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KUNA Chairman opens Al-Qallaf's photo gallery

Board Chairman and Director General of Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) Sheikh Mubarak Al-Duaij Al-Ibrahim Al-Sabah opens Al-Qallaf's photo gallery
Board Chairman and Director General of Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) Sheikh Mubarak Al-Duaij Al-Ibrahim Al-Sabah opens Al-Qallaf's photo gallery
KUWAIT, Sept 29 (KUNA) -- Board Chairman and Director General of Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) Sheikh Mubarak Al-Duaij Al-Ibrahim Al-Sabah Tuesday evening opened the photo gallery of photographer Hussein Bader Al-Qallaf.
This first gallery in Kuwait for underwater photographs, and also Al-Qallaf's first one, is held at the Arts Hall of Abdullah Al-Salim neighborhood.
In a statement to KUNA, Sheikh Mubarak Al-Duaij extoled the plethora of photos that Al-Qallaf took in Kuwait and abroad. He expressed admiration of the photographer's abilities, to bring the depth scenes to life in the gallery.
For his part, Assistant Secretary General of the National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters (NCCAL) Mohammad Al-Asosui, who attended the opening as well, lauded Al-Qallaf's skills and professional shots, saying that the gallery is opened till 6 October.
He added that the photos were taken under the waters of Kuwait Bay, then in Oman, and the Red Sea Waters in Egypt, Sudan and Djibouti, as well as the depth of the Atlantic Ocean off the American coast.
Al-Qallaf said that the photos on display which he took during his sea voyages, were been carefully selected for art and the marine life fans.
The leading photographer is head of the Photography Team at Senyar of the Kuwait Voluntary Work Center. He has received several local and international awards.
KUNA's Deputy Director-General for Administrative and Financial Affairs and Acting Deputy Director-General for Editorial Sector Abdulhamid Malak attended the opening, together with a host of NCCAL officials and lovers of marine life. (end) ahs.abd.msa