The 3rd Annual Exhibition of Calcutta School Of Contemporary Photography (CSCP) was inaugurated at Birla Academy of Art & Culture by eminent photographer Padmashree Mr Raghu Rai, renowned fashion photographer Mr Rafique Sayed, former Miss Universe India Ms Ushoshi Sengupta in the presence of internationally acclaimed photographer Mr Sounak Banerjee, Founder & Director, Calcutta School Of Contemporary Photography.

The exhibition features some captivating photos taken by the students of the Institute. Also on display are photographs of upcoming talent, Ms Avani Rai, for the first time in Kolkata. The exhibition concluded with an intriguing talk by Mr Raghu Rai & Mr Rohit Vohra on ‘Creative Thinking In Contemporary Street Photography’ and an Open Forum with the students. This was followed by the CSCP Photography Award ceremony that was judged by world famous photographers, Ms Julia Coddington from Australia and Mr Rohit Vohra.

88 Contemporary Photos were being exhibited of which there are 40 singles in Black & White, 36 photos in 6 Series on various subjects along with 12 pictures of Avani Rai on the theme “Bhopal – An Ongoing Tragedy”.

Participating students this year were Aditya Heda, Amrita B. Gupta, Apurba Sarkar, Arpan Dutta Chowdhury, Ashmita Dey, Avik Pal, Barun Sarkar, Bidisha Deb, Chinmoy Sinha, Dwaipayan Mahalder, Javed Ahmed, Jhuma Bala, Madan Mohan Das, Nilava Banerjee, Nilay Pandey, Rritam Mitra, Rohan Barik, Saikat Saha, Sandeep Kumar Mohanty, Snehomoy Chatterjee, Sourav Mondal, Subhajyoti Mondol, Sumanto Kallol Ghosh, Swarup Dutta, Trishit Dey and Tushti Dutta.

The exhibition was on from 3 pm – 8 pm till 15th March, 2020 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture.