Drushtikon—Photography Exhibition by Photographers@Pune

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Drushtikon—Photography Exhibition by Photographers@Pune

Photographers at Pune or P@P is organizing its third photography exhibition Drushtikon-2009 in association with United Peripherals.
The exhibition will be held from 13th November to 15th November 2009, at the New Art Gallery, Ghole Road, Pune.

As the name suggests, the exhibition will be about the unique perspective of our members about the world around them and how they see and capture it through their lenses. The exhibition will display photographs under a wide array of categories ranging from portraits, nature and wildlife to abstract.

This exhibition aims to promote and popularize photography as a serious hobby and at the same to time support a social cause. The group will be sponsoring children from Vidya Mahamandal's organisation for deaf and dumb children. Also, voluntary donations received from the visitors at the exhibition will be added in the members' contribution.

This exhibition is held in association with United Peripherals, with FLOP magazine with their special open to all contests and AQSHAR.com being a designing partners.

The group Photographers at Pune or P@P is an online group for photo enthusiasts from Pune on the popular photo sharing website flickr.com. This group created in 2006, has slowly and steadily grown to its current strength of nearly 1300 members, from Pune and also those who have an association with Pune.

The aim of the group is to bring photographers from all age groups and professions together to interact and learn from each other. The photography related topics are actively discussed at online discussion forums. Each and every person has his/her own interest, and sharing ideas has helped many budding photographers to improve their photographic skills. Moreover no fees are charged for membership or any kind of knowledge transfer.

Apart from the online activities, the group also organizes regular photo-shoots, workshops, and group meets for its members on a regular basis.

Group URL: http://www.flickr.com/groups/photographersatpune


About Photographers at Pune:


Photographers at Pune or P@P as it is popularly known, is an informal online group of mostly amateur but highly devoted photography enthusiasts with some connection to Pune city. Started in 2006 by half a dozen people, P@P has today grown to be a strong 1300 member group. It’s a mix of members from all walks of life, from students to corporate directors and from 15 year old to senior citizens.

As an electronic group, we use the online platform provided by flickr to share and discuss photos and also learn the finer aspects of photography. But that’s just a primary aspect. Apart from online discussions and photo sharing, we as a group conduct various offline meets, photo shoots around Pune and workshops and seminars on a regular basis.

The group has a fervent pool of 25,000 photos of which on an average 250 new photos and 30 new members are added are every week. Our activities as a group has been featured in various print media including ToI, DNA, Sakal, Pune Mirror, Indian Express, Better Photography to name a few.

It is the dream of each and every photographer to display his work in an exhibition. With that in mind, we as group have been conducting exhibitions to display the work of its members for the past two years. So far we have successfully conducted two neatly planned photography exhibitions.

1st Exhibition:

The first exhibition ensured that people in Pune came to know of us as a group. We also took this opportunity to partake a social cause. The donations collected during the exhibition were given to a school for children with special abilities.

Details about the exhibition:
Name: Give it a Shot!
Venue: Yashwantrao Chavan Gallery
No. of visitors: 2000+
Donation: Rs. 8,000


2nd Exhibition:

Our second exhibition India Explored was a giant leap from the earlier one. Apart from improving the overall quality of the exhibition, we also managed to generate interest among organizations, who decided to be a part of our exhibition and make it a bigger success. Sakaal Media group helped us with the major role in terms of publicity with their media partnership for the exhibition, Epson was our Print partner and Better Photography magazine was our Judging partner. Flopmag, an art magazine, added to our joys by purchasing 10 snaps displayed at the exhibition. And keeping with the last exhibition, this exhibition we sponsored 2 children from the orphanage ‘Apla Ghar’ apart from donating an amount of 20,000.

Details about the exhibition:
Name: India Explored: Shades of Interestingness
Venue: New Art Gallery
No. of visitors: 5000+
Donation: 15,000
Sponsors:
Media Partner: Sakaal Media Group
Printing Partner: Epson
Judging Partner: Better Photography
NGO Supported: Apla Ghar


Contact Details:

Pankaj- 9921845151
Soumitra- 9890492819
Suhas- 9850036275
ppexb2009@gmail.com