Chaukat 2022 Photography Exhibition
Chaukat 2022
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Chaukat 2022
We are very happy to announce that we are accepting entries for the next edition of “Chaukat- Imaginations Framed”.
The wait is over, here is the “BIG” news you all were waiting for.
The next edition of “Chaukat” will be organized in the month of Dec-2022 and we are inviting enthusiastic, aspiring and creative photographers like you, to be a part of our family.
Participation Rules
1. Who can participate in Chaukat Photography Exhibition 2022?
We are inviting all enthusiastic, aspiring and creative photographers like you to participate with your best work.
2. Is this Exhibition restricted to Indian Photographers only?
We are inviting all enthusiastic, aspiring and creative photographers like you to participate with your best work.
2. Is this Exhibition restricted to Indian Photographers only?
Absolutely Not! From any part of the world, you can participate in Chaukat Photography Exhibition 2022.
3. What are the criteria and entry fees for submitting my photos?
3. What are the criteria and entry fees for submitting my photos?
There are 2 stages to the selection process of the submitted photos.
First Round: You can submit the “n” number of your best clicks of different genres. Entry fee for the first-round is Rs. 50 per photo.
Final Round: Once photos are shortlisted for the final round, further communication about the Cost, Exhibition Venue details etc. will be shared on 15th Oct 2022.
Post exhibition you must collect your prints and photo frames from the venue. Chaukat will not be responsible for any loss or damage of the print/frame after the exhibition is concluded.
4. What is the last date of submitting my photos for the Exhibition?
4. What is the last date of submitting my photos for the Exhibition?
Entry submission for Chaukat Photography Exhibition 2022– begins 15th Aug 2022 and ends on 30th Sep 2022 at 23:59. No Photos will be accepted if submitted after the mentioned time.
5. How to send my entries?
5. How to send my entries?
All the images must be submitted online through on chaukat.exhibition@gmail.com
6. What are the Guidelines for submitting Photos for Chaukat Photography Exhibition 2022?
First-round evaluation specifications:
- Ensure that all the pics are in the dimension of 3:2 or 2:3
- Submit your photos in .jpg or .jpeg
- Minimum 1200 pixels on the longer side and minimum of 800 pixels on the shorter side
- Saved in RGB or sRGB color space
- Minimum file size 2 MB (2048 KB) and Maximum file size 5 MB (5120 KB)
- Photos should be without any logos, watermark, signatures or borders.
Please ensure that the images should not violate any copyright rules and regulations and it must be clicked by you. All the images that are submitted and displayed will be the responsibility of the participants and Chaukat will not be responsible for any breach of rules or code of copyright act.
Chaukat reserves all the rights to make a final decision on the selection of photos and participation. All the participants are obliged to follow the decision.
Chaukat reserves rights to use the entries for its promotional purposes on the print and digital media (Social Media, Online Adds etc), Applicable credits will be given.
Note: Along with the Photos, kindly share the Payment details on above email with Transaction Reference No. for NEFT / RTGS / IMPS / Google Pay / Paytm
Payment Details
NEFT/RTGS/IMPS
Bank Name: State Bank Of India
Account-ID: 33610723284
Account Type: Saving Account
Account Name: Nikhil Gaikwad
Branch: Majiwade Thane
Branch Code: 013377
IFSC Code: SBIN0013377
Google Pay / Paytm: 9820432576
If you still have any query regarding the participation you may send us an email or call on 9820432576.
About Us
There is no better platform for a photographer than “a photography exhibition” to showcase his/her work and to share those special moments with other people that he experienced. When more than one photographers come together, then this thought becomes more real and achievable. Similarly, when a likeminded people of a group like Moments Shoot come together there is always a mission in hand! Mission Chaukat!
The idea was incepted by Nikhil Gaikwad, founder of Moments Shoot and our beloved friend and then there was no looking back. He shared the idea with some aspiring photographers and friends and everyone said “YES”. Everyone was excited, determined and pumped up at the same time to transform this idea into reality.
The first meeting to discuss the exhibition happened on 1st May 2014 at our favorite place on the earth, our very own “Shivaji Park”. All of us still remember the date, the place, the meeting, and even the entire discussion. Everyone was contributing his/her points and opinions, the motive and dream were only one, “to make our exhibition successful”.
On that day, about the exhibition, everything was planned, everything was decided, everyone was aware of his/her duties and responsibilities, everyone was so excited but there was a small concern, we haven’t yet finalized the identity of our exhibition, the name of our exhibition was not yet finalized. Though we have put a lot of names on the paper we couldn’t finalize “THE” name for our exhibition……
So here is tale is to tell you how did we finalize the name of our photography exhibition! “Chaukat…Imaginations Framed!”
As I said we met on 1st May 2014, we, Nikhil, Ameya, Ravi, Saurabh, Rupesh, Mugdha, Amar and Mandar we finalized everything accept the name for the exhibition. We were really tired as we were discussing the plans for at least 3 to 4 hours. It was a hot summer afternoon and the sun was burning on our heads like hell! But by god’s grace, it was 1st May and we knew that on 1st of every month there is a special offer on the flavor of the month in Gelato Ice-Cream Parlors. So we decided to cool ourselves with some delicious ice-creams. It was Mango delight! The flavor of the month in Gelato at Shivaji Park. Every one of us bought one scoop each and enjoying the ice cream with some stupid jokes and chatting. We finished off the first round and thought of having a second round, so we went ahead for it.
Still, the name was not finalized not even short-listed. While feasting on the second round of Mango Delight, from nowhere we heard a song on the radio at Gelato.
It was “Zara tasveer se tu nikal ke saamne aa, meri mehabooba….” From the film “Pardes” and suddenly one word strikes one of our minds, “Chaukat”. We jumped with the joy as we cracked the code…. the codename. In Marathi “Chaukat” means a frame or a boundary. It was certainly a EUREKA moment for us.
So, this is how we finalized our first half of the exhibition name but somehow we felt that it was incomplete. But it gave us a kick and we started to think again to complete the name. Then a new thought came in front of us when a photographer clicks any moment it’s not what is there in the reality, it’s the imagination of the photographer through his lenses that have been captured or framed….. So here we got the complete name of our exhibition.
“CHAUKAT…… IMAGINATIONS FRAMED!”
This is how, in a hot summer afternoon of May, we 7-8 crazy photographers indulging in a mind-blowing Mango Delight in a Gelato, at Shivaji Park, Mumbai finalized the name of our first-ever exhibition and really celebrated “Maharashtra Day”! Feels blissful, isn’t it???
Contact Us
You can email us on chaukat.exhibition@gmail.com
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