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The first ever prestigious photography conference took place from 21st
to the 24th of April in Mumbai ~
From
imagination to imagery
From
moments to priceless memories.
From
a latent spark to an active fire of never ending passion
Pep
Asia 2017 gave the photography community a platform worth a lifetime.
The first
ever prestigious Photography conference from 21st to the 23rd of April in
Mumbai, completes on an overwhelming note filled with inspirations, passion,
joy and tears creating history.
The four day
conference welcomed more than 300 aspirants and established photographers
coming together from across countries to learn the art of photography from more
than 30 international award winning photography masters of the world. The
conference touched the marks of excellence going further beyond an experience
into developing a stronger community of photographers committed to the cause of
storytelling through photography and bound together by the name - PEP ASIA. From
Pulitzer winner and veteran photographer Brian Smith to WPPI Grandmaster Jerry Ghionis to Fear Less Photographer Siva Haran to Indian gem
Photographers Joseph Radhik, Auditya
Venkatesh, Anup J Kat,
Vishal Punjabi and many more, the conference brought the global masters on a single
stage taking the aspirants through the Art Business & Craft (ABC) of
Photography.
The event
had an array of interesting activities lined up, leaving the newbies in awe and
established photographers with a chance to enhance their skill set.
The journey
began with a moving session by Jesh De Rox who taught the power of true emotion in making portraits
followed by Pulitzer Prize winner Brian Smith’s and World’s top Wedding photographer
Jerry Ghionis. While Brian recreated his Photographic
moments, Jerry unveiled the style of capturing the perfect emotion in a
picture. The first day also witnessed a special rapid Peecha Kuccha session by Joseph, Melissa
(Jerry’s wife) and Auditya Venkatesh
enlightening the audience with the intricacies of photography. The second day
was led by the Business of photography with speakers like Entrepreneur Joshua
Karthik (Founder of Stories by Joseph Radhik), Media Specialist Patrick Colpron,
Canadian #South Asian Wedding Photographer Siva Haran and many more.
Standing
true to the motto of “Stronger Together”, the third day brought down
photographers from different walks such as Indian Wedding photographers Vishal
Punjabi from ‘The Wedding Filmer ‘, Anup J Kat from ‘Sharks & Brides’, Adobe master Abhishek Mukherjee, ‘Stay Hungry
Stay Foolish ‘Author Rashmi Bansal,
MyWed.com's international Photographer of the Year
Mauricio Arias accentuating the significance of human emotions in a photograph
and sharing their style and craft with the aspirants. The last day summed up
the entire experience build at PEP ASIA with intensive workshops from the
masters to help the aspirants hone their art at the hands of their heroes.
The conference ended on an exciting note for the
aspirants with a reveal of the PEP ASIA 2018 Calendar and the announcement of an
association with Rang De (an NGO) with the PEP Community pledging to spread
stories in the world of the under privileged through their photographs.
IPA 2015
First Place Awardee & Co-Founder, Joseph Radhik comments,
“PEP Asia
2017 as an event and an experience far exceeded our expectations. We sought out
to put together India's first photography conference but have ended up creating
a strong community of India's finest portrait and wedding photographers. These
4 days of learning and bonding have brought together the very best of creative
across this genre, who are now committed to the cause of great photography and
storytelling. We have a lot planned for PEP Asia in the future. And we are more
than happy for the response that we have received.”
Co-Founder
at Stories by Joseph Radhik, Joshua
Karthik shares,
“It’s a heartwarming
start, with an incredible success story so far. The responses has been
tremendous in terms of the participation. People have come from every corner of
the world, be it Qatar, Singapore, Canada, Australia, Nepal, Sri lanka Bangladesh and South East
Asia. We had participants who flew as far as from USA & Hong Kong, just for
this conference. From the participation point of view it was a humbling
experience and in terms of the responses the audience response and reaction to
the content and the emotive power of what the speakers have delivered. It
showed tremendous applause. According to me, this is a new start for the Indian
wedding photography community and it’s not just going to pull us closer
together but also propel us forward. “
FEAR LESS Photographer,
Siva Haran quotes,
“I think
it’s a wonderful event. It’s a really great initiative and I have to give kudos
to the team for pulling off such a homegrown but also large scale event. So
great job!”
MyWed.com's
international Photographer of the Year to India, Mauricio Arias quote,
“Honestly I
have learned so much and this is great for me. I still am learning and that is
what it’s all about. The team have pulled it off, they are educating and
elevating everybody. What they are doing
which is really important, they have accomplished something a lot of people are
trying and they should keep doing this. This is going to blow out bigger soon.”
COO at PEP Inc.,
Arjun Rajan quotes,
This
conference has really transformed the photography industry and unprecedented.
The overwhelming response has been encouraging and positive. We’ve laughed
together, we’ve cried together. This is the start of a great community
initiative for the photography industry as a whole and the feedback we’ve
received from everyone right from our partners to the participants is that this
is the beginning of something great and we are just at the start of our journey
and we hope that the kind of support that we received her continues and we make
this industry grow forward together. “
The
three day conference, PEP ASIA 2017, indeed brought the best in the business to
create another generation of the best, for the fraternity.
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