Pradip Dalal at the Attic

Everyone that reads this blog in Delhi, please try and go to this demystifying digital photography lecture. I am sure it will be great. Guess who is in the picture?

monday 14th april
6.30 pm ‘Demystifying Digital Photography’ – a Talk & Workshop by Pradip Dalal

Pradip Dalal a self taught photographer will hold a free workshop on the art of digital imaging. The workshop will show and demystify the digital technology, including lighting, camera angles and other simple techniques to improve your home photography and enhance almost any ordinary photograph. “It is not the camera, but the cameraman who makes the photograph.” he says. Participants are encouraged to bring their own cameras and participate in the discussion and workshop.

monday 14th to saturday 19th april
11 am to 6 pm ‘Around the World with 35 Faces’ - Exhibition of Photographs by Pradip Dalal

Louis Malle once stated that whether with a still or a motion picture camera, concentrate on the face. The Faces in this exhibition, from Delhi, Calcutta, Pondicherry, New York, Cuba and Colombia show the influence of this advice on the photographer. Whether sitting on the steps of a school in Havana or on a bench in a jewelry shop in Chandni Chowk, or capturing the faces of young cricketers winning a match at the Tennis Academy in Gargi College, various emotions are captured and powerful images created. The simple uncluttered shot is the most effective.

Pradip Dalal was an International Civil Servant with a passionate interest in photography. He was ‘hooked’ after seeing The Family of Man Photo Exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1956 and influenced by the work of Cartier Bresson, who did his photography using "the velvet hand and the hawk's eye." And who never used a flash, a practice he saw as "impolite...like coming to a concert with a pistol in your hand." Pradip is self taught through a large library of books and sincerely believes that “..if I can do it, anybody can”. He has produced two brochures one on Hong Kong and another on The Saroj Nalini NGO in Calcutta that assists battered women and provides schooling and primary health care for their children.