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VOL. 28, NO. 17, Jan 02, 2009 (Paush 18 2065 B.S.)
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Experiments With Photography
Although he is a medical doctor, twenty four years old Ritesh Thapa shows his creativeness in photography
By A CORRESPONDENT
Every human being has his or her own way of expressing inner feelings. Some use the forms of arts and others use pen. Twenty-four-years-old Dr. Ritesh Thapa is successful in presenting his own imagination through photography.
Along with practicing his medical profession, artist Dr. Thapa spends most of his leisure time playing with his camera. He wanted to take photographs in various moods. Exhibited at Himal Kitchen at Durbarmarg, 50 big and small photographs of artist Thapa attracts everyone.
Thanks to digital technology, one can mix and use various ways to capture the imagination. This is what artist Ritesh Thapa is able to do. In all his photographs, there is a sense of desperation, ambitions and tragedy.
Whenever he can see any moment on nature, Thapa uses his camera to capture the moment. There are photographs of various moods including sadness and happiness. This is the contrast where he can make photographs.
There are figurative as well as abstract photos. His composition of photographs is abstract and one needs to go deep inside the movement of the photograph to interpret them. He took a photograph of a dark room with mobile, laptop and candles. He tried to give a new message by putting all these things together.
Although the photographs can explain very complex situation, there is something new message to see in Thapa's snapshots. There is perfection of his thinking.
Not only inside room, has he also produced good photographs outside. A photograph taken in the forest of Sundarijal with snow covered trees is an example of how Thapa has captured all the details around the areas.
By applying the digital technology, Thapa also produced his own picture in four frames to show his four different moods.
Artist Thapa proves that an individual can present his or her own creative work even in leisure time, what is required is the concentration and willingness to do so.
Human nature is complex and it is full of moments. In the past artists and photographers had difficulty in presenting all these in a single picture. Applying the digital technology, artist Thapa has captured all the moments.
Professionally, Thapa is a medical doctor but he is able to express things he sees in front of him thorough his own camera. His experiment with camera has brought interesting results.
