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Society Objectives

  • Disseminating the culture of the art of photography, its history, and the features of its development; as well as exploring its future in the UAE community.

  • Supporting talented photographers, and advancing their skills.

  • Providing technical photographic services to satisfy the needs of the UAE community.

  • Organizing exhibitions to showcase photographic works, and holding photography workshops and training courses.

  • Protecting the intellectual property rights of Association members.

  • Establishing a national digital library, comprising an archive of photographs portraying the UAE’s contemporary history.

  • Setting up a national museum to display exhibits that reflect the art of photography.

  • Opening channels of cooperation and communication with photographers at the local, regional and international levels, for the transfer and exchange of experience and expertise through joint exhibitions with relevant institutions.

  • Promoting photography through organizing local competitions and participating in international activities and contests.

  • Encouraging the protection of the environment and the preservation of the UAE’s cultural achievements and heritage through the art of photography.

  • Developing and enhancing the professional skills of photographers, enacting the organizational regulations that govern the photography profession, and following-up and supporting activities of its members in the service of the State.

  • Pioneering awareness plans and training programmes in the field of photography.

  • Conducting research to explore and develop the future prospects of photography.