<div>Photography enthusiast students not just in Delhi University but across India got a chance to showcase their work at Hindu College’s recently held Snap Photography Festival.<div> </div><div>Organised by the Film and Photography Society of Hindu College, Vivre, the festival invited student entries on three exciting themes – Street, Vintage and Machine - and gathered equally exciting photographs.</div><div> </div><div>These were displayed over two days at the heritage building Dr Bharat Ram House of Culture in Delhi.<br /><br /></div><div>Vivre is one of the most sought-after societies among all colleges of DU. <br /><br />The society, run largely by senior students, receives at least 500 applications every year of which only 20 are selected finally.</div><div> </div><div>They regularly organise photography workshops, talks by eminent photographers and interesting photo walks.</div><div> </div><div>Snap is their annual festival which sees a photography competition and then exhibition as well.</div><div><br />This time, Snap had three very interesting themes - Street, Vintage and Machine. These fetched over 5,000 entries from across the country.</div><div> </div><div>As Anikesh Kishor, the student president of the society and an English (Hons) student at Hindu, informed us, “There were entries from DU, Jamia Millia Islamia and Indraprastha University, but also a large number from varsities in south India.</div><div> </div><div>In fact, we had a lot of entries from school students which shows how far the word spread and Snap is definitely gathering a lot of goodwill.”</div><div> </div><div>Students came up with remarkable pictures of vintage cars and bikes in the Vintage category.</div><div> </div><div>There were old clocks, antique coins and also a photograph of a war tank dating back to World War I taken in Nagaland. Students went all sci-fi in the machines category taking snaps of bulldozers and cranes, close shots of springs, bike parts etc. <br /><br /></div><div>Street, being a broad theme, saw an even larger number of entries featuring nameless but expressive faces from the streets, passers-by, hawkers, beggars et al.</div><div><br />At least 50 pictures were put on show.<br /><br /></div><div>Additionally, the first day of the fest saw a fascinating talk by renowned photographer William Chang, along with an interesting workshop on the basics of photography organised by Canon on the second day.</div><div><br />Snap 2014 ended on a high note as the three winners of the online photography competition - Prateek Sultania, Kush Kukreja and Sana Kamra - were awarded lenses by representatives from Canon representatives and the organising team.<br /><br /></div></div>
<div>Photography enthusiast students not just in Delhi University but across India got a chance to showcase their work at Hindu College’s recently held Snap Photography Festival.<div> </div><div>Organised by the Film and Photography Society of Hindu College, Vivre, the festival invited student entries on three exciting themes – Street, Vintage and Machine - and gathered equally exciting photographs.</div><div> </div><div>These were displayed over two days at the heritage building Dr Bharat Ram House of Culture in Delhi.<br /><br /></div><div>Vivre is one of the most sought-after societies among all colleges of DU. <br /><br />The society, run largely by senior students, receives at least 500 applications every year of which only 20 are selected finally.</div><div> </div><div>They regularly organise photography workshops, talks by eminent photographers and interesting photo walks.</div><div> </div><div>Snap is their annual festival which sees a photography competition and then exhibition as well.</div><div><br />This time, Snap had three very interesting themes - Street, Vintage and Machine. These fetched over 5,000 entries from across the country.</div><div> </div><div>As Anikesh Kishor, the student president of the society and an English (Hons) student at Hindu, informed us, “There were entries from DU, Jamia Millia Islamia and Indraprastha University, but also a large number from varsities in south India.</div><div> </div><div>In fact, we had a lot of entries from school students which shows how far the word spread and Snap is definitely gathering a lot of goodwill.”</div><div> </div><div>Students came up with remarkable pictures of vintage cars and bikes in the Vintage category.</div><div> </div><div>There were old clocks, antique coins and also a photograph of a war tank dating back to World War I taken in Nagaland. Students went all sci-fi in the machines category taking snaps of bulldozers and cranes, close shots of springs, bike parts etc. <br /><br /></div><div>Street, being a broad theme, saw an even larger number of entries featuring nameless but expressive faces from the streets, passers-by, hawkers, beggars et al.</div><div><br />At least 50 pictures were put on show.<br /><br /></div><div>Additionally, the first day of the fest saw a fascinating talk by renowned photographer William Chang, along with an interesting workshop on the basics of photography organised by Canon on the second day.</div><div><br />Snap 2014 ended on a high note as the three winners of the online photography competition - Prateek Sultania, Kush Kukreja and Sana Kamra - were awarded lenses by representatives from Canon representatives and the organising team.<br /><br /></div></div>
