Robia Majidova: Exploring Photojournalism in Kairakkum

As I have written about the project goals and main activities for Alumni Newsletter before so now I’m going to describe our photo-exhibitions we organized in Kairakkum House of Culture and in American Corner in Khujand according our project schedule. For our students-project participants these photo-exhibitions were really very important and exciting events because that was happening for the first time in their lives. We prepared a detailed plan for our exhibition. The very first thing was that we chose their most successful photos among hundreds of ones. That was really hard work. Mostly we chose photos of nature, animals, food presenting Tajikistan especially Kairakkum’s beauty also those photos were taken properly and much more beautiful.

Pictures with people and actions were poorer. We decided to improve them and show in our next exhibition which is planned at the end of November, 2015. After the pictures were chosen, printed and put into the frames students began to worry about the visitors’ evaluation for their photos. They invited their parents, friends and classmates. Our first exhibition was held in the mid of September in Kairakkum House of Culture which was accepted with wows. Every visitor praised students’ works and even the art teacher in the House of Culture Kholov A. said: That is really a big job. Your pictures are wonderful, just amazing. If the person is able to notice beauty he can be happy himself and helps others to become happy.

 Parents also expressed their gratitude to the project that their children are learning the skills of photographer and were involved during their holiday time as before many of them usually spent with idleness. And of course now they have plans and ambitions about photography and journalism. Our second photo-exhibition was held in AC in Khujand and our students became more confident. Azia TV (this is private local TV) people came to have interview with our young photographers. Our students felt themselves real celebrities. They told about their photos and their experience.