Photo exhibition by Egyptian photography club on life in India

A photo exhibition on the daily life in India captured by members of a noted Egyptian photography club during their two trips to the country has been held here.

The exhibition 'India through Egyptian eyes' was held yesterday at the Maulana Azad Center for Indian Culture (MACIC) in Cairo and shows 52 photographs from India taken by 26 photographers of the 'View Finders' photography club based in Alexandria.

India's Ambassador to Egypt Sanjay Bhattacharyya said that the event was part of 'Paryatan Parv', tourism festival.

The ambassador also added that the 52 photographs tell many stories about India as they show portraits of joyous people in rural areas, the rush of the trains and metros.
 

"Their pictures tell stories about my country and when they share their experiences about India I think we get to hear so much, which is very nice," he said.

"Every time I see India through the eyes of Egyptians I find it so remarkable because their capture venues of my country and my people in a remarkably beautiful manner," he added.

Ayman Gamal, founder of View Finders, told PTI that they wanted to document their 2015 and 2016 visits through the photo exhibition.

The photographs in the exhibition, which he and his colleagues took in India, express what they have seen and felt about the country.

"India is beautiful, it has everything. As a photographer, India has many things to offer me and many things that can be featured in photos, there is good street scenery, nature, landscape and it is allowed to take photos of all this beauty," Gamal said.

Lilly Gunasekar, head of the MACIC, said that organising exhibitions by people who have been to India and attended various festivals and occasions can make more people aware about the visiting places in the country.

"This is to increase tourism in India, of course we have a lot of tourists coming to India but this is to make people go to places which are not the traditional places that people use to go to," she said.

"Those people who have already been to India are better ambassadors of the message that India is a paradise for tourism," Gunasekar said.

"The photos reflect very ordinary India you can see the faces and picture of India. It is different from Bollywood which people used to see, this is so diverse," she said.