G Shyam Kumar, a photographer for The Hans India Warangal, has won the State First Prize in a photo competition organized by the Telangana Photo Journalists Association and the Department of Language and Culture, Telangana. The competition took place on August 19, which was World Photography Day. Bandige Gopi of Namasthe Telangana and Rajesh Reddy of Sakshi won the second and third prizes, respectively.
Several other photojournalists from Warangal also received consolation prizes. These include Ramesh from Mana Telangana, Venkanna and Prathap from Namasthe Telangana, and Mohan from Eenadu (Jangaon).
Shyam’s winning photograph depicts two policemen assisting a woman with her newborn baby to safety during heavy rainfall near Mulugu Road Junction in Warangal on August 1, 2022.
The prizes will be distributed by Health Minister T Harish Rao at Ravindra Bharati at 4 pm on Sunday, August 20.