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An exhibition of the works of two acclaimed US-based photographers will begin this evening at Building 13 at the Katara Cultural Village. |
The exhibition which will be inaugurated at 7pm will continue until January 5. From tomorrow, it will be held between 10am and 10pm.
Informing this yesterday, Ecuador Ambassador to Qatar Kabalan B Abisaab said the 28-day event is being held under two themes, “Sons of the Sacred Waterfall” and “Galapagos Surreal,” focusing on some of the important landmarks in his South American country.
The works of the two photographers, Fernando Espinose Chauvin and Nicholas Kingman will be on display at Galleries 1 and 2 of Building 13 at the Cultural Village, he said.
The envoy said along with showcasing the diversity of his country, the exhibition will also help visitors understand the significance of some of the major tourist and historic locations in Ecuador, which he said is a country inhabited by 28 different ethnic and 13 aborigine groups.
Abisaab said the exhibition is being held as part of the ambitious efforts by Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa to project to the world the social, cultural and political strides made by the Latin American country.
“Through such exhibitions, our country would like to convey to the people across the world that no culture is superior to the other but only different from the other,” said the ambassador. Abisaab also had a word of praise for the local Ministry of Culture, Art and Heritage and the Katara Cultural Village, for the support in displaying photographic images taken in his country.
Abisaab said the photographers had succeeded in demonstrating the diversity of Galapagos, which has 13 main islands and dozens of islets and minor volcanic islands. This archipelago located almost 620 miles from the Ecuadorian coast is characterised by its white sand beaches, cactus forests, giant turtles and coloured birds, he said.
Espinose, who was also present, said it is his first exhibition in the Middle East.