Study Group 9

SALEEM KHAWAR

Bill Thompson
Brian Swinyard
Chuck Milber
Fred Drury
Maciek  Duczynski
Saleem Khawar
Shaikh Amin

 

JUNE   Image -  "Buz-kashi 3 -2008"
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Buzkashi is a game of two team. Play like a Amercan football goal system. Buz means a sheep ,Kash means take . Horseman pick a Buz(sheep) and drop it in a goal circle. Battle starts for capture the buz and horsemen fight during the race for capturing the buz. This game is a old traditional game in this region, The horseman drop the Sheep(Buz) in the circle goal post and score the goal.

 

Comments
Bill Thompson * Great action. It must not be as much fun for the goat
as it is for the Horsemen
Brian Swinyard * This image is a sequel Khawar to your previous submissions on this subject. However, it does not excite me in the same way as some of the earlier, particularly monochrome, versions. There is a good sense of movement in the white horse and rider with the others essentially looking on. The image is well exposed with good colour saturation and use of differential focus.
Chuck Milber
* A great action image. Like last months submit it tells a story with fabulous movement. The highlighting of the white horse against the dark horse background. Maybe crop the right side an inch or so for more concentrated impact.
Fred Drury
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Maciek  Duczynski

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Shaikh Amin *   Saleem- You grabbed very colorful shot with good detail and action. Red color is outstanding which makes the difference!
 
Member Biography

Saleem Khawar

ARPS, AFIAP, ASIIPC, AICS, FPSG

E-mail: saleem_khawar@hotmail.com

Born in Quetta, Balochistan. By profession, I am businessman (Jeweller).

My photographic experience is of over 18 years.

I have represented Pakistan in international exhibitions in 29 countries. My work has been published in many popular photographic magazines including the PSA journals, Digital photographer Ukraine and the IIPC journal India. My work has also been used in UNICEF publications.

Following is the list of my photographic achievements:

Distinctions:

1.        Awarded AFIAP (Artist Federation International Art of Photography, Belgium) in 1998.

2.        Honored FPSG (Fellowship in Pakistan Salon Group of Photography) in 1999.

3.        Awarded LRPS (Licentiate Royal photographic Society, UK) in 2002.

4.        Awarded ARPS (Associate Royal photographic Society, UK) in 2003.

5.        Honored ASIIPC (Associate services India International Photographic Council) in 2005.

6.        Honored AICS from Image Colleague Society Int'l Ltd USA in 2006s

Awards & Achievements:

1.        Declared as No 2 in PSA’s ‘Who is Who’ exhibitors list

·               Pictorial  prints (commercial) in 1996 and

·               Electronic imaging division, 2001 and 2002.

2.         Declared Amongst the top 25 in PSA’s ‘Who is Who’ exhibitors list for 8 consecutive years from 1995 to 2002.

3.        Awarded Gold grade exhibitor IIPC in 2005.

4.         Won 15 gold medals (including 4 PSA gold medals) and more than 90 other International Awards.

5.        Won the ‘1st Prize’ in the International online digital photo competition, Cyprus 2008.

Others

  1. Member of Executive committee of Photographic Society of Pakistan.
  2. Senior Vice President & Director, Photography section of Balochistan Study Group, Pakistan.
  3. Administrator Group 9 of PSA EID (Electronic imaging division, USA).
  4. Several photographs are comprised in the permanent collection of ‘Al-Hamra Art council, Lahore.
  5. Attended numerous FIAP (Federation International Art of Photography) and FAPA (Federation Asian Photographic Association) photographic conferences.
  6. Visited India as part of the Delegation for the group exhibition ‘ART for PEACE’ in 2005.
  7. Judged the world cup saloon of photography.
  8. Part of the ‘Dosti’ photo show held in India.