CPI leader (m) Brinda Karat of “Lands, Lives and Lores”, an exhibition of photographs of a member of the Vijoo Krishhnan Political Office (left), in Lalithykala Art Gallery 28. August 2025. CPI (m) | Photo Credit: K. Ragesh
“Country, Lives and Lores”, the first exhibition of photographs captured by Vijoo Kršnan, a member of the Office of the Policy of the Communist Party of India (Marxista) (CPI (M)), began on Thursday (August 28, 2025).
The opening of the exhibition, Head of the CPI leader (m) Brinda Karat, said that although Mr. Krshnan, General Secretary of All-India Kisan Sabha, will crawl through the mass organization of farmers, he does not have to be a “professional photographer”, is truly “professional revolutionary”. Among other things, the district secretary of CPI (m) of the District Secretary of Kozhikode M. Mehboob and football player CK Vineeth were present.
The photographs were taken during the political work of Mr. Krishhnan, during which he traveled deep to Indian towns and villages and beyond the borders. The leader of the CPI (m) said that the camera was a companion of species, carefully about the silent dignity of workers and peasants, poetry of light on the old walls and fleeting scenes saw from a moving car, train or bus. The photograph has been part of his life since his childhood and was brought up by the gifts of his first National Panasonic camera with a built-in radio after his last upgrade-in family and comrades.
Mr. Krishhnan, inspired by prominent photographers like Sebastiao Salgado, Sunil Janah and Alberto Korda, said he likes black and white films. He claimed that it was a mobile phone that really expanded his practice and allowed thousands of clicks on movement. The exhibition is on 3 September.
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Published – August 28 2025 20:31 is
