Jharkhand Photography Contest, 2017 which is being organised in association with IPRD, National Institute of Design (NID) and Jharkhand Photographic Association aims to portray various unseen aspects of the State. The contest themed as ‘Jharkhand- Its land, People and Culture’ has been kept open for all along with specially focusing on the shutterbugs from the State.
“The theme itself explains the nature of the contest. Subjects undentified are natural resources, community, culture, dance, profession etc belonging to the State. We have seen photographers from across the world coming here and getting pictures that have made them famous all over. This is first initiative of this kind focusing on the local photographers,” said Sudhir John Horo, advisor with IPRD on Thursday. The contest threw open on August 19 is completely online for which the photographers would have to register themselves on specially designed website till October 22. Each registered person can send maximum five entries which would be screened and then sent to the jury. “The jury comprises of international-fame photographers including Aida Muluneh, Akintunde Akinleye, Dinesh Khanna, Rafique Sayed, Rishi Singhal, Robin Banerjee, Sugandha Dubey, Ashok Karan, Mukesh Srivastava, Sanjay Bose and myself. The panel would evaluate the entries online and the winners will be declared on November 15, the Jharkhand day. We have tied with an international brand making photography bag and Jharcraft for prizes,” added Horo.