Sanak Roy Choudhury is a passionate landscape and travel photographer from India, currently living in Muscat, Oman. Sanak is very passionate about shooting nature landscapes, Urban landscapes, and architecture. In his words about motivation about photography, “I believe there is no need for any reason to keep you motivated for…
Kolkata is the Cultural Capital of India. It has long been known for its literary, artistic and revolutionary heritage. As the former capital of India, Kolkata was the birthplace of modern Indian literary, artistic and scholastic thought. Kolkatans tend to have a special appreciation for art and literature; its tradition…
I am Jai Thakur, born and brought up in a small cantonment of Darjeeling district I am now based in Delhi. Currently, I am a Business Research Analyst by profession and a self-taught photographer. I started photography out of my passion for traveling and storytelling. During my shooting days as…
I am portrait, travel and wedding photographer based out of Bengaluru. I hail from a small town called Ettumanoor in Kerala. My photographic journey started around in March 2011, when I was inspired by the photographs I saw on Facebook in the last few days of My Engineering college. I…
As a kid, I always loved looking at beautiful pictures in newspapers and magazines. I never used to think about how a picture is made or about the photographer behind it. I just loved looking at them. My only interaction with a camera used to be when we went on…
I love to capture portraits. The reason being that I never saw faces, I saw raw unadulterated emotions. While I realized I was a photographer have the power to see people, not as mere objects, I fell in love with portraits, for they tell stories by themselves. From being an…
Haridwar is one of the most popular Hindu pilgrimage places in India. It is also regarded as one amongst the seven holiest cities by Hindus. It is a place rich in culture and civilization which blend smoothly into each other giving this city a typical, rustic charm that is irresistible…
Sivaratri celebrates the convergence of Siva and Shakti. The “Mayana soora Thiruvizha” is a festival dedicated to Angalamman (a fierce guardian deity worshipped widely in Southern India) and is celebrating the small village of Kaveripattinam, the day after Mahasivarathri (the great night of Lord Shiva). Kaveripattinam is a panchayat town…
Different harvest festivals are celebrated differently in various parts of India. The Aoling festival is the annual ‘Spring Festival’ of tattooed head hunters belonging to the Konyak tribe of Nagaland. The celebration of the Aoling festival is spread across the first week of April every year in different villages of…
Puri – Odisha, India 4 days had passed, deep silence had completely engrossed the coastal city-Puri. The otherwise jubilant tourist destination of eastern India had come to a stand-still. Extremely severe cyclone Fani completely ravaged the city. Being a photographer, I was wandering around the city. Suddenly my eyes fell…
This story is based on a day visit in a rural village of silk makers, India. It is a winter morning and people are busy in several activities to make Tussar silk which has a rich texture and natural deep gold colour. I have tried to capture a few moments…
Interviewed by Prashanth Swaminathan Vijay Sarathy is a 23-year-old young & brilliant visual artist and photographer from Chennai, India. He started photography in 2017, Vijay loves to documents life, expressing emotions and thoughts. Thanks, Vijay for accepting our invite. Please read on… You can find Vijay Sarathy on the Web:…
Witnessing Republic Day Parade was always on my bucket list since childhood. During my school days I used to take part in such events and especially being into Army school it was a big opportunity to show your skills to Area Commander who used to be our Chief Guest. Never…
“Shiver Gajan” or “Hajrha Puja” is a special folk festival, celebrated at Chaitra Sankranti (last day of the Bengali year) forbidding good-bye to the passing year in West Bengal, India. It is believed that the celebration leads to prosperity in the coming year, wiping out all the sufferings and pains…
I am less famous as a photographer in my locality. Two years ago in a day, I was surprised by a knocking at the door, an old man with a stick came to introduce himself at my home and asked about my photography. He was none other than a photographer…
Colorful clothes spread on the soil next to the river bank of Barakar in Jharkhand area. The Dhobi Ghat (washing ground) of Kumardubi in the Jharkhand Province is the biggest in the Eastern part of India where daily 5000 clothes being washed by 200 Dhobi (Washer) Families. The process of…