The listed projects were selected by the 2023 Global Focus Project committee and will be exhibited during the 2024 festival in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. The twelve selected photographers will be invited as guests for the duration of the festival.
Photographer:Chantal Pinzi
Continent: Europe
Country: Germany
Project Title: Chantal Pinzi – Shred the Patriarchy
Project Continent: Africa
Project Country: Morocco
Nominated By: Muhammed Muheisen
Photographer:Charlotte Piho
Continent: Australia Oceania
Country: Cook Islands
Project Title: Charlotte Piho – Bridging the gap: Human Emotions & Animal Emotions
Project Continent: 2023 GFP
Project Country: New Zealand
Nominated By: Craig Parry
Photographer:Emily Garthwaite
Continent: Asia
Country: United Kingdom
Project Title: Emily Garthwaite – Tears of the Tigris
Project Continent: 2023 GFP
Project Country: Iraq
Nominated By: Afshin Ismaeli
Photographer:Erin Trieb
Continent: North America
Country: United States
Project Title: Erin Trieb – The War at Home
Project Continent: 2023 GFP
Project Country: US
Nominated By: Frank Meo
Photographer:Gabriel Chaim
Continent: South America
Country: Brazil
Project Title: Gabriel Chaim – Gabriel Chaim – Amazon and the Gold of Hunger
Project Continent: 2023 GFP
Project Country: Brazil
Nominated By: Elisa Iannacone
Photographer:Gurcharan Roopra
Continent: Africa
Country: Kenya
Project Title: Gurcharan Roopra – The High and Low of Wildlife Photography
Project Continent: 2023 GFP
Project Country: Kenya
Nominated By: Silke Hullmann
Photographer:Johanna Alarcón
Continent: South America
Country: Ecuador
Project Title: Johanna Alarcón – Cimarrona, I am black because the sun looked at me
Project Continent: South America
Project Country: Ecuador
Nominated By: Beth Wald
Photographer:Mario Heller
Continent: Europe
Country: Germany
Project Title: Mario Heller – Arctic Dreams
Project Continent: 2023 GFP
Project Country: Norway
Nominated By: Lars Boering
Photographer:Shane Hulbert
Continent: Australia Oceania
Country: Australia
Project Title: Shane Hulbert – Import/Export: Narratives & Myth in the Australian landscape
Project Continent: 2023 GFP
Project Country: Australia
Nominated By: Ioannis Galanopoulos Papavasileiou
Photographer:Sirachai Arunrugstichai
Continent: Asia
Country: Thailand
Project Title: Sirachai Arunrugstichai – Divergent Currents: Opposite paths of marine conservation in the Andaman Sea of Myanmar and Thailand
Project Continent: Asia
Project Country: Thailand
Nominated By: Kiliii Yuyan
Photographer:Stefan Falke
Continent: North America
Country: United States
Project Title: Stefan Falke – Keep Going New York !!
