Raj Bhavan Karnataka.

Photos by Karnataka Photo News


At the Inaugural TS Satyan Memorial Awards for Photojornalism 2011.

Mysore's gift to photography, the late TS Satyan "captured the common man with uncommon honesty". On his 88th birthday, Karnataka Photo News , India's first online photo syndication agency that brings Karnataka to the world as wonderful pictures has established the TS Satyan Memorial Award for Photojournalism. Awards were given in 6 categories. This blog (along with my other blogs: Mumbai Paused and Indian Road Romeo) earned me the Best Online Photojournalist award.

That category is just one among 6 and the award is for this surprisingly, still less explored medium in the advanced age of the Internet. Clearly, Indian photojournalists have not started using the medium well enough to tell stories. And as we all know, the possibilities are endless. I would like to thank KPN for having this category and I'm sure this category will see the most of the action in the years to come

The winners in the other categories are giants in the field from Karnataka and decades of spectacular images. The categories and winners are:

Lifetime achievement award: Yagna, Mangalore

Best newspaper photojournalist: K. Gopinathan, The Hindu, Bangalore

Best professional photojournalist: Netra Raju, The Times of India, Mysore

Best magazine photojournalist: Bhanu Prakash Chandra, The Week, Bangalore

Best freelance photographer: ‘Regret' Iyer, Bangalore

(story of how he got the name 'Regret' here)

Nominations for the awards came from the Karnataka media academy, Press Club of Bangalore, Karnataka Union for Working Journalists and Photo-Journalists Association of Bangalore.

The award was presented by the Karnataka Governor - Sri Bharadwaj. TJS George, Praja Vani Editor Shant Kumar were the chief guests.

You can read more about the award and event here on Churumuri.com