Photo exhibition: #60 solutions against climate change
AF, NCA organise exhibit featuringwork of noted French photographer
Some of the photographs being exhibited at the event. PHOTOS: AYESHA MIR/EXPRESS
LAHORE:
#60 Solutions Against Climate Change—an exhibition featuring the work of celebrated French photographer, journalist, documentary filmmaker and environmentalist Yann Arthus-Bertrand —commenced on Tuesday.
Arthus-Bertrand is the chairman of the Good Planet Foundation which strives to raise public awareness regarding ecology and promote living together. Bertrand uses his photographs to show that contrary to what many people think global warming represents not merely a problem but also a myriad of solutions and opportunities.
Alliance Francaise (AF) Director Stéphane Gaillard inaugurated the exhibit. “The exhibition has been organised worldwide by the French Development Agency and the Good Planet Foundation as global warming endangers our planet,” Gaillard remarked while shedding light on the exhibit that has been simultaneously organised across the world. “There are scores of catastrophes taking place due to global warming. This has left many perturbed,” he said. Gaillard said the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference would commence in Paris on November 30 and conclude on December 11.
“Arthus-Bertrand is one of the most renowned photographers of France. He is particularly acclaimed for his pictures of nature and people. Arthus-Bertrand is also famous for his documentaries Home and Human that released in 2009 and 2015 respectively,” he said. Gaillard said the French Government had requested Arthus-Bertrand to produce works that revealed the extent to which the planet had been damaged by global warming. He said the exhibition would also be held at Élysée Palace and the forthcoming conference on climate change in Paris.
National College of Arts (NCA) Lecturer Abbas Sajjad said the premise of the exhibition was particularly sensitive for him as he had explored it in his thesis project. “The images showcased also spread awareness regarding ways of overcoming the challenge such as using renewable energy and promoting sustainable development,” he said. “If one looks closely, they will notice that the images have been displayed in a sequence. The sequence depicts the chaos and clutter peculiar to city life in the beginning. Then it portrays human intervention with nature before concluding on nature itself,” Sajjad said.
The show has been organised by the film and television department of the NCA and AF in the city. It will conclude on November 17.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 12th, 2015.
#60 Solutions Against Climate Change—an exhibition featuring the work of celebrated French photographer, journalist, documentary filmmaker and environmentalist Yann Arthus-Bertrand —commenced on Tuesday.
Arthus-Bertrand is the chairman of the Good Planet Foundation which strives to raise public awareness regarding ecology and promote living together. Bertrand uses his photographs to show that contrary to what many people think global warming represents not merely a problem but also a myriad of solutions and opportunities.
Alliance Francaise (AF) Director Stéphane Gaillard inaugurated the exhibit. “The exhibition has been organised worldwide by the French Development Agency and the Good Planet Foundation as global warming endangers our planet,” Gaillard remarked while shedding light on the exhibit that has been simultaneously organised across the world. “There are scores of catastrophes taking place due to global warming. This has left many perturbed,” he said. Gaillard said the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference would commence in Paris on November 30 and conclude on December 11.
“Arthus-Bertrand is one of the most renowned photographers of France. He is particularly acclaimed for his pictures of nature and people. Arthus-Bertrand is also famous for his documentaries Home and Human that released in 2009 and 2015 respectively,” he said. Gaillard said the French Government had requested Arthus-Bertrand to produce works that revealed the extent to which the planet had been damaged by global warming. He said the exhibition would also be held at Élysée Palace and the forthcoming conference on climate change in Paris.
National College of Arts (NCA) Lecturer Abbas Sajjad said the premise of the exhibition was particularly sensitive for him as he had explored it in his thesis project. “The images showcased also spread awareness regarding ways of overcoming the challenge such as using renewable energy and promoting sustainable development,” he said. “If one looks closely, they will notice that the images have been displayed in a sequence. The sequence depicts the chaos and clutter peculiar to city life in the beginning. Then it portrays human intervention with nature before concluding on nature itself,” Sajjad said.
The show has been organised by the film and television department of the NCA and AF in the city. It will conclude on November 17.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 12th, 2015.