Delhi Photo Festival

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Delhi Photo Festival
Genre photography festival
Date(s) September 27 - October 11, 2013
Frequency biennale
Location(s) India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road
New Delhi, India
Years active 2011 - present
Area worldwide
Organised by India Habitat Centre and Nazar Foundation
People Prashant Panjiar, Dinesh Khanna, Alka Pande
Website
Delhi photo festival

Delhi Photo Festival is a biennial photography festival organized by India Habitat Centre (IHC) and Nazar Foundation in Delhi. It was started in 2011, curated by photographers Prashant Panjiar, Dinesh Khanna and Alka Pande, the curator of Visual Art Gallery at IHC. It is held at the India Habitat Centre complex on Lodhi Road, where besides exhibitions, the festival also hosts talks, seminars and workshops on photography.

2011 Delhi Photo Festival

The first Delhi Photo Festival was held from 15 to 28 October at the India Habitat Centre (IHC). Organized by Prashant Panjiar and Dinesh Khanna, photographers and co-founders of the Nazar Foundation, a Delhi-based photography organization and IHC.[1] Its central exhibition based on the theme "Affinity, emphasising kinships and the movement of the inward gaze" included 35 Indian and 39 international photo portfolios from about 24 countries. It featured works of Kanu Gandhi, who extensively photographed Mahatma Gandhi and Raghu Rai, a veteran photographer, besides talks and workshops by Prabuddha Dasgupta, Raghu Rai, Dayanita Singh,[2] Ketaki Sheth, Swapan Parekh, Ram Rahman, Pablo Bartholomew, Sam Harris, Shahidul Alam, Sohrab Hura, Vidura Jang Bahadur and Nitin Upadhye.[3][4]

2013 Delhi Photo Festival

The Festival is held at the various indoors and outdoor exhibition spaces within the India Habitat Center complex.

As a tribute to photographer Prabuddha Dasgupta, who died in 2012, the theme of the 2nd Delhi Photo Festival was chosen as "Grace", inspired by a talk he gave describe his Longing series during at the 1st edition of the festival in 2011, "I want to have a long string of images, held together by grace, because grace is that undefineable, non rational, non linear word that I am looking for…." .[5][6] Based on theme, 41 photographs and 50 digital exhibits were chosen from over 2,349 worldwide submissions for the theme exhibition. The festival will also host talks, seminars and workshops by Aveek Sen, Sumit Dayal, Munem Wasif and Raghu Rai.[7]

Apart from the venue, around 20 major galleries of Delhi city, including the National Gallery of Modern Art, Galerie Romain Rolland at Alliance Française, Delhi have partnered to host their own independent photography exhibitions during the festival period.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Images at Delhi Photo Festival speak out". India Today. October 21, 2011. Retrieved 2013-09-21. 
  2. ↑ "Photo fiction". Deccan Herald. Feb 5, 2012. Retrieved 2013-09-21. 
  3. ↑ "The New Intimate". Tehelka. Vol 8, Issue 39, Dated 01 Oct 2011. Retrieved 2013-09-21. 
  4. ↑ "Eyes Wide Open". Indian Express. Oct 16, 2011. Retrieved 2013-09-21. 
  5. ↑ "2013 theme". Retrieved 2013-09-18. 
  6. ↑ Khurana, Tushar. "Making the Frame". The Hindu. Retrieved 2013-09-18. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Photo Essay: Amazing grace". Livemint. Sep 20, 2013. Retrieved 2013-09-21. 

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