Published on September 17th, 2016 | by Content Admin

Photographic Society: September Report

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At the September Club Night, member Andreas Klatt ARPS gave a presentation on two of his recent travels: to Sri Lanka in 2015 and, earlier this year, to India. Andreas is also the Organiser of the Royal Photographic Society’s Rollright Visual Art Group, so members were anticipating an evening of some very interesting photographs and they were not disappointed.

Starting with Sri Lanka, Andreas took his audience from Negombo to the World Heritage Site of Anuradhapura, the sacred city that has lain untouched in the jungle since it was abandoned in 993, before visiting the rock fortress in the jungle at Sigiriya, the gardens of Polonnaruwa, and the monastic caves at Dambulla. This was followed by a visit further south to World’s End at the edge of Horton Plains National Park before concluding in the bustling energy of Colombo.

The itinerary for Rajasthan, India, embraced the 17^th-century hilltop Amber Fort near Jaipur, the fortified city of Nagaur, the 12^th-century desert citadel of Jaisalmer (Golden Fort) in the centre of the Thar Desert, down to Jodhpur and Udaipur via the Jain temple complex near Ranakpur, before finishing in the cities of Old and New Delhi.

Throughout his presentation, Andreas showed a fascinating selection of photographs, including temple architecture and carvings, wildlife, native fauna, some stunning sunsets, and many portraits of individuals and street life, for which this part of the world is so well known. Overall, this was a most interesting and absorbing photographic insight into the sub-continent, which was much appreciated by his audience.

John Branton

addphoto.co.uk

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