Late Okay Jayaram at Ponder Artwork Gallery in Coimbatore
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Titled Moody Landscapes, a pictures exhibition shows prints of panorama pictures by the late Okay Jayaram, who was internationally famend for his work. The exhibition is a part of a memorial assembly organised in honour of Jayaram who died on July 2, 2023, and options photographs shot in places similar to Kabini, the Nilgiris, Silent Valley, Bharatpur sanctuary and the Chambal valley.
“The prints are on archival museum matte paper imported from Germany. This conforms to worldwide requirements and provides creative worth to the pictures,” says S Anand, his lifelong pal and organiser of Jayaram Memorial Assembly Committee. Whereas his collection on Kabini captures the numerous moods of a misty panorama at daybreak, Tree Line collection reveals the magnificence of the blue mountains. There are ‘afterglow’ pictures too, of dramatic monsoon skies at sundown.
An elephant herd photographed by Okay Jayaram
There might be a screening ofBugs to Infinity , a movie by Mahesh of Mayanz YouTube Channel that showcases Jayaram’s five-decade journey in Nature pictures in addition to a few of his finest pictures of butterflies, bugs, frogs, mammals, birds and landscapes. The movie additionally options interviews of people that have recognized Jayaram, including perception to the multi-faceted nature of his work and his experience as an ecologist, naturalist, and entomologist. This might be adopted by a session the place his pals reminisce their affiliation with the photographer who handled his work as artwork.
A pentatomid bug laying eggs by Okay Jayaram
Jayaram was honoured with ARPS (Affiliate of The Royal Photographic Society, UK) in 1978, and Worldwide Honour AFIAP (Artiste of the Worldwide Federation of Photographic Artwork, Europe ) in 1983 and the Grasp Honour EFIAP (Excellency within the Worldwide Federation of Photographic Artwork, Europe) in 1986, a uncommon distinction. A frog species ( Philautus jayarami ) and a leaping spider (Myrmarachne jayaramani ) have been named after him.
On August 6, from 4pm to 8pm at Perks Mini Theatre, Perks Matriculation Faculty, Trichy Highway. For particulars, name 9894200340/ 9790457568.