Bengaluru students hit the spot with their photographs at a street photography exhibition

Awareness campaigns against all kinds of pollution have been raised on many platforms earlier, but this group of photo-journalism students from CMS Jain University decided to give theirs a twist by taking their campaigning to an interactive, ground level.
Displaying their work outside the Church Street Metro Station, the Cubbon Park Graffiti Wall and Vidhana Soudha, ahead of World Ozone Day (held on September 16), the students were divided into groups, and were seen strolling down the streets with their photographs, intriguing bystanders and people who passed by them, some even coming back for a second, more detailed look.
The 2nd year Mass Communication students had printed photographs with the description of each work in a single word. From words like ‘Grow’ to ‘Instability’, their frames were visually self-explanatory.
Neerej Dev, a photo-journalism professor from the university, who was present on location with his students, told us, “The students have captured issues like pollution, etc., in their frames. Some of the frames are so well defined and raise questions, as to how far along we are with securing our environment for the future.” Sneha Gautam’s ‘Instability’ had a woman in the foreground covering her face, in front of a huge heap of garbage, with an ambulance parked in the background. “Seeing an ambulance, which is a sign of rescue, healthcare and hygiene, parked almost in the heap of garbage was an alarming sight. The sight and smell, which caused the woman to look away and walk away with her mouth and nose covered, is an image that captures reality and hits people’s conscience,” says Sneha.