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Press photographers urged to develop a passion for their job

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Exhibition of photographs by Gulam Muntaqa organised

WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY DAY: Agriculture Marketing Minister Sharanabasappa Darshnapur looking at the nine-foot long negative taken by Gulam Muntaqa, in Gulbarga on Sunday.

GULBARGA: The Agriculture Marketing Minister Sharanabasappa Darshanapur inaugurated World Photography Day organised by the Gulbarga District Press Photographers' Association and the Information Department, in Gulbarga on Sunday. He urged press photographers to develop a passion for photography and not just to perceive it as a job.

An exhibition of photographs and negatives of Rajyotsava Award winner Gulam Muntaqa, press photographer of the Bidar Ki Awaaz, was organised on the occasion. The Minister had a look at the nine-ft long negative exposed by Mr. Muntaqa believed to be the longest in the country. Mr Muntaqa spoke of his six-decade career and explained the events leading to his capturing the famous picture of Jawaharlal Nehru waiving to the crowd with his Sherwani fluttering in the wind from the Bidar Air Force base. He spoke about his rotating camera and a picture of the Vidhana Soudha and the High Court taken in one shot.

Mr. Muntaqa and other senior press photographers, Bhavarlal Jhawar of Yadgir, Nizamuddin Junaid and Sripadrao Kulkarni of Gulbarga were felicitated.

Association president Bhavani Singh Thakur, Hyderabad Karnataka Chamber of Commerce and Industries president Umakant Niggudagi, Deputy Director of Information Basavaraj Para and others were present.

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