The Sport for Health Photography Exhibition, "Health Through My Lens”, was officially opened at Education City’s Oxygen Park today, November 10, 2022, by Sheikh Dr. Mohamed Bin Hamad Al-Thani, Director of the Public Health Department at the Ministry of Public Health in Qatar, who was joined by special representatives from partner organizations. The exhibition aims to showcase healthy lifestyle choices through photography.
The competition is an initiative of the Sport for Health partnership between the Ministry of Public Health Qatar, the World Health Organization (WHO), FIFA, and the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy. The three-year partnership aims to ensure that this FIFA World Cup, the first to be held in the Middle East, is healthy and safe and serves as a benchmark to deliver future impactful, sustainable, and health-promoting megasport events.
Sheikh Dr. Al-Thani said that this was an excellent way to engage the public in thinking more about their health and wellbeing and the importance of sport for health: "Health affects everyone, and we each have our own interpretation of what health means to us; photography is an amazing medium to get people actively engaged in public and productive discourse about the contributing factors to better health."
The Sport for Health photography exhibition brings together two elements; one is a series of winning photos from a public competition, and the other is a visual representation of the Sport for Health initiative. The photography competition represented an opportunity to engage with the public and share their personal health-related images.
Thirteen winning photos were selected by an international panel of judges, who selected the photos based on originality, creativity, and relevance to the Sport for Health concepts. An additional set of images and messages underpin the "Sport for Health" initiative that seeks to promote physical and mental health.
The competition was open to anyone in Qatar. The outdoor exhibition is hosted by the Qatar Foundation and is expected to be open to the public for at least three months. The artists whose winning photographs are displayed in the exhibition were invited to join the opening and received recognition from Ministry representatives.
