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The sixth annual exhibition of photography artists in Syria

Damascus - Farid Dhafour

The sixth annual exhibition of photography artists in Syria turned into a distinguished artistic phenomenon under the auspices and supervision of General Mustafa Tlass - Minister of Defense and with the participation of many professionals and amateurs.

Under the auspices of the Minister of Defense, General Mustafa Tlass, the honorary president of the Art of Photography Club in Syria, and in partnership with the Fine Arts Syndicate, and in the presence of the club president, Dr. Marwan Maslamani, his deputy, the artist George Achi, and Dr. Muhammad Fateh al-Mudarres - the president of the Fine Arts Syndicate - the sixth annual exhibition of photography artists with Syria was inaugurated with the participation of a large crowd Photographers and those interested in this art.

The exhibition opened with a speech by General Mustafa Tlass, which reads as follows:

Photography is a flowing spring, whenever we draw from it, it gives and gives.. And what we saw in the three general annual exhibitions of the country’s photographic artists is a practical witness to the progress of this international art in our country, thanks to the new young arms that supplied photographic art with new versions of the advanced artistic giving and a push of condensation What the Photography Art Club has achieved with its available capabilities, and there is no doubt that in this fourth annual exhibition we will witness new, young and advanced works. And the increasing numbers joining the Art of Photography Club.

I hope that the club will take a stand in the future to fulfill the optimistic aspirations of its artists, asking them to learn more about the photographic sciences. Artistic or laboratory, by following the latest trends and techniques of this art and looking at the paintings of prominent artists in the world to be a link between them and their future aspirations that they hope for.
Finally, I hope to be able to provide all assistance to the new shoots in this field through the Photography Art Club, which started the march years ago on the land of this country that gives without borders, and I hope that your giving will be without borders.

Syndicate word:
After the speech of the General, Captain Dr. Muhammad Fateh Al-Mudarres delivered a speech in which he said:
What we have seen in the special exhibitions of the Photography Art Club is a lot of plastic visions, as most of the participants who exhibit in the values ​​of things contemplated by the human eye are an ingenious attempt to arouse a wonderful whisper in the mind, and to some extent, and this knowledge is based on various elements that cannot be counted .. the most important of them harmony. Harmony. Harmony and contrast compatible. And the human sense aesthetically or politically and socially
A limited amount of formal commitment.

And in this exhibition, we will have more luck, as we will see the concepts of the art of photography that are more technical and closer to the concept of geometrically harmonious composition or geometric contrast, in addition to the softness of human visions.
And the aim of this artistic activity in this field is the participation of science in developing and enriching the pictorial starting points that reflect the subtleties of the world’s physical and psychological shape, because in reality we see the world through the lens of photography. Today’s civilization imposes this mediator between our culture and our abilities to move in the world.

The emotional trigger for this artistic movement in photography in modern Syria is the friend of the plastic artists, the Minister of Defense, Dr
Mustafa Tlass and the Art Syndicate extend, on behalf of the participants in this exhibition, deep thanks and gratitude to His Excellency.

A comprehensive tour of the exhibition
What can the light artist do about what is going on around his social, natural or artistic surroundings?
Does he choose the line of imitation and works on perfecting it, or does he get out of the game of dependency and spinning in the electronic foreign orbit and seek a distinctive artistic direction for himself?
In this exhibition, our Arab artists set out towards a light art whose identity is Arab in form and content, and in our comprehensive tour, we will work to present the participants in a brief manner with samples of their work in an attempt to cover this pioneering work as much as possible.

The names of the participating artists
Abdul Karim Al-Ansari
- George Achi
Issam Murad
Abdel Fattah Abu Saada
- Wahi Shahnian
Ahmed Anis
Raafat Khader
Omar Bahra
- Khaled Moaz
- Khaldoun Al-Azhari
Mohammed Diop
Boutros Khazim
Hassan Al Khoos
Ali Reza Al-Nahawi
Elias Tohme
- Mustafa is distressed
Zain Chachani
- Muhammad Jalal Sheikho
George Obeid
- Ali Abdul Karim Qasim
Haitham Kawakibi
- Jalal Zuhdi
Talal Hinnawi
Moufida Merestani
Samir Haboub
Munther Labbad
Jamal Bostan
Nasser Jafari
- Waddah Al-Daqer
Walid Ali
Fahad Al-Baladi
Hassan Abu Ayyash
Fareed Zafour
Ahmed Shehadeh
- Suleiman Al-Masry
- Adnan Al-Masry
- Hassan Ashkar
Mounir al-Bakr
- Samer Lazah
- Abdul Salam Abdul Salam
Basil Khanouf
- Weiss Kaplanian
- George Francis
Nidal Ashkar
Abdul Rahman Samoudi
- Muhammad Sobhi Kadima
Omar Shami
Ahmed Azzam Akram Ghatrif
Bader Dhafour
- Samer Al-Sidawi
Ayoub Saadia
- Abdul Hadi Zandaki

Anis Shibli
Jamal Darwish
Samir Andora
Salwa Farah
- Basma Tello
- Mamoun Mr. Issa
- Yasser Al-Sayed
- Issa Nather Hosni
- Nadim Hosni
Bassam Gawish
- Muhammad Ali Barazi
- Bassam Baabrah
Fawaz Al-Jaber
Nazir Ismail
- Yassin Breeze
- Ghiath Kharbatli
- Muhammad Zandaki
- Bassam Abu Asali

Margins on the show
The most prominent news on the sidelines of the exhibition is the announcement of the opening of a branch of the club in the province of Homs and another in the province of As-Suwayda.
General Tlass also granted three awards to three artists, and acquired 15 works of art for 15 artists as part of an honoring ceremony.
It was preferable that the number of photos for each photographer be equal, between normal and color, and in proportion; Plain and 2 colored. That each photographer takes his own personality and specializes in a subject
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It is assumed that two exhibitions will be held every year, the first for amateurs and the second for professionals, thus giving the opportunity for young faces to appear without the professional’s work being dominated by the amateur’s.
Granting a financial reward to all, or symbolic memorial certificates or medals.
Holding specialized exhibitions and defining their theme each year: children, nature, portraits, effects of journalism, etc.
The dominance of colored over black and white was observed by one and a half times, and quantity prevailed over quality. .

Selected works

The selection committee selected 25 works that it considered the most important works displayed out of 270 paintings by 70 artists. The committee was represented by Dr. Sabah Qabbani, Dr. Hassan Kamal and Dr. Marwan Muslimani.

The following are the names of the winners:

1 - Abd al-Karim al-Ansari, window of an oriental bathroom
2 - Jamal Bustan Old Damascus
3- George Francis Arzal
4- Ayoub Saadia, Technician for Falah
H - Farid Dhafour Autumn Trees
6- Khaled Muadh Al-Umayyad in Winter
7 - Haitham Kawakibi, an old face
8 - Omar Al-Bahra, a man resting
9- Salwa Farha, a girl eating bread
10- Fahd Al-Baladi A child is at the door
11- George Achi Al-Jammal
12- Wahi Shahinian, Quran reciter
13 - Muhammad Gawish, mountain terraces
14 - Samir Haboub: Nature in Autumn
15- Yassin Breeze, two children with a bathroom
16 - Basma Tello Ghoroob
17 - Khaldoun Al-Azhari Group
18- Basil Khanouf Group
19 - Mustafa Magmouma sunset
20- Abdel-Fattah Abu Saada Farasha
21 - Ahmed Ghazi Anis, Autumn Leaves
22 - Ahmed Al-Sayed Saber (The Donkey)
23- Issam Murad, a child
24- Elias Tohme, two children
25- Waddah Al-Daqer, a woman and her son