About Us

About PSP

The Photographic Society of Pune  (PSP) was incepted on 12th August, 2001.by few like-minded photo-enthusiasts. In these 23 years, the organisation has grown tremendously, with members from all parts of India as well as abroad.

Today, PSP boasts of many eminent personalities as members and mentors

FEW ACHIEVEMENTS

  • National contests on Photography- PNDC in 2020 and 2021
  • 21×21 – A webinar series where 21 renowned photographers from different fields presented  over 7 days, to an audience from all over the world, 
  • First Photographic Club to start virtual programs during the pandemic. Till date more than 100 webinars have been conducted.
  • Jury Curation, Judging and Setting up an Exhibition for Sakaal Group, during two Ganpati Festival seasons.
  • Judging and organising Exhibition for Pune Police.
  • Collaborating with Pune Biennale- an international Arts festival- on Photography.
  • Participation in Pune PhotoFair for two years.
  • Judging and conducting mega workshops for different institutions like College of Military Engineering and MIT Pune.
  • As a club, actively participated in many salons and contests. Many of our members are national and international awardees. 

Founders:

Manav Jain, Jitendra Koparde, Shreeram Deshpande, Rajesh Waje, Suresh Rankhambe, Babasaheb Bhosale and Sunil Kapadia.

Managing Committee (2024-25)

Jitendra Koparde

President

Kishor Jagdale

Vice President and Outing Incharge

Rajesh Waje

Secretary and Outing Incharge

Shahid Shaikh

Joint Secretary

Sudhanwa Joglekar

Treasurer

Darpana Athale

Public Relations

Sangita Lunawat

Monthly Contest Incharge

Nachiket Joshi

Poster Designing and Zoom Meeting incharge

Prashant Padmalkar

Website and Social Media

Kanchan Padalkar

Monthly Contest Incharge

Honorary Members:

Rohinton Mehta

Technical Editor : Smart Photography
Honorary FIP, PSI & PSP

H. Satish

MFIAP, MICS, ARPS, cMOL, GPA.PESGSPC Hon.FICS, Hon.CPE, Hon. PESGSPC, Hon.YPS, Hon. ECPA, Hon. PSP
Commercial and advertising photographer since 1981
President, Youth Photographic Society ®
Chairman, YPS International Salons

Farid Shaikh

Hon. PSP
Founder & Owner At Farids Camera Museum & Academy, Pune

Arun Saha

Hon. PSP
Co-Founder & Photography Mentor of ACADEMY OF VISUAL ARTISTS (AVA)

Sunil Kapadia

Director : Pixmera
LPSI, Hon. PSI, Hon. PSP

S R Mandal

EFIAP, ARPS, Hon.FICS, Hon.FBPS, Hon.FCOS, Hon.FPPS, Hon.FWPAI, Hon.FLAS, Hon.FSWAN, Hon.FIP, Hon.EFMPA, Hon.JIPF, Hon.PESGSPC, Hon.PIPC, GPA.PESGSPC, HMFCBA, FFIP, Hon. CAS, ABPS, AIIPC. Hon.PSP

Vikas Shinde

Ex President & Hon. PSP
Industrial, Food, Product & Conceptual Photographer Recognized By Hasselblad

Activities

With an aim to nurture and promote good photography, PSP has always been active with various kinds of programs for its members. These include webinars, educational and technical talks, presentations by renowned photographers, contests, outings and tours, workshops and more.

PSP has also been very active in organizing different events and platforms for showcasing talent of its members as well as other photographers.

  • Webinars
  • Educational Lectures
  • Audio Visual Presentations
  • Demonstrations
  • Guest Lectures
  • Member’s Contests
  • Yearly Exhibition
  • Open Forums
  • Photography Tours
  • Awards for the Photographer of the Year, Photograph of the Year and Anniversary Trophy.
  • FIP Salon