DHARAMSHALA: A two-day digital photography and image editing workshop is currently under-way at the Department of Information and International Relations (DIIR). Over 14 participants comprising of DIIR staff and other individuals from relevant Tibetan organisations is taking part in the program.

The workshop is being presided over by Mr. David Zimmerman, a reputed photographer based in New York city and founder of Himalayan Art Centre in Dharamshala.

“We hope to encourage and develop the capability of our staff to do all kinds of jobs required by them in a professional manner,” Mr. Tashi Phuntsok, Secretary of the Department of Information and International Relations said at the inaugural session of the workshop.

“We have participants from various sections of our department particularly the media sections, whose job description include photography, image editing and designing the page layout of the various magazines that we publish,” he said.

We hope they make best use of Mr. Zimmerman’s expertise in the field to develop their capabilities through this workshop, he added.

The workshop is organised by the Tibet Museum of Department of Information and International Relations.