Srinagar, Dec 25 (KNS): A group of internationally reputed photographers hailing from different genres of photography school collaborated in a group to form the first ever international standard photography club of Kashmir known as ‘Kashmir Scape’.
The group is only working through social media platform and thrives to work for the upliftment of the Photography art here in Kashmir and make the artists of photography especially young buds at par with international standards of photography.
“It is this dream which binded them together and made them to organize a photo walk of international standards which they had experienced abroad and outside state,” the photo journalists according to a statement said.
They said that the photo walk was open to one and all and around 66 participants participated in the event.
The participants hailed from Anantnag, Ganderbal, Handwara, Srinagar, Sopore and even Pulwama, not only this they had participants as far as from Mumbai and Delhi also.
The event was held within the streets of old Srinagar and the participants were guided by their assigned mentors who not only told them do's and don’ts of street photography but also gave them information about the culture and architecture of old Srinagar.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel
The team compromises of Mir Yasir, Adil Hussain, Sharafat Ali, Zuhaib Hamza, Mubashir Hassan and Hakim Majid Abbass all are internationally published and award winning Photographers.
“We have learned the topography of street photography and had some queries regarding street photography which were answered by the respected mentor. We wish them to organize such Photo walks again in future as it matures us in photographic knowledge know-how,” said Akshay Vaidya one of the participants hailing from Mumbai.
The event was concluded with distribution of participation certificates as a token of appreciation among the participants.
“We are planning to organize photo exhibitions as well as more of such kind of photo walks in future. Our basic motive is to pool the talent and nurture them to become an artist’s of international standards. We want people to get aware about different genres of photography and eliminate the negative notion of people, which they hold for photographers here in Kashmir,” said KashmirScape team. (KNS)