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Photographs taken by three photojournalists of the country Shibasish Saha, Chandan Khanna and Rajendra Mohan Pandey have been selected for different categories of the Andre Stenin International Press Photo Contest exhibition in Russia. These photos were selected from among 3000 participants from 54 countries. Their names are Shibasish Saha, Chandan Khanna and Rajendra Mohan Pandey.
Know about the three photojournalists and their pictures
Shibasish Saha comes from Bengal and has won many international photo contests. In her photo Evergreen Smile, an old woman blushes at the camera and tries to hide her face with peacock feathers in the middle of a Bengali New Year celebration. Even at this age, such an act touches the heart.
Chandan Khanna photographed a 67 year old woman named Katy Tobias after the Covid pandemic. Chandan works for the AFP news agency in North America and lives in the city of Miami in the state of Florida, United States. She is looking at the courtyard of her house. This woman, who lives on Anna Maria Island in Florida, has transformed the courtyard of her house into a memorial to the Covid pandemic and has tied a ribbon in tribute to each death.
At the same time, Rajendra Mohan Pandey’s picture ‘Cracking the Ice’, which shows the process of breaking the frozen water of Dal Lake in Kashmir, was also a topic of discussion.
Exhibition of photos held in Delhi till February 20
An exhibition of photos of the winners of the Andre Stenin Competition for the year 2022 is being organized in many big cities of the world. This exhibition tour reached Delhi via many cities of the world. Prior to New Delhi, the Stainin Contest International Roadshow has been held in cities such as Pretoria in South Africa and Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates.
Organized by Russia’s well-known news agency Sputnik, the best photographs of many young photojournalists of India have been displayed to the public at the Arts Gallery of All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society. The exhibition was inaugurated in the presence of Russian Ambassador Denis Alipov and Alexander Shtol.
Ambassador of Russia Mr. Denis Alipov said on this occasion that I am feeling very happy to be among you. I do not need to say much on this occasion, because each and every picture displayed here seems to tell a long story in itself. These photographs show the dedication of the photographer or photographer towards his work. These pictures encourage us to be creative or creative.
On 5 August 2014, Russian photojournalist Andrey Stenin went missing while covering the war in Ukraine. He died on 6 August, but it was confirmed on 5 September.
started in 2014 Exhibition dedicated to André Steinin
Russian special photojournalist Andre Stenin made his work the top priority and even risked his life for it. Paying tribute to him, Russian Ambassador Denis Alipov said that this exhibition dedicated to him started in the year 2014.
It is the only platform in Russia from where world-class photojournalists are selected and given a chance to emerge and earn a name on the global stage. Young photojournalists from many countries along with India participate in this exhibition.
Ambassador of Russia said that in this exhibition the works of young photojournalists from many other countries apart from India have been displayed and through their creative style we are able to see what we might not be able to see in normal life. . These pictures take us deep within and also inspire us to face the challenges of life, which is the need of the hour.
In this exhibition, young photographers from all over the world have tried to connect with their thoughts by showing different emotions like beauty, love, hate, disaster, helplessness, challenge through their photographs.