Photo exhibition at MG Marg

GANGTOK, 22 Sept: A group of young photographers came together this weekend to exhibit their work in the capital. The exhibition, laid out outdoors at MG Marg, featured the works of trigger-happy shutterbugs Praveen Chettri, Satyam Rai, Raul Lama and Pema Wangchen.
The two-day exhibition, held on Saturday and Sunday, was organised by the recently established Gangtok-based Imago Creative Studio organized. Imago Creative Studio is a professional photography and video service located at MG Marg. It has been set up by Praveen Chettri, Raul Lama and Arvind Raj Gurung.
The objective of the exhibition was to promote photography as a professional career choice and as a hobby as well. It also sought to give locals an opportunity to view the work of these young Sikkimese photographers.
Nowadays everyone owns a DSLR camera but many do not know how to use them properly so with this initiative we hope to encourage them to learn more about photography, explained the organisers. “We have started with just four photographers but plan to collaborate with more local photographers in future”, they added.
The exhibition will be followed by a workshop on photography to be held on 29 September, which will have well-known photographer Chinlop Fudong Lepcha as the resource person. Mr Lepcha has around 20 years of experience in photography and has won many awards for his work, it is informed.

Winners of IPR Department’s photography competition declared

GANGTOK, 25 July [IPR]: The six-day photography exhibition cum competition organized by the IPR Department concluded here at Gangtok, today.
The valedictory function had Secretary IPR Department, KS Tobgay as chief guest. The judges of the competition Kiran Rasaily and Raman Shrestha were also present during the function.
The chief guest gave away the certificate and cash prizes to the winners of the competition. The first prize was awarded to the photograph titled ‘Make a wish, take a chance’ by Satyam Rai of Gangtok, and the second prize went to the photograph titled ‘Pug marks’ by Karchoong Diyali of Gangtok. The winners were presented a certificate and cash award of Rs. 25,000 and Rs.20,000 respectively. Three consolation awards with a certificate and cash prize of Rs. 10,000 each were also presented to Gyaltsen Lama, Chewang Bonpo and Kunga Tashi Lepcha of Gangtok.
Addressing from the chair Mr Tobgay congratulated the winners and thanked the participants and expressed his hope for future participation as well. He urged the participants and artists to come forward with their ideas and interact with the Department to promote the field of photography.
The department will always try to facilitate and provide a platform to the talents of the state, he said. He said that the objective behind the competition was to project local talents and encourage them to expose their art.
In his address, Mr. Rasaily said that the judges had a tough time in judging the competition as all the photographs were unique and beautiful in their own way. He also appreciated the works done by the photographers and the department in promoting this field. One of the judges, Raman Shrestha also shared his views on the occasion. The function concluded with the vote of thanks delivered by Deeki Euthenpa.
The department had received 532 photographs from more than 80 participants out of which 54 photographs were shortlisted for the final round of competition and displayed for exhibition.

IPR photo-exhibition scores well with visitors

WINNERS TO BE ANNOUNCED TODAY
GANGTOK, 24 July: The five-day Photography Competition cum Exhibition at the Star Cinema Hall complex here at MG Marg will be concluding tomorrow with the declaration of the names of winners. The exhibition, which had opened on 20 July, is being organized by the Department of Information & Public Relations.
The exhibition has been receiving a good number of visitors including students from different schools of in-and-around Gangtok. The organizers have also been receiving encouraging comments and feedbacks from visitors.
Some of the visitors mentioned that this exhibition was a good platform to see and learn about landscapes, flora and fauna of the state. They further stated that the photographs have also made them feel proud of the natural beauty of the state.
It is an initiative of the department to encourage talented photographers from all around the state so that they can nurture their hobby into a profession.

BJP thumbs down IPR photo exhibition

GANGTOK, 01 May: The Bharatiya Janata Party’s Sikkim unit has criticized the ongoing photo exhibition, “Sikkim Then & Now”, put up by the Information & Public Relation Department at Star Hall, contending it to be “void of the true history of Sikkim”, conveys a press release issued by the Sikkim BJP president, Padam Bahadur Chettri.
The party has alleged the department of conveying the wrong history of Sikkim to the public, and alleged that the department was trying to keep the public in the dark by not “exposing” the present times of a Sikkim “gripped by social ills”.

Now Showing at Star Cinema Hall: Sikkim Then and Now

GANGTOK, 30 May [IPR]: The “Sikkim Then and Now” photo exhibition organized by the Information & Public Relations Department was inaugurated by Gangtok MLA, Dorjee Namgyal Bhutia, at Old Star Cinema Hall in the capital today. Gangtok Mayor, KN Topgay, was present as a special guest.
The exhibition has photographs from pre-Merger Sikkim [starting from 1934] to present-day Sikkim and is themed on the various developmental achievements of the State and also features vignettes from the village-to-village tour of Chief Minister Pawan Chamling.
The aim of the exhibition is to give a glimpse of the past and the present to the people especially the younger generation and tourists. The exhibition will be continue till 14 June.