In shades of blue: City exhibition captures the colour of emotion

At the Birla Academy of Art & Culture, blue wasn’t just a colour — it was a conversation. Photographer Dr. Kausik Ghosh, known for his deep visual storytelling and meditative imagery, unveiled his 15th Photography Exhibition alongside the launch of his 13th book, “BLUES,” turning the gallery into a poetic exploration of tone, texture, and feeling.The exhibition delved into the many states of “blue” — as mood, as metaphor, as memory. Through his lens, Dr. Ghosh captured the hue’s duality: its calm and melancholy, its spirituality and stillness. The works drew audiences into an immersive dialogue on perception and emotion, where blue became less a pigment and more a pulse.Following the inauguration, a thought-provoking panel titled “Presence and Perception of BLUES” unfolded, blending art criticism, philosophy, and cinema in equal measure. Samik Bandopadhyay, Atri Bhattacharya, IAS, Chandra Bhattacharya, Raju Raman, Barun Chanda, Sudripto Tagore, and Ashok Viswanathan reflected on how blue influences creative thought — from Van Gogh’s despair to the skies of Indian miniature painting, from spiritual metaphors to film aesthetics.Adding spontaneity to the evening were comments from members of the audience — Abir Chatterjee, Ishaa Saha, Amrita Chattopadhyay, Srikanta Acharya, Premendu Chaki, Arghyo Kamal Mitra, Premendu Bikash Chaki, and Ipshita Barat — who shared their own associations with the colour and the mood it evoked in the photographs.Speaking at the launch, Dr. Ghosh said, “Blue has always fascinated me — it’s at once tranquil and turbulent. ‘BLUES’ is my attempt to translate that emotion into imagery, to explore how colour can become language.”The evening was not merely a celebration of a milestone, but a meditation on how art continues to give colour to human thought — proving once again that for Dr. Kausik Ghosh, photography is not just about what the eye sees, but what the mind feels.