Villart Photo Expo 2012

Hyderabad, April 6, 2012: Former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Shri Nara Chandrababu Naidu inaugurated ‘Photo Expo-2012’ at Vasantha Estates, Opp. MMTS Railway Station, Hi-tech City, here on Friday. Villart – the leading photo studio in the twin cities, is hosting the largest photo and video industry exhibition in South India from 6th to 8th April, 2012.

Speaking on the occasion, Shri Chandrababu Naidu said, despite a Telugu Desam Party meeting, I took out time to attend this program to support the cause of photo & videographers community. Over five lakh families are dependent on this profession in the state and they need constant update in the technology innovations to keep pace with the changes. An exhibition like Photo Expo 2012 helps them to update themselves on latest developments. However it’s sad that the exhibition is being hosted in a venue other than HITEX. During my tenure I developed HITEX into a forum for exhibitions and to host exhibitions round the year. HITEX was to facilitate sharing of knowledge. However they have become more commercial and HITEX is being used for marriages and other functions instead of exhibitions. An individual like VV Ramana of Villart has taken the initiative to host an exhibition of this scale for the benefit of professionals from his community; I appreciate him for the same. Government should have come forward to host such exhibition. This government has not promoted this profession. Government should take initiative to provide training to rural youth in this profession and generate employment in large numbers, this way we can develop our economy. Our photography industry is also making rapid strides, today our industry is in a position to export equipment to other countries. He said we will extend full support to the photographers & videographers community and will represent their cause from time to time with the government.

‘Photo Expo-2012’ focuses exclusively on the Photo & Video industries for empowering, educating and updating thousands of self employed photographers across South India, says V.V. Ramana, Project Director, Villart. He said, we are hosting this expo once in every two years for the last ten years, however the rapid innovations this industry is seeing is prompting us to host every year henceforth. In this Expo 110 companies are participating including companies from USA and Italy.

Leading photo and video industry players are participating in this three day expo. Photographers from all over South India will be attending the exhibition in large numbers to update themselves about the latest technology in the field. The expo will have fashion shows, Seminars on ‘Video Trendz’ by Mr. Rambabu Dhanisetty; ‘How to improve your business’ by Venu Bhagavan and ‘Technical Digital Photography’ by S.K. Hussain, Editor, Phototech etc.

The objective of this exposition is to act as a comprehensive resource for the industry, its members, prospective business visitors and customers by providing in depth information about the industry and the latest trends influencing its progress. Being attended by prominent Photo and Video companies, equipment manufacturers and vendors, the expo offers participants an opportunity to build network, learn about new technologies and techniques, exchange ideas and discuss about industry trends. All participants can benefit from great exposure to enhance their revenue streams and increase profits as this expo provides a fabulous opportunity to reach out the maximum Photo & Video professionals of South India.