Two Hans India lensmen bag awards

Vijayawada: The Hans India Vijayawada senior photographer Challa Venkata Mastan received State Photography Journalist Association of Andhra Pradesh's (SPAAP) M Raghunatha Reddy memorial Award in the Folk Dance Photo category and another photographer of the English daily Y Vinay Kumar received SPAAP Achievement Award from AP Assembly Speaker Tammineni Sitaram.

They received the awards at the 4th India Press Photo Awards 2019 presentation and Photo Exhibition organised by State Photography Journalists Association of Andhra Pradesh (SPAAP) which was sponsored by AP Creativity and Cultural Commission and Andhra Pradesh Photo Akademi. The function was held at the Cultural Centre of Vijayawada and Amaravati on Friday.

The Speaker participating as the chief guest at the awards function said that photography will remain till the end of the world and congratulated the award winners in different categories.

He lauded photographers for capturing the emotional photo of Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy along with his mother Vijayamma during the swearing-in function.

As many as three photographers received life time achievement awards and 27 photographers received SPAAP achievement awards in various categories from the two Telugu States.

Minister for Agriculture Kanna Babu, MLA Malladi Vishnu, AP Photography Academy chairman T Srinivas Reddy, association members Ch Vijaya Bhaskar, YD Anand, D Srinivas, CCVA CEO Dr Nagireddy, G Narayana Rao and others were present.