Mr. Keshav Soni, BFA 3rd year student, Chitkara University, has won the “Best Photo Award” in the amateur category in the International Art Photography competition and Exhibition “Frames 2020” organized by Gayoor Art Foundation, Kashmir.
Frames-2020, a global online photography exhibition and competition, was organised on the eve of “World Photography Day”, from August 19 to September 19, 2020.
The competition was curated by Naushad Gayoor, contemporary artists from Kashmir and Jeetin Rangher, a multidisciplinary artist based in Bangalore. The Guest of Honour of the Art Competition was Rajender Tiku, an academic/visual artist, who has been also honoured by Padma Shri award.
There were three categories like Invited Category, Professional Category and Amateur Category, and over 1000 Artists participated in these different categories from all over the world.
GAYOOR “art foundation” is a non – profit organization which also works for the upliftment of Art & Culture in & outside Jammu and Kashmir for the last decade. The foundation has a successful picture in-terms of engaging veteran artists with upcoming artists and has contributed a lot towards the promotion of art and artists through some unique projects.