Indian Photo Festival 2021 opts for hybrid format
The Hindu
The seventh edition of the Indian Photo Festival, commencing on November 18 in Hyderabad, to host both online and offline events
The seventh edition of the Indian Photo Festival (IPF) will open in Hyderabad on November 18 with a month-long line-up of digital and real-time events. Some of the IPF’s signature features such as portfolio reviews, workshops and artist talks will be held online, while the State Gallery of Art in Madhapur and the walkway of KBR Park will host exhibitions featuring images by national and international photographers.
Prior to the pandemic, the annual IPF brought together acclaimed photographers and aspiring lensmen and women to a clutch of venues in Hyderabad for interactive sessions. The IPF turned virtual in 2020, save for a few exhibitions at the KBR Park. Aquin Mathews, the festival director, says the hybrid format of IPF 2021 was necessitated by the uncertainty around vaccination and international travel earlier this year: “We began planning more than six months ago. At that time, things were bleak. Last year’s experience showed us that the online engagement was good, so we decided to continue a similar format for the interactive sessions with master photographers online. However, we were particular in hosting real-time exhibitions to give viewers a chance to look at large-format images rather than viewing them on a laptop or a six-inch mobile phone screen.”
The IPF partnered with the National Geographic magazine in 2019 and since then, portfolio reviews by the magazine’s photo editors became an annual feature. This year, aspiring photographers can get their work reviewed by the Nat Geo team by registering for it on www.indianphotofest.com.
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