‘Prathibha 2009’:

A ‘photographic’ success

Nilma Dole

Two of the photographs which were on display

The Arts Society of the Science Faculty, University of Colombo held a photographic exhibition recently and it was called ‘Prathibha 2009’. With an aim of bringing out the artistic talents of their students, the message of Art is prevalent with the first photographic exhibition held at the university recently.

Speaking to the Daily News was Ravindu, the President of the Arts Society who said, “We wanted to show people that the Science faculty were not studious bookworms but they have talents too”. The photography was based on two categories which was ‘Nature and Wildlife’ and ‘Human poses and landscape’.

The theme revolved around various nature photographs like ‘Asian Grounding’ and the ‘Marsh Dancer’ among others which caught the wonderful and exotic poses of animals with their surroundings.

There were various serene human theme portraying solitude and even daring emotions. Encompassing some of the more human gestures were exhibits like ‘Stand and Deliver’, ‘Am I Selfish?’ and ‘Temptation’.

Also, calm poses where a Buddhist monk is sweeping his footsteps in the sand was quite a magnificent photographic masterpiece. There were subtle combinations of works like ‘Difference of opinion’, ‘Living in Harmony’, ‘Glimpses of the Past’ and ‘Masks in motion’. Human emotions and feelings were brilliantly captured in creative pictures like ‘Forgive me Master’ and ‘The wound’.

“We invited the public to send their pictures since it was our first exhibition which also helped our students understand how they can better their talents in photography” he said.

It was also good to note that many amateur photographers were given the opportunity to display their work alongside the better known personalities in photography.

In a bid to help the science students become creatively aware of their talents, special training was given in the photography aspects which is now a hobby turned profession.

“Our aim is to give the confidence and push for science students to tap their hidden talents to indulge in creative aspects and this is why we organized this exhibition” concluded Ravindu.