Since 2011, the Institut français in Jordan, in collaboration with Darat Al Tasweer and The Greater Amman Municipality has been organizing the Image Festival in Amman. It involves the main art galleries and cultural institutions in Jordan.
This festival - single major event dedicated to photography in the Middle-East – is aiming at gathering more professionals and expand internationally so as to create opportunities for sustainable cultural exchanges.
Every year, 25 photographers from the Middle-Eastern region and other international photographers are selected to present their art works in the framework of the Festival. Year by year, the latter attracts a wider audience and involves both professional and amateur photographers. The event benefits from a wide media coverage (TV, radio and press) and is now the longest yearly cultural event in the capital, taking place from the 1st up to the 31st of March, every year. Since 2012, the Festival thematizes each edition: (RE)EVOLUTION in 2012; MACRO & ME in 2013 and in 2014: TOGETHER.
In addition to the many exhibitions related to the theme, the Festival organizes two photographic competitions, workshops/meetings with photographers, residential photographic creations and a Jordanian edition of the “Night of the Year” by the Rencontres d'Arles. It also has its own publications.
The single major event dedicated solely to photography in the entire Middle East, this Jordan-based festival serves as a showcase for regional work as well as a platform for international dialogue.
