CPB Connect Program - Madurai

Presentations by Practitioners

CPB Connect Program - Madurai

The CPB Connect Program was established to encourage participation from local communities in different parts of India via an outreach program in collaboration with established practitioners locally. 

These one-day sessions across cities in India include presentations by the practitioners and an insight into the submission format of the Awards.

Presentations by

Ajay Kumar- Documentary Photographer

Selvaprakash Lakshmanan - Independent Photographer

Priya Banik - Programs Manager, CPB Foundation

Presentations: 5 PM - 7 PM

16, December, Saturday

Venue: Kalpataru - Deeksha Hall

N.M.R. Subraman Building,

No.7, Vallabhai Road,

Chinnachokkikulam, Madurai 625002.

What is the session about?

This one-day session includes presentations by the practitioners, with photographers Ajay Kumar and Selvaprakash Lakshmanan to present their incredible work to the local photographers and enthusiasts in context of the ongoing CPB Photo Awards Open Call. The audience will also get information on the Photo Awards followed by Q&A at the end.

PLEASE  NOTE
  • Registration is mandatory

  • The event is free of charge

  • Tea and biscuits will be served

AJAY KUMAR
DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHER

Ajay Kumar is a passionate documentary photographer and educator spreading the

art of visual storytelling in his home state of Tamil Nadu. Originally from Madurai, Tamil Nadu, Ajay is driven by a desire to document the rich cultural traditions and everyday life of his native state. As a lecturer in the Journalism Department at Madurai Kamaraj University, he teaches photography and mentors the next generation of documentary photographers.

As both a documentarian and photography instructor, Ajay Kumar is making significant

contributions to the visual arts and cultural understanding in his home state of Tamil Nadu and beyond. His photography and educational efforts are cultivating a new generation of ethical, socially conscious storytellers carrying on the traditions of India.

TESTIMONIAL

As a documentarian, my camera is a tool to intimately understand the rituals and culture of people around me. By fully embedding in Tamil traditions, I perceive the landscape of my homeland through a unique insider perspective. This helps me apply an artistic eye to see beyond surfaces. Awards are there to motivate us to work long time and to reach more people.

SELVAPRAKASH LAKSHMANAN
INDEPENDENT PHOTOGRAPHER

Selvaprakash Lakshmanan is an Independent Photographer based in Bangalore and Chennai, India.

His work has been published internationally, including in The New York Times, NYT Lens Blog, Der Spiegel, Forbes, Fortune, OZY, Outlook Traveler, OPEN Magazine, Asian Geo, New Internationalist, and several leading newspapers and magazines in India.

Selvaprakash worked as a staff photographer for Dinamalar, the National Tamil daily newspaper in Chennai, India. He was also Chief Photographer at Dinakaran, DNA, and TimeOut Magazine.

A recipient of the 2007 Paris Match Award, his work has been recognized internationally. In 2007, he was awarded a fellowship to attend the TPW Changing Idea Workshop. In 2008, he won the India Press Photo Award and participated and exhibited images at the PourIInstant 15th Young Visual Artist Residency Programme in Niort-France. Selvaprakash is a recipient of the prestigious Robert Bosch Art Grant (2009-2010), and the NFI National Media fellowship 2011-2012.

His work has been exhibited internationally, including at the World photojournalism Festival in China (2008), Singapore International Photo Festival (2008) (SIPF), Angkor Photo Festival, Cambodia (2010), Photovisa International Photo Festival, Russia (2010), Noorderlicht International Photo Festival (2011), Delhi Photo Festival (2011), Lagos Photo Festival, Nigeria (2011), United Art Fair (2012), JAPF (2015), Meeting of the young International photographers, Niort, France (2016), Verzasca FOTO Festival, Switzerland (2016), and Landskrona Foto (2019) in Sweden.

Selvaprakash was the Grand Prix Winner at the MAN AND SEA Photography Competition at the II International Festival of Photography Photovisa in Krasnodar, Russia (2010). His works was displayed at the San Francisco Art Commission Gallery, and the Time and Space gallery.

PRIYA BANIK
PROGRAMS MANAGER, CPB FOUNDATION

Priya Banik - Programs and Outreach Manager at CPB Foundation, is a professional photographer and mentor with two decades of extensive professional experience, Her experience of having pragmatically shot several elaborate assignments across the globe adds on to her expertise, and gives her the edge to deliver best-in-class methodologies and concepts to the table.

Holding a specialized master's degree in Photography from the United Kingdom, she has worked hard over the years to acquire knowledge across diversified genres within the subject. With a commendable portfolio and the proficiency of working closely with some of the best-known photographers and clients worldwide, she found mentoring and programming as a natural inclination to take her passion for photography forward.


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