The Iruvanjhippuzha Protection Committee is organising an exhibition of bird photographs by photo journalist and environment activist P.T. Muhammed in connection with National Bird Watching Day (November 12) at the Lalithakala Akademi Art Gallery in the city from November 10 to 15.
Mr. Muhammed, who has been a photo journalist in different Malayalam dailies with a number of attention-grabbing pictures to his credit, has also been involved in environment protection campaigns in different parts of the State. Winner of several awards including the best photography award by the Photography Society of Kerala in 2002, Mr. Muhammed has conservation, human rights and wildlife as some of his favourite subjects.
The exhibition titled Tooval Yatra (A feather trip) will showcase a number of photographs taken by the lens man from different parts of the State during his 25-year-old career, said the organisers. It will also include snaps of some of the rare migratory birds from different parts of the district including the Mavoor wetlands.
District collector N. Prasanth will open the show at 4 p.m. on Tuesday. Environmentalist T. Sobeendran, Zoological Survey of India Kozhikode Regional Centre scientist Jafer Palot and Press Club president Kamal Varadoor will be present on the occasion.
Source : The Hindu
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