Professional Photographer Debidas Banerjee

HON.PESGSPC

HON.PESGSPC(HON PASCAL ENGLISH SCHOOL AND GREEK SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPHIC CLUB)has been awarded to me by PESGSPC AND TEMA for the outstanding contribution to the development and progress of the Photographic Art. The certificate is given hereabove. I sincerly convey my heartiest thanks to every member of PESGSPC AND TEMA for their considering me for the Honor.

THEY CAN FLY(9th Members' Exhibition of ALOK REKHAY)

From 7th to 9th January 2011 ALOK REKHAY organized it's 9th Exhibition in Gaganendra Pradarshashala (Calcutta Information Centre) Kolkata. 72 pictures of it's 16 members were on display. Out of those 7 of mine under the Captioned "THEY CAN FLY" were exhibited. All those were the pictures of Birds that were taken in various parts of West Bengal, a state of INDIA. The first picture titled "Destination Known" is placed below. This was taken in Cooch Behar.

DESTINATION KNOWN

A PELICAN(OPEN BILL STORK)

This one was taken at Fullora near Bolpur of West Bengal.

ADVANCING(EGRET)

This was taken at Siliguri of West Bengal.

BIRD ON A BRANCH(ORIENTAL MAGPIE ROBIN FEMALE)

The below picture captioned "Bird On A Branch" was taken in Bolpur of West Bengal.

COSSY(PAIR OF EGRESTS IN BREEDING PLUME)

The picture Cossy was taken in Siliguri of West Bengal.

WAITING(PAIR OF POND HERON)

This picture was clicked in Raiganj of West Bengal

A BIRD(BLACK CROWNED NIGHT HERON)

This was the last picture of mine of the exhibition which was shoot in Kolkata.

To make the exhibition memorable, ALOK REKHAY published an English Calendar in conjunction with a friendly company. My picture titled "EVENING LIGHT" was placed in the month of May, which happens to be my Birth Month. The picture was taken in a Tribal Village of Madhukunda of Purulia District of West Bengal. Incidentally the Calendar that was published was 2nd such by ALOK REKHAY.

EVENING LIGHT.

Desert Climb

I have likings for desert activities. During my visit to deserts of India I do regularly take desert pictures. The photograph titled "Desert Climb" one of such. This picture has awarded with a Honourable Mention with FIAP RIBBON in Monochrome Section of ACTA DEL HI CERTAMEN INTERNACIONAL DE FOTOGRAFIA "mALLORCA-2009" with FIAP Patronage NO.2009/092. The picture is given hereunder.

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FACES OF INDIA

On 19th August, the day which is recognised as INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS' DAY Alok Rekhay, our organisation to memorise the day organise its 8th Members' Exhibition of Photography. In this exhibition my them was FACES OF INDIA which consists of 5 pictures depiciting the PORTRAIT of different places of INDIA. The pictures are placed hereabove and under:-

Advent Of Our Festival

To make the ALOK REKHAY'S 7th members exhibition a memorable one, we have published a Bengali Calander of 1417. The Calender has 12 pictures. One picture of each of our 12 members is placed on each month. The pictures mainly depicts the place of interest, ie, Photo Travel. My picture titled "Gaddisar Lake" placed in the first month BAISAKH. The picture is given hereunder:-

GADDISAR LAKE

BUGLE WITH DANCE

Title:- DANCE ON ROAD

During Rath Yatra procession the people who join the procession they use to dance to lead the procession. A such scene is presented in the above picture titled " Dance On Road" where ladies dance. Many other pictures of Rath Yatra are placed earlier in this blog.

Rath Yatra is a festival which mainly performed in Eastern India in Monsoon. It is said that Lord Jagannath goes to his Maternal Uncle's house every year with his elder brother Balaram and sister Suvadra in Chariot. The picture below titled "BLOW INTO CONCH" depicts the mood of Lord Jagannath is being carried from his maternal uncle's house to chariot on his way back. It is said that Lord Jagannath is the other form of KRISHNA.

Title:- BLOW INTO CONCH

Title:- MERRY CHRISTMAS

The above picture titled MERRY CHRISTMAS shows the offerings of flowers to Merry by the girl children who were leading the procession. They were leading the procession from one Church to another on a busy road of Kolkata.
Title:- BADNA A FESTIVAL OF DANCE

BADNA is a festival of Santhal Tribes of India. This festival is performed by playing various instruments by the menfolk of the tribe while the ladies dance with the rhythm of the music. This festival is performed to welcome good harvest. A sceme of BADNA festival is on display above through a picture.

Title:- WELCOME OF DURGA

Once DURGA PUJA was a festival of Bengal now people from every sphere of life, religion,etc, join to take part in this festival. Goddess Durga every year with her 4 children comes to her mother's house in earth to demolish evils. The worshiping of an idle DURGA is photographed and is being exhibited. The picture titled "WELCOM OF DURGA" is placed above.

Title:- JOY OF AUTUMN

ALOK REKHAY is organising from 28th March to 2nd April 2010 it's 7th Photographic Exposition at GAGANENDRA PRADARSASALA in Calcutta Information Centre. There are on display 64 nos of 18X12" size framed photographs taken by it's 15 members. Out of those mine 7 nos of photographs on the theme of ADVENT OF OUR FESTIVAL are there in the Exhibition. The first picture titled "JOY OF AUTUMN" which depicts the out come of AUTUMN. The picture is placed above:-

Puskar Fair 2008

The pictures titled Waiting Of A Caravan and Morning Rays In A Camel Fair are inclued herein early. I used a 500 GB External Hard Disk of Seagate to store those images which got crashed and datas could not be easily recovered but at a cost of Rs.40000.00(Rupees Forty Four Thousand)only which is very costly and difficult for me to bear.

Title:- PUSKAR CAMEL FAIR

Title:- FAIR PLEASURE

Title:- DUSK IN DESERT

The other pictures are pasted here for getting glimpse of the fair.

Title:- CAMEL FAIR

In July 2009 at Academy of Fine Arts the 6th exhibition of ALOK REKHAY was organised. My 8 photographs of Puskar Fair which I took in 2008 took place therein. The Puskar Fair, is a biggest cattle fair of INDIA being held every year before the Full Moon of Kartick Month. This is mainly a fair of Camel where camels are being brought from differnt parts of India for sale. Four of those pictures are given here.

ISKON RATH YATRA AT KOLKATA IN 2008

ALOK REKHAY organised an exhibition of 39 photographs of which my 10 photographs were in display. This time the portfolio is of ISKON'S RATH YATRA in Kolkata held in the month of Asar(June)according to Bengali Calender. According to Hindu religion Lord Jagannath visits every year with his brother Balaram and sister Subhadra to his maternal anty's house. During the travel his chariot are pulled by the religious people to acquire holiness. The return journey is known as ULTA RATH YATRA. Usually it falls after 7 days of RATH YATRA. I covered both occasions last year. In the above picture we get the view of Lord Jagannath in his chariot. The other 9 pictures are placed below.