Sabyasachi Nath is the director of the Photography club of India.
In a short interview, he throws some light on modern-Day photography.
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| Sabyasachi Nath [Photo Courtesy: Facebook/Sabyasachi Nath] |
How are
you feeling about this event?
I am happy,
as these kinds of events help students to know more about photography. The new
generation needs new ideas and they are coming up with them too, they are
breaking frames, but the results are mind-blowing. So, when I came to know
about this event I was like,” Yes of course I will join and I will take the responsibility
for this.” I expected that we would get good entries but all of these entries
in the exhibition are so mature, you can’t deny the fact that all these
photographs are brilliant. From subject, to light, the colours, everything is
so brilliant in their compositions. The arrangement of the university is also
very nice, we didn’t expect this much of a positive response. We would love to
have this program every year and will try to come up with more speakers, more
activities and more international connections, just as this year Mr. Peter
joined us.
Such kinds
of activities and international involvement exaggerate student thoughts about
photography as well, so any suggestions for youngsters?
Yes,
international connection nowadays is a helping hand, like Bangladesh which is so
good in photography. One good piece of advice I would like to give to the youngsters
is that they nowadays are more into technical things like frame rate or
megapixels, it’s good but they should know the basics too, As the content
matters it’s not much about all the technicalities. Light is necessary, one
should focus on lights, young guys are breaking conventional forms, but in
parallel to that, you need to know grammatical forms as well. In every subject
when you exercise and you break it there is always something new. So, use the
recourses you have, you can take photos from your phone as well. Mobile is
itself coming up with lots of features, you don’t need to go for a professional
camera or full-frame camera.
As we
know that you are in photography for so long so how does the change in it make
you feel?
I started
with photo visuals, for the 1st colour lab in Kolkata, 6 Rs each
copy, a lot has changed from that time until now. One-click for one frame, we
had so many limitations but nowadays you have a digital camera, which is giving
you the chance to click continuous or 1000 photos at a time. I cannot deny today’s
practice is not much to my liking, as measuring the efficiency is very low now.
Observing your picture, I cannot say ‘your work’ is good, as there might be a
use of the computer or templates for enhancing the images.
So, my
message for the youngsters will be to focus on the basics, and learn how you
can play with textures, patterns, exposure, colours etc., and try to collect
more knowledge first.
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