Taking art to the people: TSRTC bus turns into travelling photo gallery

Hyderabad: India's first travelling photo gallery, 'Hyderabad on Wheels', was launched by the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) on Saturday.

Around 20 photographs, all taken by city-based photographers, will be displayed on a bus. The photos show the routine life, culture, and other aspects of Hyderabad.

The moving photo gallery is a project associated with the India Photo Festival (IPF) that is currently going on at the State Art Gallery in Hyderabad. The eighth edition of IPF is currently taking place in the gallery.

"Hyderabad on Wheels will travel across the city and will be stationed at multiple important areas," said TSRTC vice-chairman V.C Sajjanar. "We are proud to say that TSRTC is the first state transport department to take art to the people," he added.

"This is the first travelling photo gallery in the country and anyone can enter it at no cost. The bus will be around for a minimum of two months," Mr. Sajjanar added.

He further said that IPF's effort to bring photography to the masses is commendable.

This gallery will make pit stops at various locations throughout the day, and visitors can come in and view the exhibition for free.

"This mobile gallery will be carried to various government schools," Mr. Sajjanar said.

The IPF is a month-long photo exhibition that was inaugurated on 18 November. The festival features a diverse range of work from photojournalist Smita Sharma's cross-border human trafficking to Italian photographer Diego Fedele's highlights of the absurdity of war to Ana Bloom's lens on the refugee crisis and Hyderabad photographer Nishat Fatima's LGBTQIA community documents.