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Tadeusz Bilecki : Swiss artist to hold exhibition Tadeusz Bilecki, an artist from Switzerland, plans to hold his first
exhibition in Sri Lanka from April 21-24 at the Alliance Francaise de After studying at the high school of fine arts in Lotz, he completed his studies in painting and graphic designing at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracovia. Today, he works as a graphic-designer in a well-known press agency. In the meantime (and as always) he does paintings, drawings, photos etc. A part of his works could be seen on his website at: www.bilecki.com His recent exhibitions were: "Kyoto Painting" (May 2003), "Osaka, recent painting" (June 2003). ###### Nature Photographer of the Year Competition : Magnificent,wild and free ... by VIMUKTHI FERNANDO It continues for the 4th year triumphantly. The photographic contest which brings in veterans and professionals with keen eyes and high photographic sense as well as the young and amateur who may want to click the shutter of their cameras just to record images that caught the eye. Nature Photographer of the Year Competition was launched recently for the year 2004.
The competition which had attracted world-wide participation offers Rs. 100,000 to the overall winner. While the category winners receive a first prize of Rs. 10,000 each, the winner of the Young Nature Photographer title will receive Rs. 20,000. Held under five categories, namely mammals, birds, other animals, plant life and wild landscapes the competition brings together thousands of high quality images portraying multiple facets of nature. Participants can submit upto ten 8"x12", unmounted, colour photographs (matt or glossy) per category. Sandwich shots, double exposures, digitally captured photographs or digitally manipulated photographs fall into the non-acceptable category along with photographs of captive, tame, domestic and restrained animals and garden or hybrid plants. A fee of Rs. 200 is required with each entry. However, young entrants or applicants who are under the age of 21 on the closing date will not require to pay the entry fee. They will also be eligible for the last category of the competition 'Young Nature Photographer of the Year' which offers a gift of Rs. 20,000 for the title winner. "A full set of rules and application forms will be available at Fujifilm outlets, HSBC branches and Jetwing Hotels," said the organisers. An exhibition of the winning and commended entries is held in December each year along with the awards ceremony. They will also be published in the colour portfolio. The closing date for entries will be July 15, 2004. |
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Colombo. Tadeusz Bilecki works and lives on the banks of the Geneva Lake
near the Chillon Palace in Switzerland. He was born at Lotz, Poland during
Spring 1951. He spent his school life in Lots and was interested in arts
subjects at an early age.
