Bhudev Bhagat - whose life itself was a picture!
170th Post :
You may have been wondering on not finding any post in my Blog since I wrote about the Nepal episode on 5 May 2015. Reasons were manifold - treatment of my eyes in Delhi, my ill health and last but not the least, the sad demise of my friend, mentor and Guru of pictorial photography, Mr. Bhudev Bhagat at Jamshedpur on 21 June 2015 after a brief illness.
Bhudevda, as I affectionately used to call him was a soft spoken and introvert person himself. A fine arts graduate from the Government College of Arts and Crafts in Kolkata in the early 70's, Bhudevda was a master illustrator cum painter, a creative writer of short stories and above all, an ace pictorial photographer of international repute. He was admired by one and all for his artistic pictorial works.
The man behind the lens was a shy person himself and would normally prefer to remain 'out of focus' himself - quite unlike his photographs that were always 'in sharp focus' in terms of content and their universal appeal in establishing their 'real' identities. My first meeting with him was quite disappointing from my side, because, Bhudevda made negative remarks on many of my 'works' (colour slides) that I clicked in Kashmir and which in my opinion were 'real good. It was my 2nd or 3rd meeting with him - way back in 1985 or 86 and now I realize how correct and impartial he was while rejecting a good number of my so called 'good photographs'!
A recipient of innumerable national and international awards, Bhudev Bhagat received an UNESCO award in early 1990's and I too was lucky to have received the coveted prize about the same time. In fact, Jamshedpur was the proud recipient of a 3rd UNESCO award too (courtesy : Tarit Ghosh, another renowned pictorialist). I still consider Bhudevda a master teacher - without whose advice I could have not learnt what pictorial photography is all about.
"Death is the destination we all share, no one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life (- Steve Jobs)" and now I know how true it could be!
R.I.P. Bhudevda. We'll miss you. Miss you for ever.
Robin Banerjee.
20538
P.S. All the attached pics are by Bhudev Bhagat.
170th Post :
You may have been wondering on not finding any post in my Blog since I wrote about the Nepal episode on 5 May 2015. Reasons were manifold - treatment of my eyes in Delhi, my ill health and last but not the least, the sad demise of my friend, mentor and Guru of pictorial photography, Mr. Bhudev Bhagat at Jamshedpur on 21 June 2015 after a brief illness.
Bhudevda, as I affectionately used to call him was a soft spoken and introvert person himself. A fine arts graduate from the Government College of Arts and Crafts in Kolkata in the early 70's, Bhudevda was a master illustrator cum painter, a creative writer of short stories and above all, an ace pictorial photographer of international repute. He was admired by one and all for his artistic pictorial works.
The man behind the lens was a shy person himself and would normally prefer to remain 'out of focus' himself - quite unlike his photographs that were always 'in sharp focus' in terms of content and their universal appeal in establishing their 'real' identities. My first meeting with him was quite disappointing from my side, because, Bhudevda made negative remarks on many of my 'works' (colour slides) that I clicked in Kashmir and which in my opinion were 'real good. It was my 2nd or 3rd meeting with him - way back in 1985 or 86 and now I realize how correct and impartial he was while rejecting a good number of my so called 'good photographs'!
A recipient of innumerable national and international awards, Bhudev Bhagat received an UNESCO award in early 1990's and I too was lucky to have received the coveted prize about the same time. In fact, Jamshedpur was the proud recipient of a 3rd UNESCO award too (courtesy : Tarit Ghosh, another renowned pictorialist). I still consider Bhudevda a master teacher - without whose advice I could have not learnt what pictorial photography is all about.
"Death is the destination we all share, no one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life (- Steve Jobs)" and now I know how true it could be!
R.I.P. Bhudevda. We'll miss you. Miss you for ever.
Robin Banerjee.
20538
P.S. All the attached pics are by Bhudev Bhagat.
