Friday the 4th of Ashwin, 2070, it was
a beautiful morning to start a day with. Everything was perfectly set up for
the opening of photo competition/ exhibition going to be held on Nepal Art
Gallery, Babar Mahal , Kathmandu organised by Nepal Photography
Training Institute. 105 photographs from 50 different photographers
were beautifully hanged on the white wall for the viewers to enjoy the event.
The main theme of the event was" The Nepalese culture." The
temptation of viewing the Nepalese culture through the eyes of photography was
endless.
The president of NFPJ, Mr Kabindra Man
Shakya, general secretary of NFPJ/ The Himalayan Times photojournalist, Mr Bal
Krishna Thapa , member of working committee NFPJ, Mr Naresh Shrestha and the
President of Heritage photo-vision collection Nepal, Miss Shova Maharjan were
the chief guest and the guest of honour respectively. The photographs were
judged by the members of NFPJ and the top 10 photographs were congratulated and
honoured by the prize and the certificate.
Winners
- Mr Binod Shrestha
- Mr Hari Saran Bhandari
- Mrs Hiramaya Maharjan
Progressive
- Mr Anil Karki
- Mrs Hiramaya Maharjan
- Mr Laxmi Narayan Ngakhusi
- Mr Rupesh Lama
Following the program, Mr Kabindra Man
Shakya expressed his delight on the photographs captured by the photographers
for the event. He said that all the photographs were of very high standard and
hoped to see it continue in the progressive way. He also said that NFPJ is
always willing to give the helping hand for the development of photographers and
will continue to do so in the days to come by.
The three days photo competition/
exhibition was successful with the viewers around 700 attending the event in
which the famous Nepali Novelist, Mr Satya Man Joshi was one of them.
Looking back to the popularity, the event
received, Mr Arun Dutt Pant, the founder of NPTI said “We believe this event will
bring us together, unite us as one and help to celebrate our different culture
with equal importance.” Similarly, the Executive Director of NPTI, Mr Bikash
Rana focused his thought more on the Nepali Photography. He said “This event
targets to increase the publicity of Nepalese photographers and help them to
develop the skills and experience needed to sustain exciting, rewarding and
valuable careers in photography."
NPTI believes that the event would be bigger
and better next year. NPTI Congratulates all the participants and thanks all
the Volunteers for making this event successful.
