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'''Project 365'''<ref name="mm">{{Cite web|url=https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/mQJy6jH9kAvzLA|title = Making an Inclusive Mountain - Ekalokam Trust for Photography}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/lounge/A-360-degree-view-of-Tiruvannamalai/articleshow/38811967.cms|title = A 360-degree view of Tiruvannamalai}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bangalore/Snapshots-of-a-sepia-tinted-past-and-a-glistening-present/2014/07/21/article2340453.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812194954/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bangalore/Snapshots-of-a-sepia-tinted-past-and-a-glistening-present/2014/07/21/article2340453.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 12, 2014|title = Snapshots of a sepia tinted past and a glistening present}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31807&articlexml=TEMPLE-TOWN-FOR-POSTERITY-HERITAGE-THROUGH-SNAPSHOTS-15072014006010|title=TEMPLE TOWN FOR POSTERITY - HERITAGE THROUGH SNAPSHOTS|date=July 27, 2014|website=archive.ph|access-date=May 8, 2023|archive-date=July 27, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140727051201/http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31807&articlexml=TEMPLE-TOWN-FOR-POSTERITY-HERITAGE-THROUGH-SNAPSHOTS-15072014006010|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/features/blink/know/meditating-on-a-town/article6245632.ece|title = Meditating on a town}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/ekalokam-trust-for-photography/article6764338.ece|title = 365 days of visual history|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 7 January 2015|last1 = Pradeep|first1 = K.}}</ref> is an initiative by EtP (Ekalokam Trust for Photography) to create and preserve photographic visuals of the ancient [[Culture of India|Indian culture]] and contemporary lifestyle of [[Tiruvannamalai]] in the south Indian state of [[Tamil Nadu]]. Project 365 is part of the long-term vision to initiate public photo art projects in the rural parts of the tri-Sangam period [[Tamilakam]], now meagerly represented in a geography comprising modern Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka and parts of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. The second phase of the project documents the Sangam period ports, connected International ports and their inland surroundings. The third phase of the project will document the culture and lifestyle alongside river [[Chola Nadu|Cauveri]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/Coming-face-to-face-with-near-extinct-techniques/articleshow/45153216.cms|title = Coming face to face with near-extinct techniques}}</ref> Project 365 Tiruvannamalai began on 15 August 2014.

==Photography in Tiruvannamalai==

Tiruvannamalai has a rich photography history. Photographers including Indian photographers PRS Mani,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiadivine.org/content/topic/1065050-photos-and-photographers-2-prs-mani/|title = Photos and Photographers (2): P.R.S. Mani| date=6 March 2002 }}</ref> Dr. T.N.Krishnaswamy,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://benegal.org/ramana_maharshi/books/slg/slg045.html |title=Surpassing Love and Grace:X I I I. Dr. T. N. Krishnaswamy |accessdate=2014-07-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20140727051147/http://benegal.org/ramana_maharshi/books/slg/slg045.html |archivedate=2014-07-27 }}</ref> G Govind Welling,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.luminous-lint.com/app/photographer/G_G__Welling/C/|title = Luminous-Lint - Photographer - G.G. Welling}}</ref> American photographer [[Eliot Elisofon]], French photographer [[Henri Cartier-Bresson]], and many other known, and unknown, photographers have created several bodies of photography works of Sri. Ramana Maharishi and Tiruvannamalai. These images have been widely circulated and published in India and abroad.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thomasdorsett.blogspot.in/2013/08/ramana-maharshi-cartier-bresson-and.html|title=Thomasdorsett: RAMANA MAHARSHI, CARTIER-BRESSON AND RAMANATOM|date=4 August 2013}}</ref><ref>LIFE, 30 May 1949, 108 pages, Vol. 26, No. 22, ISSN 0024-3019</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/25/books/review/Shaftel-t.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0|title = Somerset Maugham's Swami|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 22 July 2010|last1 = Shaftel|first1 = David}}</ref> Few of these photographs are being archived and preserved by [[Sri Ramana Ashram]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sri Ramana Maharshi |url=https://www.gururamana.org/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130828074451/http://www.sriramanamaharshi.org/ |archive-date=28 August 2013 |access-date=2024-07-09 |website=www.gururamana.org}}</ref> Tiruvannamalai.

==Project director==

Project 365 is led by contemporary Indian photographer [[Abul Kalam Azad (photographer)|Abul Kalam Azad]] ''a.k.a.'' AKA. AKA has a decade of experience as a photo-journalist with Press Trust India<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ptinews.com// | title=Pti }}</ref> and other prominent newspaper agencies and magazines. He also received the prestigious Charles Wallace Award<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wallace-trusts.org.uk/|title=The Charles Wallace Trusts|website=wallace-trusts.org.uk}}</ref> (fellowship 1995), UK and studied photography in the Surrey Institute of Art and Design University College.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ucreative.ac.uk/index.cfm?articleid=1301|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125154938/http://www.ucreative.ac.uk/index.cfm?articleid=1301|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 25, 2010|title=UCA | University for the Creative Arts}}</ref> He left the promising Photojournalism|photo-journalist career to follow his passion ‘photography’. In the year 2000, AKA set up an art studio ‘Mayalokam’ in the inspiring labyrinth of ancient warehouses, situated between the Bazaar Road and the Harbour front, Fort Cochin. Soon, Mayalokam studio became a cultural hub for local, national and international artists and enthusiasts in various disciplines. Eventually, Mayalokam became ‘Mayalokam Art Collective’<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindu.com/lf/2003/03/27/stories/2003032702040200.htm |title=The Hindu : Many faces of art |website=www.hindu.com |access-date=3 February 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130729173034/http://www.hindu.com/lf/2003/03/27/stories/2003032702040200.htm |archive-date=29 July 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> to include other artists. AKA had been a frequent to Tiruvannamalai since the mid 1990s and in the year 2010, Azad moved permanently to Tiruvannamalai. He is one of the founders of EtP, a Trust dedicated to conserving, archiving and protecting contemporary photography. He is also the recipient of senior fellowship (2012 - 2013) from Ministry of Culture,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://indiaculture.nic.in/indiaculture/senior-junior-fellowship.html |title=Senior/Junior Fellowship |accessdate=2013-06-22 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130313071041/http://indiaculture.nic.in/indiaculture/senior-junior-fellowship.html |archivedate=2013-03-13 }}</ref> [[Government of India]].

==Project 365 photographers and partners==

Photographers Dinesh Khanna,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dineshkhanna.com/|title=Dinesh Khanna Indian Photographer specialises in Portrait Food Travel and Interiors Photography|website=www.dineshkhanna.com}}</ref> [[Waswo X. Waswo]], Thierry Cardon,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cardon.thierry.free.fr/|title=index|website=cardon.thierry.free.fr}}</ref> Ramu Aravindan, Shibu Arakkal, RR. Srinivasan, Ami Gupta, Anurag Sharma, Arnav Rastogi, Bhagyashri Patki, Biju Ibrahim, Iqbal MK, Jiby Charles, J Jayaraman, Leo James, Maveeran Somasundaram, [[Paneer]] Selvam, Pee Vee,<ref>[[PeeVee]]</ref> Radhi Jangla, Seema Krishnakumar, Shiv K, Varun Gupta and Boney KR were part of Project 365 collective. EtP has networked with SPACES,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://artchennai.wordpress.com/galleries/spaces/|title = Spaces|date = 15 March 2012}}</ref> Chennai; 1 Shanthi Road,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://1shanthiroad.com/|title=1Shanthiroad | Making space for art}}</ref> Bangalore; Aksgar online magazine,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://aksgar.com/ |title=Aksgar Magazine |access-date=2014-07-25 |archive-date=2014-07-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727213350/http://aksgar.com/ |url-status=usurped }}</ref> Goa-CAP;<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://goa-cap.com/|title=goa-cap.com|website=goa-cap.com}}</ref> [[India Photo Archive Foundation]], Gurgeon; Vamsi Books, Tiruvannamalai; Thalam, Bangalore; Kannadi, Madurai and Vetri digitals, Tiruvannamalai.

The project was completed in the 2015 with the public archive having more than 3000 and odd photographs of Tiruvannamalai.<ref name="mm" /><ref>{{cite AV media| url-status = live| archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211208/eyQ2ZLWiR-8| archive-date = 2021-12-08| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyQ2ZLWiR-8| title = EtP Project 365 Tiruvannamalai | website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media| url-status = live| archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211208/kzCw3nQ8hmE| archive-date = 2021-12-08| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzCw3nQ8hmE&t=5s| title = Project 365 public photo art archive tiruvannamalai | website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://photomail.org/portfolio-items/english-7/|title=Making an Inclusive Mountain|first=Waswo X|last=Waswo|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304172604/http://photomail.org/portfolio-items/english-7/|archive-date=4 March 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> The premiere show of Project 365 Tiruvannamalai was organised at Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/261074122|title=Elements and Fragments|via=vimeo.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://issuu.com/etpindia/docs/elements_and_fragments|title=Elements and fragments|date=28 February 2018 }}</ref> showcasing selected works from the public archive.

==References==
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[[Category:Culture of India]]
[[Category:Journalism organisations based in India]]
[[Category:Photojournalism organizations]]
[[Category:Photography organisations based in India]]

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