Chennai’s largest NatGeo magazine collection

Chennai’s largest Nat Geo magazine collection

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The Madras Photo Bloggers team have come up with an idea of creating an archive of the largest collection of National geographic magazines. This permanent exhibit is currently located at the Madras Photo-bloggers office in Anna Nagar.

              Madras Photo Bloggers, are a growing organization, aim at not only promoting but also for creating the platform for brands to showcase their presence through our events for particular set of audience. Madras Photo Bloggers was initiated and lead by Chennai based Travel Photographer Srivatsan Sankaran. They are a well-known name among photographers as they are regularly engaging with people through photo walks around the city. 

The magazines from 1960's.

              This exhibition was recently opened for the public and is planned to be a permanent exhibit, the display timings is morning 10am to 5.30 in the evening. This is one of the biggest exhibits of Nat Geo magazines in Tamil Nadu. There are even magazines that date back to 1950’s and much more rare books which would not be available to read elsewhere.

             They not only display magazines but also have dedicated photography books such as “Photographing Children” which has photos of children in various environments, captured candidly. They also have weekly magazines which NatGeo released and discontinued during the 90’s, books about photography written by  many    Pulitzer prize winners and so on.

             “I wanted to contribute something to the photographers of Chennai and came up with this idea of putting up an exhibit. When I did some research, I came to know that these kind of Nat Geo books are not available for the public and I decided to search for the books. With the help of 8 contributors and some walks in Triplicane second hand book stores, I was finally confident that I could create an archive for these books. I will continue to add more books to this collection, as of now around 400 books are here for the public to read” says Srivatsan Sankaran, the organizer of this exhibit and the founder of Madras Photo Bloggers.

              In an ever-evolving world, anything could turn into a collectable!