BMC and State School Students Showcase South Mumbai Landmarks on World Photography Day
On World Photography Day, a group of BMC and government school students showcased photographs of iconic South Mumbai landmarks, capturing sites such as the Gateway of India, Mani Bhavan, and the Paradox Museum from their own perspectives.
The showcase was the result of an ongoing collaboration between urban bus service Cityflo and the Salaam Bombay Foundation. Under the initiative, students received formal photography training and travelled across the city aboard Cityflo buses during an Independence Day tour to document historic and cultural spots.
A selection of the students' work will be exhibited across Cityflo's platforms in the coming weeks to present their photography to a broader audience beyond the classroom.
Savio Pashana, Head of Communications at Salaam Bombay Foundation, stated that the programme gives students the chance to visit prominent locations, document them through their own lens, and build confidence in expressing their viewpoints.
Sankalp Kelshikar, Co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer of Cityflo, said the photographs offer a distinct view of Mumbai through the eyes of its youth. Founded in 2015, the bus operator manages more than 1,200 buses and logs approximately 18 million rides annually across Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad, and Kolkata.
Among the students whose work was featured were Harshraj Sahani, Komal Sutar, Prithvi Zende, Taushef Mansoori, and Prachi Dhuria. Sahani shared that while he had previously only viewed many Mumbai sites in pictures, the initiative allowed him to visit and photograph them in person. Sutar likened the bus journey to a picnic, while Zende noted that he had previously only taken photos on his father's phone before receiving training through the foundation.
Mansoori said photography allows him to preserve memories of things he likes and noted his ambition to continue honing his craft. Dhuria added that traveling comfortably to sites like Mani Bhavan and the Paradox Museum helped her learn through direct experience and share her work publicly.
