June 10, 2011

Face of Bengal – photo exhibition

With Ms Constance Colding Jones, the new Director of American Centre in Kolkata, Jogen Choudhury and Dr Sushanto Banerjee, Director, American Centre Library in Kolkata.

This evening I went to attend an exhibition of pictures by US Consul General Beth Payne at the Harrington Mansions. I really appreciated the photos.

Beth isn’t the only Consul General in Kolkata who is into photography.

With Nemai Ghosh

The late Consul General of Germany, Günter Wehrmann, was also very good at shooting with the camera and was an accomplished photographer. He too had held his exhibitions in the city a couple of times.

I found Günter’s subjects were very photogenic while Beth’s photos are very intelligently done. Every photo speaks of West Bengal. The exhibition was aptly named – Face of Bengal.

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