PICTURE PERFECT

Everyone must have heard opinions on what great photographs should look like. But it’s more than that — it about passionate photographers sharing a glimpse of their world through a single image. The photography exhibition organised by The Press Club at the Punjab Kala Bhawan, Sector 16, is no different. The three-day exhibition has been organised to mark the World Photography Day, which is observed to commemorate the invention of Daguerreotype, one of the earliest photography processes.

As photography aligns strongly with the field of media and journalism, photojournalists of the city happily shared their best works with tricity people. Some of them were about recent historic moments, mostly post-Covid, of the tricity, such as the 2022 Sukhna Lake Air Show by Indian Air Force, water-logging in 2023 due to heavy monsoon and the recent live performance by playback singer Sukhwinder Singh.

There were also shades of festivals from all religions, be it Chhath Pooja, Eid, Holi or Diwali. Photo-journalists like Anand Sharma, who moved overseas, showcased scenic views from US, Dubai and more. Two senior photographers, Santokh Singh and Sarabjit Pandher, were also given a tribute for their lifetime contribution to the field of photography.

Tribune photojournalists, Pradeep Tewari, Ravi Kumar, Nitin Mittal and Vicky Gharu, also showcased their works. Ravi’s pictures included law and order incidents in Tricity. There were others works that stood out, such as Start With Sunrise by Sandeep Joshi, Floating Shadows by Jaswinder Singh, Mentoring Mountaineers by Manoj Mahajan, Dream Come True by Jaipal Singh and Catch Me Not by Parvesh Chauhan.

It is to be noted that out of 66 photojournalist and journalists, who presented their work only five were women, namely Arshdeep Kaur, Charanjit Channi, Aditi Chahar, Richa Sehgal and Asha Arpit. While Channi’s pictures brought you closer to nature, Arshdeep’s Old is Gold exhibit presented her artistic perspective.

(On till today)