DPC Heritage Photowalk to Lodhi Garden

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Join DPC Photowalk to Lodhi Garden

During this Photowalk, Lodhi garden offers beautiful colors of flowers and Nature.
Enjoy the amazing Winter Vibes & blue sky of Delhi this Dec

DPC Photo Walk Details:
Date-18th December 2022
Time- 7:30 to 9:00 am
Open for all Photo enthusiast 

How to Reach
By Metro: Nearest station – Jor Bagh
Auto/Cab: please reach at Ashoka Gate No-1 Lodhi Garden

Lodhi Garden : 
During British Raj, it was landscaped by Lady Willingdon, wife of Governor-General of India, Marquess of Willingdon, and hence named the ‘Lady Willingdon Park’ upon its inauguration on April 9, 1936, and 1947, after Independence, it was given its present name, Lodi Gardens.
As there is little architecture from these two periods remaining in India, Lodi Gardens is an important place of preservation. The tomb of Mohammed Shah is visible from the road and is the earliest structure in the gardens. The architecture is characterized by the octagonal chamber, with stone chhajjas on the roof and guldastas on the corners.

The tomb of Mohammed Shah, the last of the Sayyid dynasty rulers, the earliest of the tombs in the garden, was built in 1444 by Ala-ud-din Alam Shah as a tribute to Mohammed Shah.
After the 15th century Sayyid and Lodi dynasties, two villages grew around the monuments, but the villagers were relocated in 1936 in order to create the gardens.
Another tomb within the gardens is that of Sikander Lodi, which is similar to Mohammed Shah’s tomb, though without the chhatris, it was built by his son Ibrahim Lodi in 1517, the last Sultan of Delhi from Lodi dynasty, as he was defeated by Babur.
It is a simple rectangular structure on a high platform approached by a flight of steps. The tomb was renovated by the British, and an inscription mentioning Ibrahim Lodi’s defeat at the hands of Babur and the renovation was included in 1866.

Please Note 
o    Free for first 20 People
o    For registration send your Confirmation Mail – social@delhiphotographyclub.com
o    If you register and confirm that you will be attending and do not turn up, you have denied someone as enthusiastic as you a chance of the walk. Therefore, please register and confirm only if you are reasonably certain to make it on the day 

About Delhi Photography Club

Delhi Photography Club was set up with the intent of taking photography homes. The purpose of the DPC is to stimulate, enable, and nurture a fraternity of photography enthusiasts for mutual benefit.
As a club, we have brought together businessmen, diplomats, doctors, lawyers, homemakers, students and children and helped them in their creative expression using a camera.

Send Your Confirmation Email: social@delhiphotographyclub.com
For More info:
Call- 8826712162, 956081001.
Email- hi@delhiphotographyclub.com

DPC Heritage Photowalk to Potters Village

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Join DPC Heritage Photowalk to Potters VillageDate- 16th Oct 2022
Time- 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM The potters of this village rely solely on their craft for their livelihood. You can appreciate the sharp contrast between the urban and rural parts of Delhi. Observe the daily activities and rituals of the locals. Our guide will also help you to strike a conversation with the potter community. Try your hand at the potter’s wheel. Kids playing some traditional Indian games in narrow streets make for a good camera-shot. And don’t forget to take back some memories, they have a small souvenir shop as well. Cultural interaction with the potters
Observing different types of pottery processes
Traditional Indian pottery
Of course, you can buy

How to Reach
Nearest metro station is Uttam Nagar East

Note:

We accept 20 people for the walk (to better manage the logistics and have a small group for the walk leader). 2 days prior to the walk you will get a mail containing all the details of the walk.

Send Confirmation mail
social@delhiphotographyclub.com

For More info
Call- 8826712162 

We Are Featured in – The New Indian Express

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Framed perspective

This city exhibition displays an assortment of engaging images by global shutterbugs

LINK : https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/delhi/2021/nov/30/framedperspective-2389873.html

Express News Service

Be it a landscape, a street full of people or animals, photographers have the ability to portray these scenes in unique and creative ways. Avanish Dureha from Greater Noida, a former commander in the Indian Navy who has taken up photography as a hobby, shared, “If you ask 10 people with cameras to capture the same place, you will get 10 starkly different photographs.” 

One of his images titled ‘Baby’s Day Out’ is on display at the Gurushots New Delhi Exhibition at the Open Palm Court at India Habitat Centre (IHC), Lodhi Road. The photographs at this exhibition, which began on November 26, will be displayed for viewing till 7pm today. A first for Gurushots—an international community of photographers—in India, this exhibition is in collaboration with the Delhi Photography Club. Divided into two themes ‘Powerful Lighting’ and ‘Our Amazing Planet’, 74 global artists are exhibiting their works here.

Capturing the world around

Of the 20,000 photographs submitted for the Gurushots photography challenge, only 74 were selected. When we visited the gallery on Monday afternoon, we saw innovative shots of landscapes, wildlife photographs, street portraits, and collection of varied moments captured by the artists. The exhibition also has a compilation of the 20,000 submissions displayed on an LED screen.

Featuring submissions from countries such as Patagonia, Denmark, United States, as well as India, the photographs on display are also on view virtually on Gurushots’ Meta (earlier Facebook) page. “Post COVID-19, since a lot of work has been shifted to a virtual platform, working with Gurushots has been extremely interesting. We were worried about the people who would visit the exhibition, but now we provide a virtual walk-through of the exhibition twice a day for anyone who is unable to visit,” said Virendra Shekhawat, founder of Delhi Photography Club. 

Speaking of his photograph, which is a part of the ‘Our Amazing Planet’ theme and taken in Kenya’s Maasai Mara National Reserve, Dureha shared, “Elephants are protective, so to get a picture of a baby elephant with its mother, away from the herd walking into the sunset, was something that needed to be captured. Wildlife photography is a challenge; these moments, where the animals are in their natural habitat with their guard down, therefore make it special.”

Members Heritage Photowalk Chandni Chowk

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17th Oct 2021 (Sunday) FROM 08:00 AM-10:00 AM


DPC Members Heritage Photowalk Chandni Chowk

DPC Announces the fresh set of Heritage Photowalks post the Covid Era . And we are keeping our tradition with Chandni Chowk.During the walk we are going to explore the Narrow Lanes of Chandni Chowk plus the newly renovated spaces of the main road .
Please note:
1-Please confirm with a return mail from your side confirming your participation will help us plan better. You receiving this mail may have meant that we may have not been able to accommodate someone else. Therefore, we request you to send us a line of confirmation back for us to know that you are certainly coming 

2-The walk is on Sunday, 17th Oct 2021 and will start from the Meena Bazar Parking and we will go till the Town Hall. Time : 8.00 am to 10.00 am .
3-May we request you to be on time to start the walk in time?Ways to reach:

4-By car: It is best to park the car at the Meena Bazaar parking or Jama Masjid parking. It being evening time, it will take some time before you get the parking. So coming a little early helps.

6-By metro: Jama Masjid or Chawdi bazaar or Chandni Chowk metro station and a rickshaw ride from there.
Kindly note

7-There is no fee or payment of any sorts for the walk 

However, ticket for camera etc., to enter any specific monument will have to be borne by the individual.

8-Any sort of soliciting or promoting any product or service among the photo walkers is a strict NO. These photowalks are to encourage amateurs and beginners to come out and enjoy photography, please help us maintain the spirit.

9-Some people want to help us. There are two ways,
a-tell about the club to as many of your friends as possible and ask them to join us either on the Facebook page (look for Delhi Photography Club, Blue Tic Verified Page ) when you search on Facebook.

b-send us photos clicked in the walk so that we may upload them in the club’s album. Post walk please send 10-15 photos zipped and compressed to virendra@delhiphotographyclub.com.
10-Please bring your water bottles, goggles, and wear comfortable shoes. Wear conservative cloths and No shorts allowed inside the mosque.For any clarifications, call Virendra (9560810011)

For further clarifications feel free to call Virendra – 08826712162

Entries for Andre Stenin Contest is open Now

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Submission of Entries Opens for Andrei Stenin Contest 2021

The seventh Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest kicks off in Moscow. As per tradition, the submission of young photographers’ entries opens on the birthday of Rossiya Segodnya’s special photo correspondent after whom the contest was named.

Professional photographers aged 18-33 can apply through stenincontest.ru (http://stenincontest.ru) in Russian, English (https://stenincontest.com) and Chinese (https://cn.stenincontest.com). Photo series and single photos can be submitted in four categories Top News, Sport, My Planet, and Portrait: A Hero of Our Time. One single entry and one photo series can be submitted in each of the four categories. Submissions will be accepted until February 28, 2021.

In 2021, the prize fund will be 125,000, 100,000 and 75,000 rubles for the first, second and third places in each category. The winner of the highest Stenin contest award – the Grand Prix – will receive 700,000 rubles.

Of no less importance is the fact that young photojournalists will have the opportunity to show their works at Russian and international venues – a touring exhibition of the winning entries has become an integral part of the project and has been shown in dozens of cities in Europe, Asia, Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East.

Since 2018, the New York headquarters of the main international organization for strengthening peace and security in all countries, the United Nations (UN) has been one of the exhibit venues for Stenin contest winners. Since 2019, the contest’s exhibitions are also held at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.

Oksana Oleinik, the curator of the photo contest and the head of the Visual Projects Service at Rossiya Segodnya, commented the launch of the 2021 contest: “Launching another year of our contest is always like a shot of adrenalin for us. It means joyful anticipation of new works, new names, and new discoveries. This year, the start of the contest in such difficult conditions all over the world – during the COVID-19 pandemic – is also symbolic. New realities can change habits, dictate new conditions of work, but they cannot change basic values such as professionalism, the desire to create and share your ideas and vision of the world with a potential audience. Our contest is proceeding as planned. We believe it’s the same for our participants. We hope and wait for them to send new works, perspectives, and new topics. And, of course, we wish them good luck and victory!”

The 2020 Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest was supported by major Russian and international media, news agencies and the photo community. Shanghai United Media Group (SUMG), the China Daily web portal, the Al Mayadeen Arab media network, and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), one of the largest humanitarian organizations in the world, were partners of several categories.

About the contest

The Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest, organized by Rossiya Segodnya under the patronage of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO, aims to support young photographers and draw public attention to the challenges of photojournalism today. It is a platform for young photographers – talented and sensitive individuals open to all things new – to highlight people and events near us.

2020 Stenin contest partners

General media partners:  Vesti.Ru news website and the nationwide state  Rossiya K TV Channel (Russia Culture). International media partners: Sputnik news agency and radio, Askanews news agency,  Independent Media multi-platform company, Notimex news agency, ANA news agency, RT TV channel and website, Shanghai United Media Group (SUMG), China Daily website, The Paper website, Al Mayadeen media network, Prensa Latina news agency, News1 news agency, DBW website and Brasil 247 website. Industry media partners: National Geographic Russia magazine,  Russian Photo website, Photo-study.ru website, Photo Academy, YOung JOurnalists website, Fotoargenta magazine, Delhi Photography Club, Enfoque Visual magazine and LF Magazine, the All About Photo website. International exhibition partner: PhotOn Festival.