"However I find some very promising work in this exhibition that are representative of May Day. They are evocative and have tremendous dynamism. In the early days I used to see pretty pictures and pretty pictures alone whereas here I see a combination of aesthetic craft as well as potent messages," concluded Alam.

Dr Noazesh Ahmed said, "In our times we had black and white photography and now I can see a lot of colour photography. In our days the emphasis was mostly on art photography and on rural life, such as the rice fields during harvesting, the earth diggers, with dramatic sky and a lot of light and shade work by photographers like Amanul Huq, Naibuddin Ahmed and myself. As I was studying in USA, I did a lot of colour films. The then Pakistan Observer used mostly my pictures for its cover. In those days the photographers were very dedicated, even though they were few in number, and their cameras and films were limited. We had to send our slides overseas, and had to wait for months to see our results, and sometimes, on the way they were even lost."

Ahmed said that their work, however, was of high quality. The technique and quality of photography today bring a variety of subjects of different dimensions, he said. However, he added, the high quality of work come from a few. It is a good sign that experimental work has increased, he noted. In this particular exhibition some of the work are laudable, however, it would have been better if more action had been captured, he concluded.

Chanchal Mahmood, advisor to the school of photographers participating in the exhibition, said, "I am their teacher and am amazed that they have reached this standard. It was heartening when the students' parents bought them expensive cameras such as Nikon and Canon. The course is for two months each and there are classes twice a week."

Akber Hassan, a part of 'Group 36' that was holding the show said, "I've had previous training with Nasir of BTV. We, in this school, aim at coming together and doing some creative work."