Veteran CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat viewing photographs taken by Vijoo Krishnan (left), politbureau member of the party, at an exhibition titled ‘Of Lands, Lives and Lores’ being held at the Lalithakala Akademi Art Gallery in Kozhikode on Thursday. CPI(M) district secretary M.
Mehboob is seen. | Photo Credit: K. Ragesh · ‘Of land, lives, and lores’, the first exhibition of photographs captured by Vijoo Krishnan, politbureau member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)], began at the Lalithakala Akademi Art Gallery here on Thursday (August 28, 2025).'Of land, lives, and lores': Vijoo Krishnan's revolutionary photography exhibition capturing the essence of India's towns and villages.Opening the exhibition, senior CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat said that though Mr. Krishnan, also the general secretary of the All-India Kisan Sabha, the pro-Left mass organisation of farmers, might not be a “professional photographer”, he is indeed a “professional revolutionary”. CPI(M) Kozhikode district secretary M.The CPI(M) leader said the camera was a companion of sorts, attentive to the quiet dignity of workers and peasants, the poetry of light on old walls, and the fleeting scenes glimpsed from a moving car, train, or bus. Photography had been a part of his life since childhood and was nurtured by gifts – from his first National Panasonic camera with a built-in radio to his most recent upgrade – from family and comrades.