The 2nd annual L&S exhibition was a success and it concluded with a jubilant celebration where our one of the senior members' (Sujoy da) birthday celebration added some cheerful colours. There are few good news to relish and give a push to start me off again. We are trying to start off a new project under the lnsexhibits banner. It will be run by the students initially and to give some extra mileage to the serious photographers from L&S. that is why it is called Project-Mileage. It will be a stock photography project. Its my brain child and it is definitely gonna hit the bull's eye. As soon as money comes into play, lots of people take interest. Hope to get some good response.
I was approached by few viewers at the exhibition for sale of my photos. I was overwhelmed with the response. I was interviewed by the Shomoykaal magazine for my photo Hollowman. The young generation kids and youngsters seemed not interested in the creative portraitures. They were least interested in going deep and think about the issues which had been touched sensitively in those depictions. Older and senior most visitors were happy to see those intense thoughts. A lot has to be done to improve the culture of photography. People seem to be taking more interests in attractive and explicit portrayal of beauty. Photo editing and enhancement softwares have taken over the camera tricks and other techniques e.g. forced application of slow shutter speed, long exposure, zoom burst, panning, simulated panning, DOF illusions, etc. People seem to get lazy when taking a photograph and do the trick while sitting inside their cozy cabin with a cup of coffee. However, they fight and compel others to call those end products, Photographs. Is it right? I dont think that I need to answer this question. Any sensible person will regard them as an excellent form of art(that I also do) but not as photographs. Concepts and execution has also lost its meaning and importance. The photo is shot anyhow keeping in mind that the Post Production can change everything and make it a masterpiece.
I think variety is the key of any successful photographer. you may be a vary good photojournalist, but if you have few beautiful landscapes or creative studio portraits in your portfolio, then people will start respecting you for your diverse skill. Because working out of your line of work is something extraordinary and that is what people want to see. It is my personal experience from this exhibition, that people like my personal non-commercial galleries more than my commercial ones. because they already know from my resume that I am a glamour or creative portrait photographer. However, when they see something unexpected they start seeing the other side of me which is equally good. So, its been a constant from my side to develop different styles and varied perspectives. That is what is needed to diversify my work.
