Gulf Photo Plus has organised I Wish to Photograph Beauty, a print sale of artwork by Palestinian artists living predominantly in Gaza and the West Bank, including Iman Al-Dabbagh, Kholood Eid, Lina Khalid and Maen Hammad. Also included are prints by artists from the Arab-speaking world who are part of the Arab Documentary Photography Program, including Lara Chahine and Myriam Boulos (all prints 495 UAE dirham).
Out of Milan comes Prints for Gaza, organised by photo initiative Perimetro and Live in Slums, an NGO which focuses on urban regeneration in Italy and beyond. Prints by the likes of Alessandra Sanguinetti and Futures Photography affiliate Rita Puig-Serra Costa are for sale, while Alessandro Gandolfi includes his photograph of a boy surfing off the Gazan coast, made during his four visits to the region between 2010 and 2014. From 21 November, you can also book a portrait session in Rome or Milan for €120; all activities support MAP, Al-Awda Hospital – MSF Medici Senza Frontiere and others.
Photographer Peter Watkins has set up Postcards for Palestine, through which artists can respond to an open call by submitting three postcard artworks; a one-day exhibition will take place in Prague in December, when the postcards will be on sale for €20. All proceeds will go to the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund and the UN Reliefs and Works Agency.
