A two-day first Nagaland Photography Festival organised by Photography Club Dimapur (PCD) commenced on Friday at Mandeville Garden, Purana Bazaar, Dimapur, with chief secretary (retd) and CEO, IDAN, Alemtemshi Jamir as the special guest.
Delivering a short speech at the inaugural programme, Jamir said that photography is a “wonderful world” which freezes time where one can hold the memories and also connects people.
Jamir also stated that Nagas now has to be prepared to keep in touch with the changing times, adding that technology is changing.
He also urged the photography club to bring some conception and ideas about how to bring more advanced technologies and expressed hope that the state government might be able to come forward and help.
Jamir reminded that photography was meant for documentation and keep moments alive, adding that now, there’s a great need for documentation among the Nagas, and further urged the club on the necessity of documentation of unique Naga history, tradition, and culture.
Meanwhile, speaking with president of PCD, Letminthang, he informed that the main objective of the festival was to take Nagaland into the map of world photography and also connect with the neighbouring states and rest of India to be able to promote Nagaland and also to take fellowship with the rest of the country.
He also added that photography as a form of art was progressing, whereby the festival was aimed at levelling up with the international level.
He further informed that the photography festival in Dimapur was first of its kind in whole of India, adding that most photography festivals were concentrated as exhibitions, while the photography festival in Dimapur was a kind of proper festival.
He later added that PCD aims to set up a big photography institute so the Nagas as well as whole of North East can benefit from it.
