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out of the thousands

of images that he has

photographed of sachin,

Gopan selected 60 photos

that best represented

india’s 2011 World

Cup victory, and the

maestro’s retirement.

XMP file stands

for extensible

metadata Platform.

These files store

metadata information

across multiple image

file formats. It is

used in softwares

like Photoshop, to

remember edits made

to RaW files.

Pro Talk

EvEnTs

Kaamna Patel

28 February – 8 March

Full stop Weekend

Festival 2015

DLF Club, Gurgaon

Over the weekend, the

festival will play host to

talks and discussions by

veteran photographers.

Visitors can also learn

from equipment demos

and live stage shoots

across various genres.

Works of photographers

like Idris Ahmed and

Neeraj Mahajan will be on

display too.

28 February–8 March

sufi Musafir

Photography

Cosmic Heart Gallery, mumbai

Photographer Syed

Salman Chishty will be

launching his work Sufi

Musafir Photography—

Journey to Iran Zameen

at the Building Bridges of

Love exhibition.

1 March

Photography

Workshop

Bombay Connect, mumbai

The Master Your

DSLR Camera F.A.S.T.

workshop by Girish

Menon, is a foundation

course in photography.

The workshop aims

to teach attendees

on how to use their

cameras in the Manual

mode. Camera settings

based on the subject,

lighting conditions and

desired outcome will be

discussed in this one-

day course.

25 March–7 april

Time out

arpana Caur Gallery, New Delhi

Time Out is a photo

art exhibition by Ravi

Dhingra, Moushumee

K Jha, Shoba Jolly and

Ahmed Firoz. It portrays

the myriad facets of life

through a celebration

of the small things.

The exhibition is a play on

the idea—take time out

for leisure.

Photos from angkor Wat’s Temples

A photo exhibition on the world heritage temples of

Angkor Wat, showcased 50 prints that depict the

architectural marvel of these constructions. The exhibit

was held at the Visual Art Gallery, India Habitat Centre

in New Delhi, from 21–24 January, and was put together

and presented by IPS officer Somesh Goyal.

sachin: a lens story

The exhibition, Sachin: A Lens Story, features 60 images

that capture emotional and profound moments from

Sachin Tendulkar’s cricket career. The photographs

were made by RS Gopan, Chief Photographer of

Malayala Manorama, and were on display from 20–

January at the Central Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram.

As a press photographer, Gopan has photographed

thousands of images during Tendulkar’s 14-year career.

The Confluence

The exhibition explored the beauty of the unexplored

caves of Meghalaya and their ecological importance.

The photographs that explored cave formations, made

by Shivakumar L and Sriharsha Ganjam, were on

display at the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) in

Bengaluru, on 1 February.

anand van

The magic of Varanasi was captured and displayed in

the exhibit Anand Van, by lawyer and photographer

Vivek Srivastava. It was held at the Faculty of Visual

Arts, Benaras Hindu University in Varanasi, and was

inaugurated by Justice Girdhar Malviya.

inner and outer lives

The Alkazi Foundation for the Arts put together a photo

exhibition of the works of Homai Vyarawalla, India’s first

woman photojournalist, called Inner and Outer Lives:

The Many Worlds of Homai Vyarawalla.

Curated by Sabeena Gadihoke, the works featured

are from the late 1930s to the early 60s, and focuses

on women’s education and professional skills, newly

emerging technologies and vignettes of the urban

everyday in Bombay. The exhibit was on display from

8–21 February at the Shridharani Gallery in New Delhi.

R S Gopan

Domestic Help, Photographer, Magnum Fellow

X

yza Cruz Bacani, 27, worked for

a wealthy Chinese family and

photographed the streets of Hong Kong

on her days off. This month, she became

the recipient of Magnum’s 2015 Human

Rights Fellowship.

The Photography and Human Rights

program provides

photographers with

scholarships and

intensive training

in the ethical use

of photography, in

the advancement

of human rights at

NYU’s Tisch School of

the Arts in New York

City. The courses

are taught by

Magnum-associated

photographer

Susan Meiselas and

Tisch professor

Fred Ritchin.

The Fellowship was also awarded to

Muyi Xiao, Nour Kelze, Anastasia Vlasova,

Basel Alyazouri, Sipho Mpongo and Chery

Dieu Nalio. It aims to provide a platform to

young photographers who are committed

to advancing human rights in their

home countries.

Xyza spent her days off documenting a women’s shelter for abused domestic workers.

Xyza Cruz Bacani

Salman Chishty

Shoba Jolly

sNaPsHoTs

maRCH 2015 BeTTeR PHoToGRaPHy

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