Focussing on photography

Addressing the delegates, FIP secretary general Benu Sen said that traditional photography would not face any threat from computer photography which is the current craze. He said that creative photography, which involved the use of man8217;s creative faculty, would never vanish from the scene. President of the Photographic Society of Chandigarh, Navneet Saxena, raised the question about the future of photography, urging the delegates to debate on the effectiveness of digital photography and whether the traditional forms could withstand the pressure from it.

Biswatosh Sengupta of the Photographic Association read a paper on computer and pictorial photography. Later during the day, Benu Sen inaugurated Quickfix TOPS Exhibition at the Punjab Kala Bhawan, where 60 black and white and coloured photographs by 22 top-line photo artists of the country have been displayed. Slide shows of Thakur Paramjit, Devinder Singh and O. P. Gupta were also presented.