Sharjah Art Foundation's "Vantage Point 13" Showcases Six Photographers Exploring Documentary's Limits

Key facts

• "Vantage Point 13" is on view from 8 August to 29 November 2026 at Sharjah Art Foundation.
• The exhibition is held in Gallery 2, Photography Gallery, Al Manakh, Sharjah.
• Six artists present newly commissioned works: Luisa Dörr, Latifa AlBokhari, Sathish Kumar, Adam Rouhana, Guanyu Xu, and Maheder Haileselassie.
• The exhibition is curated by Sara Al Mheiri (Assistant Curator) and Osemudiamen Ekore (Curatorial Assistant).
• It is the latest edition of Sharjah Art Foundation's open-call photography exhibition series.
• The show examines the evolving possibilities of documentary photography.
• Artists Dörr, AlBokhari, and Kumar focus on portraiture and observational strategies, tracing connections between land and belonging.
• Rouhana, Guanyu Xu, and Haileselassie explore absence and rupture, engaging with visibility and histories interrupted by conflict or erasure.
• The exhibition includes large-format prints, constructed installations, and spatial interventions that challenge established viewing modes.
• The works position documentary photography as a field defined by continual discernment rather than static truths.