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FIFA World Cup 2022 picture exhibition held in Telangana
For any soccer lover to be there on the FIFA World Cup is itself a dream come true. And, one can think about the sense of delight when a photographer experiences the unbelievable ambiance on the World Cup venues, freezes these unforgettable moments of ecstasy and agony and appears again, shares these recollections.
That’s what Mohammad Shamsuddin, Editor of Snaps India, based by the late M.A. Rahim within the 60s as a freelancing company to supply news photos, did when the Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Mohammed Mahmood Ali formally launched the one-day picture exhibition on the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Doha (December 2022).
The photos ranged from capturing the feelings of the gamers on the market within the discipline to the die-hard followers.
A few these photographs (there have been many, for certain) which caught the creativeness of the guests on Saturday was the solitary body of a Brazilian teenager in tears within the stands, clearly depicting the altering moods of these followers on the venues.
Another pic which may very well be a connoisseur’s delight was the scissors kick by the unimaginable Cristiano Rolando of Portugal.
“It was a different kind of experience. You just don’t have time to relax like in some other sports. Action swings from one half to the other in seconds. You have to be on your toes,” mentioned 54-year-old Shamsuddin, who additionally lined the 2012 London Olympics, Australian Open and lots of different main sporting occasions over time.
“The biggest challenge, of course, is to be ready to catch the emotions of the players when they come close to you when you have to switch your camera gear at lightning speed,” mentioned the lensman for whom it was his maiden FIFA World Cup.
Well, it isn’t for nothing, this City-based lensman, who occurred to be the one one from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh who lined the World Cup.
“Yes, it is a great privilege to be there, and I am glad to inform you that I have got the accreditation for the FIFA Women’s World Cup to be held jointly in Australia and New Zealand from July 20 to August 20 this year,” mentioned the proud lensman.
“I am grateful to my Vijayawada-based photographer-friend Srinivas Reddy (Fellow, Royal Photographic Society, Great Britain) for sifting these pics from the thousands I have had to ensure that some of the best are here for the exhibition,” Shamsuddin mentioned.
The exhibition featured about 160 photos reliving the recollections of what’s arguably the most important sporting occasion on this planet.
The photographs of the profitable captain of Argentina Lionel Messie getting a really feel of the World Cup after profitable laying his palms on the glittering trophy, and the dropping finalist’s star participant Kylian Mbappé Lottin strolling previous it, maybe questioning the place it went mistaken, have been really particular.
Some of the dignitaries who visited the exhibition included British Deputy High Commissioner Gareth Wynn Owen, P.V. Prabhakar Rao, son of former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao, Dr Ok Lakshmi IAS, Director State Gallery of Art, former India soccer captain Shabbir Ali.
-V V SUBRAHMANYAM
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com