ITANAGAR, Aug 16: The Arunachal Photography Club (APC) will host a series of events from August 17 to 19 to mark World Photography Day 2025, featuring competitions, workshops, panel discussions, photo walks and birding sessions aimed at promoting visual storytelling and celebrating the art of photography.
Themed “Decade of Timeless Moments: Arunachal in Focus”, the celebrations will include a photography competition on the subject “My Favorite Photo”—covering landscapes, portraits, and the culture of Arunachal Pradesh. Entries will be accepted in both professional and amateur categories, with cash prizes of ₹30,000 and ₹15,000 for the top two winners in the professional section, and ₹10,000 and ₹5,000 in the amateur segment.
On August 18, a panel discussion on “Photography and Self-expression” will be held at the State Banquet Hall, Itanagar, featuring award-winning wildlife photographer Kallol Mukherjee, filmmaker-photographer Hali Welly, photographer Moge Riba, and travel entrepreneur Bengia Mrinal, moderated by photographer Jummar Basar. The same day, Mukherjee will also conduct an interactive workshop titled “Behind the Click”.
The programme will feature a dawn photowalk on August 18 in Ganga Market, Itanagar, focusing on street photography under the theme “Echoes of the Street: Where every shadow speaks and every corner tells a story”, open exclusively to district delegates and APC primary members.
A birding expedition titled “Feathered Trails: Follow the flight, frame the freedom” is scheduled for the early hours of August 19, starting from Khola Camp, Doimukh, and will be led by Mukherjee and Mrinal.
The events are being organised in collaboration with the Department of IPR and Smart City Itanagar to commemorate APC’s 10th anniversary.

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Kenter Joya Riba

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