An elephantine salute
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An exhibition brought the mammoth mammal to focus.
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A WILD STORY The exhibition gives an overview about elephants and their ways.
The photo exhibition on Asian elephant was an effort to save this gigantic, intelligent mammal and appreciate its majestic beauty and sensitivity. The exhibition was a collaborative effort of LAW-E and A.P. Singh, an engineer with the Uttar Pradesh Government's irrigation department. Established in 1998, LAW-E is a low profile NGO of lawyers and legal professionals involved in providing legal frame work, assistance and education to State Government, forest and wildlife conservators to smoothen their work.
The joyous nature of this majestic animal was caught on camera with sensitivity, capturing moments of affection, joy and their protectiveness for the little ones. The process of disciplining baby elephants evoked smiles among the viewers as the parents were shown lifting the babies in their trunks to control their errant behaviour. A photograph of two elephants frolicking in water revealed the attentiveness of the elephant who kept a close watch on the photographer from the corner of his eye. The elephant was tactfully captured by the photographer in a picture.
A range of pictures
The exhibits — efforts of 18 photographers from diverse fields — were a treat for the commoners but some needed a special mention and a re-look. Dhritiman Mukerjee captured two elephants showering dust on each other captioned “Jaimala.” Kaushik Deutis' “Taxation of Trespassers” brought out the friendliness of the elephant towards humans as they fearlessly tookeatables from passengers in a tourist coach.
N.C. Dhingra captured a herd of nearly 30 elephants in a single frame at dusk. Jagdeep Rajpurohit's “I am Safe Behind the Wall” portrayed the assurance and protection offered by the herd to calves. Sudhir Shivaram's image titled “At rest after a hard days work” puzzled for a fraction of a second as scrutiny revealed a curled up trunk between two tusks appearing as a mammoth snail.
The playfulness of the elephant was captured too. One showed an elephant catching a monitor lizard in its trunk and holding it up in the air. The essence of the wild which was about “Live and Let Live” and had been beautifully captured in the photograph showing elephants, birds and other animals existing peacefully. The eye catching photo of elephants trumpeting was a reminder of “Ni”— nishad, one of the musical notes , which was said to be derived from the trumpeting sound of the elephant.
The Asian elephant originated in Africa 55 million years ago and are found in the wild of most Asian countries.
MAKAM SRIDHAR
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