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Kaamna Patel

2–5 April

Photography

workshop

Mindscreen Film institute, Chennai

This workshop

includes photography

walks across

heritage landmarks

in Pondicherry, visits

to scenic places to

photograph landscapes,

as well as gaining

an understanding of

street photography.

It will be felicitated by

wildlife photographer

Diinesh Kumble.

3–5 April

river Tern Tour

Bhadra

This wildlife photography

tour to Bhadra reservoir

will let you photograph

nature at the Bhadra

Wildlife Sanctuary.

The tour is designed for

beginners and pros alike,

and for those who are

looking to get out into

the wilderness.

28 February

Tadoba wildlife

Photography Tour

tadoba andhari tiger reserve

This three day

photography workshop

will take participants

through the Tadoba

Andhari Tiger Reserve.

Designed to include

four jungle Safaris over

three days, it provides

a great opportunity for

photographers looking to

explore the wilderness.

24 – 27 April

Monks of

Little Lhasa

New Delhi

This portrait and

landscape photography

masterclass will take

participants from New

Delhi to McLeod Ganj and

then Dharamshala and

back. The expedition is

being led by Dheeraj Paul

and is conducted by India

Photo Tours.

A photograph shot by

Sunil Janah, which was

on display, as part of a

collaboration between

Tasveer and Swaraj

Art Archive.

Delhi My Love

An exhibition by Krishnendu Chatterjee, Delhi My Love,

was showcased at the India Habitat Center in New Delhi,

from 1–31 March. Chatterjee’s photographs shows his

endless admiration for Delhi and its people.

Sunil Janah—vintage Photographs,

1940–

Tasveer and the Swaraj Art Archive held an exhibition of

prominent photojournalist Sunil Janah, at the Sua House

in Bengaluru, from 6–27 March. The exhibited images

was a part of a larger show, originally curated by Ram

Rahman, from the Swaraj Art Archive’s collection.

FOCUS Photography Festival

The Mumbai-based photography festival, was

held from 12–26 March. This year, the theme was

Crossover, and featured 30 exhibitions from Indian

and international photographers. Pa Madhavan,

Executive Director of the Goa Centre for Alternative

Photography, curated the different exhibitions.

Asef Ali Mohammad, Werner Anselm Buhre, Denis

Bernier and Ajit Bhadoriya, were some of the

photographers who showcased their work,

Urban reflections

Well known photojournalist Chandu Mhatre showcased

his work at the Arpana Caur Academy of Fine Arts

in New Delhi, from 13–23 March. A well known

photojournalist, Mhatre’s exhibition was a departure

from his photojournalistic work. In Urban Reflections, he

chronicled how Mumbai has changed under the impact

of globalisation and economic liberalisation.

Bajatey raho

The exhibition took place from 14–26 March, and

was curated by Aditya Arya, in collaboration with

the India Photo Archive Foundation and the Neel

Dongre Awards and Grants for Excellence in

Photography. Six photographers—Sujatro Ghosh,

Sujata Khanna, Vinit Gupta, Richa Bhavanam, Raj

Lalwani and Nirvair Singh Rai, were commissioned

to photograph the diminishing brass bands from one

assigned city. Their work was exhibited at the India

Sunil Janah International Center in New Delhi.

Museum Photographer Wins Lifetime Achievement

A New and Improved Flickr Aims to Win Back Users

T

he Photo Division of the Ministry

of Information and Broadcasting,

India, awarded Surendra Patel with its

prestigious Life Time Achievement Award.

The Photo Division organizes the National

Photography Awards to promote the arts,

development, tradition and heritage,

amongst other things.

Surendra R. Patel used to be a museum

photographer for the Le Corbusier museum

in Ahmedabad. He is currently the President

of Niharika Ahmedabad—The Gujarat

Pictorialist Society, was the former President

of India International Photographic Council

Delhi and the former Chairperson of Colour

Division, Federation of Indian Photography.

E

arly on in March, Flickr started rolling

out an improved search interface for its

users. Results can now be tailored according

to options like colour, size and orientation,

thus allowing users to fine-tune their

search. Additionally, Flickr said that it was

improving its algorithms to provide higher

quality results for every type of search.

These changes follow the updates Flickr

made in the middle of last month that

improved the organisation and editing of

photographs. Recently, the company also

Time Lapse refers

to the technique of

combining many

photographs shot over

an extended period of

time, and playing them

together as a video.

PrO TALk

launched a Google Chrome extension

called Flickr Tab, to give users photographic

inspiration throughout the day.

Image Courtesy: Taboda

Darter Photography

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