The America India Foundation is hosting a photo exhibition by Prashant Panjiar, the uber talented photojournalist out of India whose work I have long coveted. Well, the wait is over. Panjiar has a book and an online gallery (hosted by India Picture) that invites fans like me to buy his prints. The added benefit is 50% of the proceeds go to help The America India Foundation. Everybody wins and wins big.

And for the record, this is the image that I want to grace my wall at home. At Rs. 35,000 (for the largest size) it comes to a very reasonable $890. I am still tempted to pass the hat around.

I am running the annual SAJA Photoforum again and can use your help. Here are the instructions:

For the 2007 SAJA Photoforum we are doing things a little differently. Instead of sending us your images on CDs and filling out forms, we are asking that you simply submit your images for the annual exhibit by emailing them to us at – sajaphotoforum@gmail.com.

Please note that the images you send us need to be at least 9 inches on the long side at 72 dpi. Anything less will not be considered. So, please scan or crop your images accordingly. Only JPGs will be accepted. Not all images will be selected and we reserve the right to edit for quality and content.

Each photographer may only send in 15 images maximum. You are welcome to include caption information as well. When you send your images, you must mention the following in the subject line of each of your emails (especially if you are sending us multiple images spread across several emails), so that we may group your images easily: “your full name, number of images being sent, publication name if any”

Deadline for your submissions is: July 6, 2007, 5 pm EST (US).

Fees: ZERO!

What we are looking for: The very best photojournalism – single images, photo essays or stories created by South Asian photographers OR images created by anyone documenting the South Asian diaspora worldwide. Please be sure that your submission adheres to either of these two criteria.

By providing us your images for the exhibit during the convention, you implicitly approve of their display also on the SAJAPHOTOFORUM.org web site.

Please visit the first post in this series to find out more about this project.

Please visit the first post in this series to find out more about this project.

Please visit the first post in this series to find out more about this project.