[Leica] Exhibition

[Ric Carter]

Super Set, Jay!!

Ric




> On Dec 10, 2025, at 12:39 AM, Nathan Wajsman via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
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> I really like the concept and the way you executed it.
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
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>> On 24 Nov 2025, at 15:43, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
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>> My third exhibition of photographic prints, jointly held together with my
>> friend, Dr.P.Srnivasan (who exhibited B&W prints taken in the Himalayas),
>> concluded in Chennai yesterday (23rd November 2025). My previous two
>> exhibitions had concentrated on my wildlife photography. This one, however,
>> was a departure from that norm, as clarified by my 'Artist's Note" at the
>> event:
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>> *"I have always been a photographer of living subjects – people on the
>> streets, as well as wildlife in remote and uninhabited places of the world.
>> In recent years, I have found myself drawn to abstract photography as a
>> creative medium to express myself. *
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>> *The path to abstract work** was triggered by a visit to an installation
>> called “Field of Light” on a visit to Uluru in Australia in January 2020.
>> It is an installation of lights spread over acres of land and so had to be
>> viewed at night. We were allowed to carry a camera into the area, but no
>> tripod. This made me experiment with ICM (Intentional Camera Movement)
>> techniques and I was quite pleased with the results.*
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>> * This also harks back to the first book on photography I ever owned,
>> called “Creation” by Ernst Haas, which, subconsciously, would have
>> encouraged experimentation in the abstract form. The Covid lockdown further
>> accentuated this trend into abstract imagery, concentrating not just on
>> light, but graphics, shapes and textures as well. On perusing my images for
>> this exhibition, I found that they worked very well when shown in pairs,
>> consisting of two images which share, to different degrees, aspects of
>> imagery with each other."*
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>> At the inauguration/preview of the exhibition, I also released my
>> first book called "Lockdown Chronicles", which basically details the
>> photographs I took when India was placed under a total lockdown during the
>> Covid pandemic. The foreword to the book was written by fellow Lugger Bill
>> Clough, who very kindly consented to do so at my request. The book was
>> formally released by my uncle, Mr.T.S.Krishnamurthy, who retired as the
>> Chief Election Commissioner of India, a key post for holding free and fair
>> democratic elections in the country, a herculean task!
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>> So, here, then, is my exhibit of photographs, called “Pairs”, where two
>> images were hung together on the walls, to be viewed in relation to each
>> other. I have numbered the images accordingly in the online gallery. There
>> are 14 pairs in all, for a total of 28 prints:
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>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Pairs/
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>> Please see LARGE
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>> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome
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>> Cheers
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>> Jayanand
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