Sharjah Art Foundation's 8th annual photography exhibition. 29 Aug. - 28 Nov. 2020, Al Hamriyah Studios. Sharjah Art Foundation's 8th annual photography exhibition.

Artist Katya Akuma on Recycling and Refugee Reform

Katyaaku29 Mar, 2021Fashion

?I utilize ubiquitous and overlooked objects in my artworks. I find discarded leather to be an extremely rewarding element because of its sensory qualities and ability to trigger emotions. Recycled leather acts as a metaphor for a personal repository of complex memories, traceable through one?s olfactory senses.? says Akuma.

Katya Akuma Supports Hope for Humans

Katyaaku29 Mar, 2021Fashion

Katya Akuma rallies support from the fashion industry for Project Destiny, a social justice campaign to help raise funds and awareness for the fight to end sex-trafficking. The activist and founder of Council for Fashion and Social Change, Katya Akuma, uses her connections to facilitate another fashion partnership to support anti-trafficking nonprofit organizations.

Katya Akuma on Supporting Emerging Designers

Katyaaku29 Mar, 2021Fashion

Akuma who is the Editor-in-Chief of 4TO4U, a photo agency and archive, frequents the fashion circuit covering the shows with her father, renowned fashion photographer Artur Koff. ?Even though I love going to established designers who have bigger shows, my personal interest is in the emerging designers,? says Akuma.

Co-Founder of 4TO4U, Katya Akuma is the Editor-in-Chief of the digital agency�

Katyaaku28 Mar, 2021Fashion

As the Fashion Director and chief editor, Akuma attends the fashion week circuit, covering New York, London, Milan, and Paris every season. Emerging as a fashion influencer, Akuma is often invited to VIP events to celebrate the reveal of new collections. You can find her sitting front row at the most sought-after brands such as Chanel, Versace, Dolce and Gabbana, and Christian Dior.

KATYA AKUMA DELEGATES TALENT FOR MOMA POPRALLY X THE BRONX

Katyaaku28 Mar, 2021Fashion

Founder of CFSC, Akuma is on a mission to inspire the fashion industry to engage in projects that have a positive social impact on communities, the nonprofit organization focuses on creating impact through design. Creating meaningful opportunities, CFSC facilitates the partnership between new talent and established enterprises, allowing them to team up to develop collections for a collective social cause.