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Cameramen Ramakrishna, Mohan Krishna bag prizes
In the state-level photography competition held by the Chirala Camera Club as part of the National Camera Day celebrations, the photo by K Ramakrishna from Samalkot won the first prize in the monochrome category and photo by K Mohan Krishna from Tirumala
Chirala: In the state-level photography competition held by the Chirala Camera Club as part of the National Camera Day celebrations, the photo by K Ramakrishna from Samalkot won the first prize in the monochrome category and photo by K Mohan Krishna from Tirumala won the first prize in the color category, announced the club secretary Sankham Suresh, on Tuesday.
Suresh also announced that GJVSV Prasad from Kakinada, G Sunil Kumar from Guntur were selected for the second and third prizes for their monochrome photographs while the pictures of eleven others were selected for the Certificates of Merit.
In the colours category, S Sai Meghana from Chirala and Ch V Subrahmanyam from Visakhapatnam is selected for the second and third prizes along with eleven others selected for the Certificates of Merit, he added.
He said the jury has selected the works of T Diwakar from Samalkot for Sankham Veeraiah Memorial Award, S Krishna from Prathipadu for RRK Murthy Memorial Award, A Rajasekhar Reddy from Kaja for Somanchi Ravi Shankar Memorial Award, K Nageswara Rao from Kakinada for Sankham Lokeswara Rao Memorial Award, SV Arun Kumar from Kakinada for Rachamallu Sarada Memorial Award.
The secretary announced that 62 photographers have sent 456 photographs for the competition, which was organized by the Chirala Camera Club for the first time in the country. He thanked the jury members RV Sharma and T Veerabhadra Rao for their efforts in filtering the photos from the exceptional work by all of the contestants. He announced that the prizes and certificates of merit will be presented to the winners during the National Camera Day celebrations at Ambedkar Bhavan in Chirala on June 29.
