Cultural heritage is the one of the most important aspect of
society which represents the people of nation and the same goes for the Sindh
Province as well. Sindh is not a new born province, it has a deep history. This
land has been ruled not only by middle eastern rulers but also by the western
rulers, which include Muhammad Bin Qasim, Raja Dahir and many other rulers like
them have ruled over Sindh, and still there are stand some buildings and tombs
and other architecture in different cities which represents those rulers and
their presence in Sindh. However,due lack of interest, we are unable to take
care of these, and we are losing it slowly and gradually. Journalists have
written hundreds of reports until now regarding these magnificent cultural
monuments, but nowadays only few people are reading about them newspapers in
details.
Nowadays photography is getting trendy among the people,
every 3rd or 4th person owns a DSLR, or any
camera phone. Besidesthat, photography is also a part of Journalism-
Photo Journalism - which has hardly been taught by the Public Sector
Universities in Sindh, and this can be the most important and intriguing part
of Journalism, only if we work on it, because, visuals effects more than words.
Photowalk is an activity which is
mostly performed by the Photographers, in which they walk through any specific
area or city, to capture pictures for a purpose. This purpose can range from
exhibiting architecture to any specific culture or lifestyle. In this activity,
Photographers capture that specific area or city with their unique style, and exhibit
it for the general public, to show them what the photographer saw there at
particular area or city. Till now, more than 10 photowalks have been organized
in Sindh, from which one was organized in Hyderabad, two were organized in
Tharparkar and rest of them were organized in Karachi, where hundreds of
photographers participated and walked through the areas of those cities, and
captured the cultural heritage and architecture. They also exhibited those
pictures in galleries of those cities, and invited locals and the professionals
from different areas, to tell them tale of their city through those
photographs. Those photographers got appreciated by the guests and by the
locals for doing these efforts. But due to the lack of awareness of Photo
Journalism and Photowalk, people are unable to organize such kind of walks in
other culturally rich areas likeTando Muhammad Khan, Tando Fazil, Tando Jam,
Shahdadpur, Achro Thar,Brahmanabad (Mansoora). Besides these, there are still
more cities in interior Sindh that carry cultural architecture which really
deserves to be promoted among the general masses and people should be aware of.
Due to the lack of awareness of the value of those buildings and streets, we
have already lost lot of buildings, which are either ruined by Land Mafia, or
some of them are already illegally encroached by immigrants since the partition
in 1947.
If we start spreading the awareness among our public sector
institutes and Universities, regarding the importance of the subject of Photo
Journalism, only thenwe can create many photographers, who can explain the real
situation just in one picture to the readers visually in a more effective way, and
when such journalists will go on the field, they can organize such kind of
events in their hometowns and cities, and exhibit the beauty to the general
masses, by explaining them the real background of that particular location,
through which they have walked, and captured, and tell the tale of that cities
to the general masses and create awareness about it, and tell them the value of
that area as well, so that it can easily be promoted among the general masses.
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