It is everyone’s dream to make a living out of what they love to do. Some may love to drive and, dream about being a race car champion, others may want to look cool in a business suit and, dream to be a renowned corporate figure, I want to be a wanderer telling stories through my photography and, here in this diary entry, we will discuss about how to decide whether or not you want to be a photographer?
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Home; the Ocean /
Sitting in a new home, in a new city, with a new ambition, or I should say an extension of my life’s ambition, a poem dropped off my mind yesterday. It is amazing how story of life unfolds. And, what I find more amazing is that life is a story, which we can read and write at the same time. Paradoxical but true. So, today I thought to share this poem with you
Read MoreTruth of the trustworthy photos /
But, is it so? Are photos really a trustworthy representation of reality? Is there a reality, or truth? After hanging up the phone, these questions clouded my mind. Of course photos are real; they represent everything in front of the camera. I don’t stage my photos, so I know that I have not interfered with reality in the scene. Or should I say that I have not interfered with reality in the scene consciously?
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Light is eternal /
Eternal is a word which creates paradoxes. It portrays a strong connection with infinity, and at the borders of infinity, science and spirituality unite. I am pondering over this, because Tomas decided to share his photo with me. Tomas was a participant in my photography workshop at Vilnius, in November 2018.
Read MoreUnaware lab-rats /
Will they ever see what happened to that photograph? I stumble up on this question while compiling my work from Sundarban. People open their lives to photojournalists, perhaps unknowingly, but they do. A person walks in to their living space with a camera, and collect images. Now those persons in the images, are no longer individual persons, they are subjects.
Read MorePhotography is an art, or? /
When I look at photography from afar, it seems to be an activity, but on a deeper look, it has a character, much like any person in our society.
Photography is a language where every word portrays a personality. A color photograph, speaks on a different frequency than a black and white one. Similarly landscapes and portraits use different gestures,
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