Photos that speak ‘in defence of civilization’
Rourkela: ‘A picture says a thousand words’ is an adage that aptly
describes photographs by A N Maniyappan,
which were on display at 8th National Conference of Steel Worker’s
Federation of India (SWFI) at Bhanja Bhawan.
The 68-year
old man from Ernakulam district of Kerela, exhibited his rare photographs and
collected ones on the theme ‘In defence of Civilization’.
The
exhibition featured 400 collections of photographs on a wide range of subjects.
The subjects of these photographs are about martyrs’ column, civilization,
humanity, golden era of movements, loot of national property, historic moments,
anti-communalism, capitalism, imperialism, industrial revolution, trade
unionism, and movement against liberalism and steel workers’ movement.
The photo
exhibition attracted thousands of people in and around the city. “The younger
generation learns a lot from this photography and get to understand what had
happened in the past,” said a spectator H S Mishra.
“The gallery
has rare photos speaking of atrocities during war, and tragedies that are still
hampering human civilization,” said Bishnu Mohanty, Chairman, Reception
Committee of National Conference of SWFI.
The layout
and design of these photographs have been made by Dilip M, Sabareesh Ravi and
Rethish KR, said Maniyappan.
He says the
photos shown on the exhibition have been collected from various foreign
magazines, friends, internet and other sources. “It took me 15 years to collect
these photographs and they have already been exhibited at 81 places across
India- Bangalore, New Delhi, Madras, Tirpur, Coimbatore, West Bengal, Odisha
and Kerela,” he added.
Muralidhar
Parija, president of Press Club, said that the photo exhibition organised by
comrades speaks volumes of working class movement.
Maniyappan
said that the photographs illustrate attack on cultural liberty and human
dignity, human rights violation and tragic moments of World War-I. “At the root
of these are insatiable greed for imperialism and the brutality of fascism.
Human Civilization has become poorer. The past cannot be brought back but the
future can be ensured. We must defend the dignity and creativity enshrined in
human civilization,” he added.
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