The New Nation - Internet Edition

Art & Culture Report

Recently Prism, a photographic forum, organised a weeklong photo exhibition at the Drik Gallery in the capital. A total of 70 photographs of 25 photographers were on display.

Md Rafiqul Islam, convenor of Photographic Forum; Prism, said, "The basics of photography lie behind the concept of light and shadows. For this reason, we named the exhibition titled 'Aloy-Kaloy Aanka,' which referring to the relationship between light and darkness. Earlier we arranged two more exhibitions with the same title."

Prism started its journey in 1998 as an institution through a publication titled 'Photography Kolakoushal O Monon.' Later, the present, former students of Prism and their photographer friends with the same frame of mind came together and formed a new platform, which is 'Photographic Forum; Prism.'

Since then, the forum has been organising photographic excursions, contests and exhibitions regularly. A panel of judges - including Golam Mostofa, Dr Rashidunnabi and Shankar Sawjal - selected six out of the 70 photographs on display for the awards at the exhibition-competition. The awards were conferred in categories such as best photographs (three), certificate of merit (two) and special jury award (one).

Kaoser Ahmed, KM Jahangir Alam and Mohammed Golam Sarower received the best photographs awards. Works by Emu Imran and M Yousuf Tushar were selected for the certificate of merit while Elius Hasan Elu won the special jury award.

Natural beauty, womanhood, childhood, abstract themes, cultural practices of different communities, architecture and terracotta plaque were some of the themes of the entries.