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…
Francesco Lopazio is a street photographer from Ancona, Italy. He started shooting when he was in high school with his sister’s Nikon camera. Currently, he is doing his graduation in engineering. The first time he approached into street photos was in Paris. That trip has changed Francesco vision, he started…
Tolis Chatzignatiou is a documentary photographer from Athens, Greece. He got interested in painting since childhood and he started photography in 2005. From 2010 he exclusively focuses on photography. In his words about the calmness in his photographs “Photography is the silent testament and awareness that time and words restrain…
2019 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards open for entries around the world. Entries are pouring and here are some of the best images we have received so far! Have a laugh! You can submit your entry before June 30th, 2019. Click here You can find more info about Comedy Wildlife Photography…
We truly live in a wondrous time where you can get technical information and expert tips on almost any subject. Music is no different and thanks to all the information out there, even people with zero experience can learn how to record and promote their own songs. This was a…
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…
Shanghai is one of the worlds truly epic megacities, a hive of activity and rapid change. As massive scale construction changes the face of the city, an uninhibited hunger for new technology and economic resourcefulness changes the way its people live. However, its the quiet, personal moments of daily life…
In 2015, death took my dad rather quickly. When they found cancer, it had already taken up residence in his pancreas and spread to his liver. Diagnosis to death was under 2 months. At the time I was beginning work on a photo project around terminal illness and mortality. The…
Bede is a nomadic ethnic group in Bangladesh. They used to live, travel, and earn their living on the river. Nowadays due to change of socio-economic aspect and the decreasing river in our country they started settling down in makeshift temporary shelters they call home. Their source of income has…
Hakan Biyiklioglu is a street photographer from Istanbul, Turkey. He started photography when he was 19 years old with his father’s Yashica camera, but there were 20+ years big gap after that. Now again he started his passion in street photography. His main profession is SaaS R&D Manager in Mikro…
“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…
Hong Kong is an energetic blend of culture, history, and innovation. Among the neon light and crowded city. Hong Kong is one of the areas with the highest population densities on earth. More than 7.3 million people live here and Hong Kong is relatively small in size. A lack of…