India is a land with diverse culture and each region has its own and festivals they celebrate with pride and joy. Each year, a large number of devotees gather at Sagar island (West Bengal) on Makar Sankranti. They take a dip where the Hoogly river meets the Bay of Bengal…
Along the West coast of Ireland, the iconic Cliffs of Moher in County Clare, loom large against the harsh Atlantic shore. The spectacle draws tourists from around the globe, each hoping to capture this geological marvel in bright sunlight. Only today, the forecast predicted otherwise. Before leaving, I knew the…
Loneliness or Solitude is not only a human psychological phenomenon rather it may also exist in non-human materials in the environment. Sometimes loneliness of non-human materials co-exists with the human lives around us. Sometime we may miss them out or overlook them. Since my last 10 years of photography journey,…
If we don’t have each other, we go crazy with loneliness. When we do, we go crazy with togetherness. The Current pandemic has given me and many others a lot of time to sit and think, to explore ourselves and enjoy every little aspect of home and family and we…
Mid-March 2020 – The world was already in a strange battle with the Novel Coronavirus and it has just reached our backyard in Dhaka. We were asked to stay home, work from home and live a life in the safety and seclusion of indoors. Our life surely needed the safety…
On the 24th of March, a nation-wide lockdown was announced and all of us ended up quarantining ourselves. As street and documentary photographers, the changes to our creative endeavors were seismic. Our primary subjects, the strangers that we capture during our regular walks, were no longer accessible. However, we at…
The country has been in lockdown since March 25th due to the widespread of pandemic. The usual isn’t usual or normal anymore. People have lost track of their daily routines, dates and days. There’s silence in the street and beneath silence there’s fear. Our daily lives have turned monochromatic. Somehow…
Background: The sudden outbreak of Corona virus had restricted people into their homes. During lockdown period and subsequent times, different aspects of lockdown have been emerged, which are new to this world. I found people have lost their jobs, forced to remain far away from homes, begging for food and…
Old age refers to ages nearing or surpassing the life expectancy of human beings and is thus the end of the human life cycle. This is a story about my Grand Parents that how they are surviving in their old age. My Grand-Mother was not feeling well from the past…
Quarantine – A word that suddenly started flashing around me since 5th March,20 when I went out for my work for the very last time. It was the usual day at the office , but I was waiting to leave for my home as the day progressed. I am usually…
Prologue: Imagine your present without the memories of your ancestors or a vague family tree! A world without heritage is exactly something such! How does it feel seeing the wonders of the world’s ancient heritage getting extinct or destroyed! In this time of globalization, countries are racing towards rapid development…
This Photo series is on Black and White Bengal through my perspective. All images are from West Bengal. Images submitted here are some with stories, some with technicalities, and some with action. My name is Bishnu Goenka (22). I am a freelance photographer from Kolkata, West Bengal, India trying all…
Surreal, geometric and figurative photographic shots assemble the latest series by the Italian artist Erika Zolli. In this new project, “Metamorphosis of Self”, the photographer shows a representation of herself made of symbolism that acts as a bridge towards a deep observation of conscious and unconscious feelings. In these images,…
Rohingya peoples fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh as they are not safe in Myanmar. According to a UNICEF report, they were almost 7,50,000. Most of them walked three to six days, barefoot over mountains and across rivers. Bangladeshi people’s received them cordially, gave them food, clothes, and land. Though they…
While clicking lifestyle photos I found workers who work in a brick factory, they lead a very unique life than the others. They have to lead a very unhealthy and risky life. Brick is an essential element of buildings. This story is about the lives of the workers in brick…
Introduction In late November 2018, a friend journalist Clarissa Beretz invited me to a non-commissioned project. She had obtained air tickets to travel and accompany the meeting of the indigenous peoples of Mato Grosso. The meeting took place during the last week of November 2018 at the Xingu Indigenous Park,…