With the introduction of digital cameras and cell phones, the photography form of art has become very popular not only with the professional photographers, but also with the amateurs from various walks of life.It is now a fact that India is a colourful country but however it has never been shown due to various regions. The colours in India are present all throughout the year throughout the length and breadth of the nation, from Kashmir to Kanyakumari. "It is important to print photographs as well. Students of MRIS Charmwood, Faridabad also participated and won some awards. The trend of printing photographs and hanging them on walls is of the past now. The photographers sometimes wonder why should they be participating in such events.With an aim to show all the colours of India, an exhibition of photographs ‘Bharat Ke Rang- Festivals of India’ is organised by Shanker Art Foundation at the Indian Habitat Centre, in the capital curated by Kishore Shanker. In Christmas, the colours of red, green and gold set the tone. There were challenges.When asked about the reason what was his inspiration to curate this event, Kishore says, "The photographs today are only limited to the online medium.Amidst all the violence and catastrophe, the colours are lost leading to a gray and gloomy India.Pongal by Rama KaushalyanThe gold is seen in Deepawali and Dusshera. So I felt that in order to put them on the walls, there must be an event of such nature. A variety of colours that is seen at the time of Holi, from the bright and light to dark and bold is truly mesmerising.
The other major challenge, he says, was to find a database of the events, collection of information as very few government websites had details of any of these events.He goes on to say that the photographs that are being put up in the exhibition would be returned back to the photographers. "Even though we have printed these photographs, we are returning these photographs to them so that they can display it in their house or gift them to their friends," he says..A photo by Sayali Milind MaharaoIt was not easy to curate the event. It should not happen that we completely forget about prints," he concludes. Indeed, it is passion for the photographers to shoot subjects of their liking just to have aesthetic pleasure and documentation. The best photographs from the competitions are on display in the exhibition. Some of the award-winning photographs are from Shivratri by Birbal Sharma from Mandi, Jejuri Turmeric festival by Sampa Guha Majundar from Jamnagar, Kodungallur Bharani by Ashok Swaroop Kallada from Kochi and Holi by Satabdi Pal from Gurugram, Tarender Pal Vaidya from Solan, Manisha Jagdish Bhoj from Bhubaneswar, who have captured the mood of Raja Rani Music Festival. "We approached people by e-mail and on social media out of which 70 people participated in the contest", he says. Festivals are the time where India is at its colourful best. There were professional photographers who told us China Reflectives Sheeting Suppliers and wrote to us on mail saying they would not participate and sought invitations instead," he recalls.He advises upcoming photographers to participate in such events so the public can see their work."He then explains that they had organised a competition in six phases last year.The exhibition contains 35 photographs in all
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