[Leica] Exhibition

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

Howard C, Don D, Aram L, Ric C
Thanks for looking
Cheers
Jayanand



On Wed, Dec 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM Ric Carter via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> Super Set, Jay!!
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> Ric
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> > 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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> > Слава Україні! Героям слава!
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> >> On 24 Nov 2025, at 15:43, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <
> lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> 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:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> *"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. *
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> *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.*
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> * 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."*
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 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!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 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:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Pairs/
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Please see LARGE
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >>
> >> Jayanand
> >>
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