* Goan Shutterbugs FIRST exhibition titled “Capturing the UNSEEN at Ancestral Goa” was inaugurated by Mr. Atmaram Deshpande (Superintendent of Police) and Mr. Rajtilak Naik (Photographer of the Times of India) by pressing the camera shutter on 8th November 2009 at the Big Foot Gallery at Ancestral Goa, Loutolim.
At the informal get together later Mr. Atmaram Deshpande congratulated the Goan Shutterbugs for starting a photo club in Goa and explained how a photograph can be used to record history for the future generation, while Mr. Rajtilak Naik spoke about how he started his career as a photo journalist and the various opportunities available for photographers. Prizes were later given to the winners of the contest. The winners were: 1st Prize – Radhakant Divkar 2nd Place – Shubhankar Kundaikar and Special Jury Award to Stalin Mendes, Bhushan Verlekar and Nityanand Naik 75 photographs are on display at the exhibition that will be on till the 15th of November from 9am to 6pm. Winning photo of Radhakant Divkar and photos of the exhibition and prize distribution function are uploaded on our Flickr album : http://www.flickr.com/photos/goanshutterbugs/sets/72157622781570458/ * * !~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~! Goan Shutterbugs can be found online on : * Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/groups/goanshutterbugs/ Blog: http://www.goanshutterbugs.blogspot.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=126576244125 Orkut: http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#Community.aspx?cmm=92419201