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EDITOR'S
LETTER
W h y p e o p l e d o n ’ t g e t c o n c e p t u a l a r t p h o t o g r a p h y
In this practical world, a huge number of people do not appreciate the conceptual art
photography. But the photographers, who are creative in their own thinking, always
respect other's creativity of any form. Instead of this, a majority of photographers tend to
dismiss the work when it reaches a conceptual level. If anyone does not understand the
art that doesn't mean it is bad. Everyone wants to create something different and when a
photographer is engaged in creating something new through inspiration most of the
people deny that work. Now we need to understand what is conceptual or modern art
photography? Before the era of photography, the painting was the only visual form of art
to express a story. Then a machine named camera came to existence and the medium of
expression got changed. Everyone thought that the age of painting had come to an end,
but the actual "Art" remained on paintings and after 1950 the concept of photography
changed. Besides the traditional photography, the art form came to the world of film and
a new era began. Every photographer started to create images which resembled paintings.
The pattern based photography like abstract, minimalism etc came to existence and the
era of conceptual photography started with the help of art form of paintings.
Nowadays the modern art or conceptual photography is so important that it is pushing
itself beyond limits. People say these days that nothing much is left to do something new
in the field of photography. But with conceptual photography, the probability of creating
something new has increased and more iconic images are yet to come. The concept of
modern art photography is quite controversial for traditional photographers since they
believe it is quite easy to execute. As said by Craig Damraurer, " Modern art = I could do
that + Yeah, but you didn't " is not easy at all. One has to go beyond the capacity of the
brain and create something different. Many a Times you may fail to create, but at the
same time, you will realize the reason of your failure. A new age of photography has
begun; need to go deep into it.
The 12th issue of INSIDE PHOTOGRAPHY is here with its new looks and format. Some
sections are becoming quite popular amongst the amateur photographers and that is
encouraging for the Inside Photography team. The festive season is about to come and all
photographers of West Bengal is eagerly waiting for this. In this issue, you will enjoy a
good travel story followed by some good technical articles. Everyone is expected to be
busy in this festive month but I insist our readers to take a break with a cup of coffee and
enjoy this issue of INSIDE PHOTOGRAPHY.
Bhaskar Paul
Editor
I N S I D E P H O T O G R A P H Y | S E P T E M B E R
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Reader's Board
I started to read this magazine a few
months ago and it is good to see that
every time it comes to us on the first
day of each month. It is indeed an
academically sound magazine, though I
have found sometimes it comprises of
some mistakes. I would like to request
the editor to take care of this. Thank you
Siliguri Photographic Society for this
wonderful magazine.
Susmita Basak
Inside Photography is developing day
by day and it appears good to me. But
I think there should be more images,
especially the images which are taking
part in the competitions and that would
be awesome.
Aniket Saha
Editor's reply :Thank you Mr.Aniket for
your kind suggestion.We are working on
it to increase the number of photographs
in our magazine. But we can't use the
images which are taking part in the
competitions without the author's
permission as there will be copyright
issue.
T h i s i s a s e g m e n t w h e r e
y o u c a n s e n d
y o u r s u g g e s t i o n s , q u e s t i o n s , a l l y o u ' r e
q u e r i e s . t o s e n d q u e r i e s y o u c a n
a l s o , m a i l u s a t
S i l i g u r i
p h o t o g r a p h i c s o c i e t y @ y a h o o . c o m

F E A T U R E D P H O T O G R A P H E R O F T H E M O N T H
MY SHOT : ARRIVAL
S e p t e m b e r t h e m o n t h i n t h e B e n g a l
m a r k s t h e a r r i v a l o f D u r g a p u j a .
T h e m o s t l o v e d f e s t i v a l o f B e n g a l ,
t h e w e a t h e r i t s e l f d e s c r i b e s t h e
m o o d o f f e s t i v i t y . F o r
p h o t o g r a p h e r s , i t ' s f e s t i v e c h a n c e
t o o f o r c a p t u r i n g s t u n n i n g i m a g e s ,
b e a u t i f u l e m o t i o n s a n d t h e v i b e o f
p u j a . I t i s a g e n r e i t s e l f b u t w i t h
t h e r i s e o f D i g i t a l S L R c a m e r a s , i t
h a s b e c o m e a k i n d o f t e m p l a t e
b a s e d . L e t ' s s a y K a s h f u l - t h e
f l o w e r t h a t s y m b o l i z e s t h e A r r i v a l
o f D u r g a P u j a . B u t m o s t o f t h e
p i c t u r e s y o u h a v e s e e n h a v e t h e
s a m e t e m p l a t e o f h a v i n g a b l u e s k y
i n t h e b a c k g r o u n d a n d K a s h f u l i n
t h e f o r e g r o u n d . T h e r e i n v e n t i o n o f
t h a t s t y l e i s v e r y r a r e . N o t
f o l l o w i n g w h a t t h e l e g e n d s h a v e
f o l l o w e d c a n b e a s i n . I r e s p e c t t h e
t r e n d a s b e c a u s e w h e n e v e r y o u
t h i n k o f D u r g a p u j a t h a t ' s w h a t
c o m e s t o e v e r y o n e ' s m i n d . A s
o b v i o u s i n p o p u l a r o p i n i o n t h a t
i m a g e w i l l b e m o r e a p p e l i n g t o t h e
a u d i e n c e . B u t t h e n w h a t a r e ' Y o u '
b r i n g i n g t o t h e t a b l e ? S o t h i s t i m e
w i t h m y i m a g e " A r r i v a l " I h a v e
t r i e d t o p o t r a y t h e s a m e t h i n g w i t h
a s l i g h t d i f f e r e n c e i n p e r s p e c t i v e .
H o p e y o u a l l w i l l g i v e i t a s e c o n d
t h o u g h t .
A N U B H A V C H O U D H U R Y

"Though the economic
condition is not suitable for
the people who belong to
below poverty line, but need
to be ready for every day's
struggle. I have a small shop
and I wish it will be grown up
one day"- an unknown man
of Siliguri market.
Image by Bhaskar Paul

N E W S
It has been in the news that Lee Filter's ProGlass IRND
filters made for the film industry, are now available for
discerning still photographers.they are available in a
range of strengths 0.6ND(2EV), 0.9ND (3EV),
1.2ND(4EV), and 1.8ND (6EV). Extreme Strengths are
available on offer; For Ultra Long exposures go for the
3.0 (10EV) and 4.5ND (15EV).
Images from www.profifoto.de
As per sources says these filters are 2mm made from
optically flat glass to highly accurate filter values and all
strengths are designed to be free of color casts so filter
to filter consistency is guaranteed to assist a fast
workflow.
they are also coated to block infrared and ultra violates
radiation to ensure clean blacks, mid tones and whites
free of color casts.
L e e
o f f e r s
N e w N D s
As with the stopper range, the Pro Glass IRND filters
have foam gaskets to prevent light leaks during very
long exposures.
The Pro Glass IRND filters are available for the Seven5
systems, 100mm systems Sw150 systems; Priced Rs
11208.50, Rs 13631.96, Rs 31429.25 respectively.
Again from sources, a solar eclipse filter has also been
Introduced By Lee.It reduces incoming light by around
20EV and is designed for use during the partial phase of
an eclipse - it is removed for shooting totality. This filter
is not designed for extreme long exposure shooting as
the results will be blue in color.Any blueness in solar
eclipse images can be corrected in processing.

BOARD
Tech Talk
Image from www.landscapepro.pics
Landscape PRO 2 is an
intelligent software aimed at
the outdoor photographer
who wants to make their
shots and neither doesn't
have the editing skills or the
time to sit in front of the
computer. V2 retains key
features of V1 so you have
sky replacement and photo
adaptive controls but now
there are improved selection
brushes 2d and 3d lighting
brushes and an expended sky
library.
Ease of use is key to this
software. It features one click
presets for instant
improvements and slidders
offer more control.
As per source from market
three version are available.
The standard LandsapePRO
costs Rs2268.51/- while the
studio version is Rs3783.38/-
and studio max edition is
around Rs 7570.54/-.

ZEISS has added a
tenth lens to its
Milvus range
Image from www.pinterest.com
3 Legged
Thing QR11-
LG L Bracket
Images from www.3leggedthing.com
The 35mm f/1.4 is a full
frame lens available in
Canon and Nikon fit at Rs
128687.90/-. It features a
new optical design i.e
claim to be free of
chromatic aberration and
also deliver a high-class
performance even at
maximum aperture as per
reliable sources.
The QR11 L-grip is available
in copper or gray priced at
Rs 3786.41/-. It's arca-swiss
compatibility makes
switching from upright to
horizontal shooting in a
second easy. It can also be
disassembled quickly and
stored flat for easy transport
as per research.

SIGMA RANGE GROWS BY TWO
Sigmas art lens collection has added two new family members
aimed at full frame users. The 24-70 mm f/2.8 DG OS HSM is a
top end with standard zoom as per market analysis.
The fourth generation of this focal length range offers much
more than a leading optical performance from current high
megapixel DSLRs.
Its optical construction features three SLD(super low
dispersion) glass elements and four aspherical elements to
minimize lens flaws including coma and chromatic aberration
and gives excellent across-the - frame sharpness. The lens
features Sigma's renowned optical stabilizer technology and
HSM for first silent auto focusing with the option of full-time
manual overwrite.
The lens construction includes seals to prevent dust and
moisture intrusion, and the front lens element features water
and dust repellent coating. Both help to give the reliable
performance in challenging conditions.This standard zoom is
priced at Rs106039.89/- will be available this August in Canon,
Nikon and Sigma fittings as per various sources.
Again it presumes that the second lens sets new standards in
the ultra-wide angle category and is the seventh prime lens in
the art line. The Sigma 14 mm f/1.8 DG SHM is priced at
Rs127248.02/- with Canon and Sigma mount available now and
the Nikon version towards the end of August.
An ultra-wide lens of this speed makes it ideal for many
subjects including landscape but also more specialist like Astro
photography where such a fast aperture
allows a relatively low ISO.
Outstanding across -the- frame image quality is delivered.
Thanks to the three FLD and four SLD elements while the
inclusion of a large 80 mm moulded glass aspherical
lens element helps to provide the lens with a wide aperture.
This element also helps us to deliver a minimum distortion and
great centered-to-age sharpness.
Image from www.whatdigitalcamera.com

o y a l t o c o m e b a c k .
r
So, the King is back again. Kodak is bringing back its iconic Reversal or slide
film Ektachrome soon. Jettisoning millions of photo enthusiasts round the
globe to astronomically high level of joy, Kodak has made this official
announcement bringing it to public that the new era is all set to begin by end
2017 when the company is likely to bring back the film again to life in Super
8 Cine as well as 35mm Still formats.
Superb for its colour reproduction and extra fine grain, the film, first
introduced in 1940, shaped the world of photography while being a must to
be used by top class shooters including those in Nat Geo until end of the first
decade of 21st century.
Shoot and final. No print. The film is positive. Being projected through the
analog projector, it used to produce life size super vibrant and brilliantly
contrast razor sharp images on the screen.
In contrast to 1080 X 1920 image units of the present day gorgeous
standard of digital on screen projection image, the handshaking of
Ektachrome and Analog projector gives an image equivalent to 24mega
Pixel or 4000 X 6000 image units on a projection screen. Eventually, any
kind of ‘Pixelation’ is just ‘what the heck’ in it.
The following decline in the film usage and trailing to the fate of many other
film brands, this super strong Ektachrome also had to have its last breath in
2012 with discontinuation of its production.
Image from www.donaldscarincipictures.com
E K T A C H R O M E :
T h e K i n g i s a l l s e t f o r a

www.familyoralhistory.us
But, from behind the instant imaging convenience of digital
technology, the purist spirit of that ' hole in one’ liking hard core
shooters reemerged once again increasing global demand for films
making it noticeable by 2016.
Kodak responded to the new trend with the bold announcement- “It
is such a privilege to reintroduce KODAK EKTACHROME Film,” on
5th of January 2017.
Eventually, the shutter bugs are going back to pull out those
immortal pieces of machines- Nikon FE II, Nikon F 90X, Canon AE 1,
Canon EOS, Pentax K 1000 and many more landmark models. Days
are not too far for them to once again feel the thrill of real
photography that comes after meticulous learning from seniors and
real books. Where every shutter click comes after a full round of
planning, observation or assessment. Where shooting shows no
mercy to mistake. Where there is no post process, no Cntrl Z and
with a camera without a Delete button. Most importantly, shooting,
in which a photograph comes in lap after a long, painful gestation
period that only a mother, knows how sweet. Must be much sweeter
than wine.

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Image by Santosh Biswas

SEPTEMBER,2017

MAMRING
A P h o t o g r a p h e r s
T r e a t
B y S h i l l a d i t y a C h o u d h u r y
About The Author
S h i l l a d i t y a C h o u d h u r y i s
a n a m a t e u r p h o t o g r a p h e r
f r o m S i l i g u r i
P h o t o g r a p h i c
S o c i e t y . M o s t l y h e
d e v o t e d h i s p a s s i o n o f
t o M a c r o p h o t o g r a p h y .
B u t h e a l s o t a k e s
i n t e r e s t i n P e o p l e
P h o t o g r a p h y &
L a n d s c a p e s .

E v e r y p h o t o - t o u r f o r m e i s a
b i g l e a r n i n g e x p e r i e n c e a n d
e a c h t i m e i t m a k e s m e a b e t t e r
p h o t o g r a p h e r . B u t M a m r i n g
w a s n o o r d i n a r y p h o t o - t o u r ,
s i n c e I w a s h o n o u r e d e n o u g h
t o b e a p a r t o f a e x p e r t
o u t r e a c h t e a m w h o w e r e
t r a v e l l i n g t o a l l t h e a d v e n t u r e
c a m p s i n N o r t h B e n g a l a n d
w e r e s p e n d i n g n i g h t s
e n r i c h i n g k i d s w i t h s t a r g a z i n g
a n d a s t r o n o m i c a l
d i s c u s s i o n s . S k y W a t c h e r s
A s s o c i a t i o n o f N o r t h B e n g a l i s
a r e n o w n e d n a m e i n a m a t e u r
a s t r o n o m y c l u b s w i t h i n t h e
c o u n t r y . I w a s l u c k y t o b e a
p a r t o f t h e r e o u t r e a c h j o u r n e y
f o r o n e n i g h t i n M a m r i n g .
S o I h a d a n i g h t a n d a
d a y a n d i t w a s a t i g h t
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( www.photomuse.com) was of great help.
I also wrote down the process I followed and
would like to share with you all.
Before embarking on my journey
I took a little
time to share my photographic skills, I even
went through the works of other photographers
for a beginner's look at Master's of
photography(www.masters -of -
photography.com). Similarly another website
I did my research as much as possible but I was
with a team who already had visited the place
previously so things became easy for me,
otherwise I must say it takes an extensive
amount of research to start.
I checked the weather forecast, mostly I use
Accuweather to do so and since it was in the
month of December so a cold weather was
expected.

When we reached Marming it was already evening so there was very
little light to shoot, I wandered a little bit for a quick survey of the place
and found it to be a very beautiful village in the midst of the Himalayan
foothills.The night was completely enjoyed, star gazing with kids of the
Adventure camp. It was a freezing night and temperature dropped to
one degree Celsius. I had some plans of doing a star trail but the idea
was quite a fantasy at that point of time. Dinner was delicious with
thick Rotis and Tarka and after relishing it I went off to bed as early as
possible since I had to wake up early as we planned to leave early
morning after a small session with kids.
Morning Session On The Camp

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The next morning I woke up at 5.30 and got
dressed up as it was freezing outside the
tent. Within 5.45 am I went out of the camp
site to explore the beautiful area. It was a
feeling like heaven being away from the
city, it was calm and I was mesmerized with
the serenity of the place. A beautiful
morning by my side I went down the road
of the hill to visit the place where most
people lived, which was not very far from
the camp site.
Meanwhile I got a company of a four
legged friend who was also wandering with
me and you all can see him in the first
picture
What I found really amazing was the people
of the place seemed to me as the happiest
people on the planet though leading life in
those rough terrain is much difficult..

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The biggest thing what I learnt
from them is to deal challenges
of life with a smile. I had some
conversations with some kids of
that area and it was like a super
fun kind of thing, which even
helped me take there few snaps.
I wanted to take few portraits
that can reflect the spirit of the
hardworking people of
Mamring. I asked an old lady if I
can take a picture of her and
she was delighted. It was a treat
for me to show her the photos
as she was really excited to see
what I clicked.
Gradually the morning session
was over and it was time for me
to say good bye to everyone at
camp. I started my journey
towards Siliguri with some great
memories. Marming trip for me
was really refreshing and it was
one of the memorable
experience I had in my recent
times.

The
IMAGE SQUARE
Image square, this
section was opened
for all at our social
media (facebook)
page one month ago.
It is a platform to
show the
photographs of the
amateurs.
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Few more honourable mentions for
the photos of Image Square are
Upamanyu O Chakraborty,Sangali
Pranai, Partha Chakraborty, Rishi
Raj Singh, Arpita Singha Roy,
Subham Ghosh, Dino Bhattacharya &
Pritam Dey.Lastly we are very
thankful to those who sent their
images and we expect a lot more
from you all in future.
Congratulations to
all of them whose
photographs were
selected .The other
photographers who
posted their images
were also excellent.
But need to work
hard and share more
images with us with
the proper tag.

Image by Pranab Das
Image by Pronay Banik
Image by Debabrata Saha
Chowdhury

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Image by Tamal Chowdhury

The
Color
Theory
Colour memory: The human mind
Brightness and adaptation: The
iris of our eyes is just like the
can be lazy at times; rather than
making an effort in analyzing
aperture of a lens which governs
the amount of light through in. In
what we see it gathers
information because it is easier to
dark conditions, once the iris is
fully opened, the eye increases its
do so. If we see an object that
we"know " should be of a
sensitivity to still allow us to see.
This extra sensitivity is controlled
particular colour, then the brain
actually interprets of what exactly
by the rod - shaped cells within
the eye, as a result of which we
we are seeing. For example, when
you
see a picture of a blue sky,
get less and less information from
the colour - sensitive cone-
your brain doesn't necessarily see
the actual colour, because you
shaped cells. As the level of light
drops, our sensitivity to colour
already know what exactly a blue
shifts more towards blue - green
sky should be looking. On the
other hand we notice
the colour
end of the spectrum, until there is
no colour information at all.
of other objects like food or skin
more precisely since these are
areas that, historically, we need to
see specifically.

Our perception of an individual
Colour
colour can be affected by other
colours surrounding it. This is
partly a psychological reaction, but
Fatigue
it is also due to the receptors in the
eye becoming fatigued and
influencing the process of what
you see. For example, if you place
two identically coloured objects
against two differently coloured
backgrounds, the colour of the
object will often appear to be
different.
Despite of all these limitations, our
vision is still remarkably good in
assessing the world around us and
how it can be captured
photographically. The more you
learn to see the world around you,
the more likely you are able to
interpret colour correctly and
transfer that into your
photographs.

B e h i
I came across star trail for the first time at Navoneel 2012 organized by Sky Watchers Association of
North Bengal. I was fascinated by the fact that every star told swan through star trail. I was amazed
that a star which itself is just a light dot for us can even speak! I really found that a photographer if
wants, can make a star speak and from that very moment the idea of clicking star trail inculcated in
my mind. Finally I got the chance of clicking star trail this year.
Now the question is why do we see star trails?

1) clear sky
2) remote control shutter release / intervalometer
3) tripod
4) camera
5) wild angle lens
d T h e L e n s
n
y R u d r a S h e k h a r D a s
B
We know that earth rotates on its own axis from west to east in every 24 hours. That means it rotates
360 degrees in 24 hours, which makes 15 degree rotation in one hour and in every 4 minutes
rotates one degree. I was able to get an exposure of 67 minutes and 30 seconds because after that
the sky was overcasted with clouds.
Now as per the previous calculation of the exposure I got the
trail of 16 degree, 52 minutes and 30 seconds. In this context I must mention to minimize noise
reduction I took a dark frame by attaching a lens cap.
Requirements to click a star trail:
Predetermination
Infinite focus : To get an infinite focus one has to fix the camera on the tripod and set the lens on
manual focus keeping the live view on. Then zoom in and when the stars appear as a dot you get an
infinite focus.
Exposure determination: While determining the exposure we have to keep in mind that the black
portion of the sky doesn't appears grey or else the faint appearing stars won't be visible.
Set up: I didn't had any tripod. I just took the camera and kept the lens towards the sky giving an
exposure of 30 seconds. I went on clicking photos one after the other and at last I took a dark frame,
since I knew that if the camera is on
for a long time it gets heated up and the level of noise
increases gradually. To reduce this noise
I took the dark frame.
Processing:
The processing of the photos was done by using a software named star track. I commanded the
software to add only the brightest points. Next the output was copied thrice, since for gap filling
minimum three photos are required. An object named threshold is present in gap filling which
enables the pixel size to either become small or big. As two photos have been merged it had a little
gap, which was filled in by increasing
the pixel size.

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Image by Santosh Biswas

Death Becomes Him
Jayanta Sarkar
...continued
He was initially afraid, but then he
smiled to himself thinking that now all he
has to do is to keep away from crocodiles.
He will then get immortalized. He left his
home town and went and got settled in a
desert kingdom.
In this kingdom water was a precious
commodity and no such water bodies
existed to sustain any big water
creatures. Though getting obsessed with
defeating death yet he was a learned man
and quickly earned a position at the
king's court.
Now this king was childless for a long
time, but within a year, a prince was born
which called for the whole kingdom to
rejoice and celebrate.He was considered
auspicious by the people and the king
from that day.
But when he saw the little prince, he
felt both a sense of recognition and
unease at the same time but could not
understand why. The king announced
him as the prince's teacher. As days
went by the prince grew up and became
very fond of him. But the sense of
recognition and unease was growing
within him too. He still could not find
any reason.
Ten years have gone by, and the
prince was now a ten years old
child.One day the prince went to the
king and requested that he wanted to
go for a bath at the river Ganga. The

The king willingly agreed and also insisted
that his teacher should accompany him.
Now he started feeling afraid, as after
12 years since that fateful day when he
met Death, he was now asked to go to a
place where crocodile attack was
possible. He refused to go at first but the
king stood polite and adamant to his
decision. .After many refusals finally the
king asked him sternly what was the
reason behind the refusal of taking a bath
in Ganga.
He eventually sighed and told the
whole story to the king. The king was
quite for some time. Then the king
assured that he will arrange for the
the highest level of security. He will
cordon off that particular part of the
river with iron nets and other various
safety measures, the kings soldiers will
be on boats and ships to give them
cover. It will be impossible for even a
small fish to come near them, then leave
about crocodiles. At last he agreed
reluctantly to the king's decision.
When they went to the river, he was
impressed by the security measures
taken. It was indeed foolproof. It was
impossible to even for a small fish to
enter the cordoned area. It was
cordoned by an iron net with very fine
mesh and the soldiers were just outside

the area with their weapon drawn and
on full alert.
He went into the river with the prince
in an assumed mood. Both of them took
a dip after the dip he looked at the
prince, who was smiling. The sense of
recognition was growing within him. He
knew that smile. Suddenly he identified
who the prince was.
The prince said, “ I have to be born in
a human form and had been locked in
this form for 10 long years to fulfill your
destiny and my duty” , and then the
prince turned into a crocodile. He was
alone with his fate inside that
impenetrable cordon, which even the
soldiers outside cannot breach.
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SWAN & SPS join hands in helping the North
Bengal flood victims
Data collected by Kaushal Agarwal
The medical camp conducted at Burijot Prathamic Vidyalay, Manikgunj, Haldibari on
27th August, began at 11:30am and was successfully packed up at 6:30pm with a patient
head count of 577 treated by 3 doctors.4 paramedics took care of dressings and
distributed medicines worth around Rs 90 thousand. Water purifying compound to
clean 250 Litre of drinking water was given to 400 families. All the doctors and
paramedics are SWAN(Sky Watchers Association of North Bengal) & SPS(Siliguri
Photographic Society) members. Without any Govt. Funding and Sponsorships, we could
make it possible only because of support from friends.
THE TEAM:
Doctors: Dr. Vivek, Dr. Mandal and Dr.
Karmakar from NBMCH.
Pharma: Mr. Darpan Chakraborty(DC),
Master Rudrashekhar Das, Master Anubhav
Choudhary, Mr.Utpal, Mr. Ashok
Checkup (BP): Mr. Shubhomoy Dewanjee, Mr.
Debabrata Saha Chowdhury
Office: Mrs. Arpita Dewanjee, Mr. Arijit
Chakraborty(AC), Master Arnab, Master
Kaushal Agarwal.
Photography: Mr. Sabyasachi, Mr. Shiladitya
Choudhury
Managing Head1: Mr. Debashish Sarker, Mr.
Sisirnath, Mr. Proloy Choudhary, Mr. Arko
Mandal, Mr. Bhaskar Paul, Mr. Abhisek
Bhaduri, Mr. Sushanta.
Logistic Support: SSB, Jalpaiguri., United Club
(Manikganj), Social Development
Organisation Society (Manikganj), People of
Manikganj.
The experience was altogether unique and it was one of the biggest outreach program by
SWAN. People came with hope of getting served well and all the members gave their 100
percent. The villager's returning back with a big smile on their faces was the biggest
achievement and energy sip for every SWAN & SPS member.

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The people were really very cooperative, good listeners and very understanding who slowly
got adjusted with the on going, time taking processes. It was really very difficult to control
600, totally unknown people, but it was their cooperation which leads to the success of the
planned outreach. The people of Manikganj, the Social Organizations, the Clubs and their
members- all were excellent. And, of course, it would not have been a successful camp unless
the SSB stood beside us as a supportive backbone! A salute to them.
At last, we thank all our members, all our donators, and our well wishers for their selfless and
whole hearted help for the smooth run of this outreach. Thank You!

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SEPTEMBER,2017
Image by Debabrata Saha Chowdhury

SILIGURI PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
celebrates
WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY DAY,2017
World Photography Day Celebration by SPS
19th August is a big day for all photographers around
the world. A day where all of them say loudly, "Yes, it's
our day. The day is meant for us". Though the history
of World Photography Day is quite different nowadays
especially the amateur photographers are celebrating it
like a festival. Besides all the year activities we the
Siliguri Photographic Society organized a photowalk
with the amateur photographers to explore street
photography, supported by Tamron. This year some
senior photographers joined us which was a great
learning experience for the juniors. SPS always has
been a great platform for the newcomers and has
welcomed them warmly. Here are some of the
experiences from the photographers who celebrated
the day with SPS.

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Dr. Vivek Kumar: " Excellent experience of street photography. In fact first time for me.
Thanks for nicely organizing it. Looking forward to having more and more such outdoor
exposure ".
Arup Biswas: " Wonderful walk. I would remember it longer way in my life...thanks SPS
for giving me this opportunity!"
Anubhav Choudhury :" It was a nice session for me. After a long gap, I went to the
street and tried to make some photos and that day I met some senior photographers
which really meant a lot to me".
Bipul Barman: I have been a part of SPS for last two years and have always tried to be a
part of any event organized by SPS. This time I made my schedule and joined the walk
and it was an amazing experience for me. All seniors helped me and guided me a lot to
make some good photographs.
Rudra Sekhar Das:" Photography became my passion and I really love it. All credits go
to SPS. The photo walk was a memorable moment for me. I learnt in a better way how
to do street photography. Thank you everyone."
Image by Arup Biswas
Image by Dr Vivek Kumar

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Debabrata Saha Chowdhury: " The walk gave me an opportunity to meet some other
good photographers from Siliguri & to exchange ideas. It was a good learning
experience ".
Arnab Chakraborty: " 19th August, on account of World Photography Day our Siliguri
Photographic Society ( SPS) members observed it by triggering the shutter of their
cameras. We gathered at 6 a.m. and explored the outskirts of Siliguri with our cameras.
In spite of soft drizzled, we enjoyed our photoshoot. We had a fantabulous experience;
we learnt, we shared and improved our photographic knowledge with each other.
Between all these, we had our breakfast. We fired our cameras till 11 am and after
completing the day's work our heart was filled with joy.
Sanjib Mukherjee: "I was very excited to meet everyone at this walk and finally after an
irritating heavy shower I reached the spot and apologized for being late. I simply
enjoyed the walk."
Santosh Biswas: “I was out of station due to work load and didn't click photos for a long
time, so I was excited about the walk and was determined to join them that day. Finally,
I made some photos and shared our views through photographs with some snacks and
had a great time together.
Image by Bipul Barman
Image by Arnab Chakraborty
Image by Subham Bhawal

Sudakshina Majumdar : " Every time I meet
my team members, about whom I believe
that photography is not just a passion for
them it's a kind of meditation...I find things
are getting percolated and I feel the
difference in my mind, it brings me peace
and this time it wasn't an exception ".
Subham Bhawal: Since last year I joined
SPS, I tried to be the part of every event. I
have tried to upgrade myself in
photography from the suggestions of my
seniors. In this photowalk I made some
photos which were appreciated by other
photographers and that motivated me the
most".
Bhaskar Paul: “Every time prior to
organizing an event of SPS I become
nervous and excited. That day I got up
early and looked out my window just to see
a heavy shower. For a moment I was
confused about what to do now! But I took
a decision, whatever happens, I will go and
wait for others as someone once told me
that, rainy day could also be good for
photography. I reached the pre planned
place and was really surprised to see that
few friends were already there. When other
group members joined we started the walk.
It was a great time when seniors like Arup
Biswas, Dr. Vivek Kumar joined us and
shared their thoughts on photography. I am
really thankful to them. Finally, we had
some snacks and tea at the heritage
cafeteria of Siliguri , Netaji Cabin and the
walk came to an end. Besides all daily
activities, I always enjoy anything related to
photography".
Image by Sudakshina Majumdar
Image by Anubhav Choudhury
Image by Bhaskar Paul
Image by Rudra Sekhar Das

Image by Debabrata Saha Chowdhury
Image by Bipul Barman
Image by Richa Moitra
Image by Sabyasachi Ghosh
Image by Ankit Dey

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