Gajan is a Hindu festival celebrated mostly in the Rural part of West Bengal. Gajan spans around a week, starting at the last week of Chaitra continuing till the end of the Bengali year. The word Gajan is considered a combination of parts of two words – “Ga” is from…
With his series “Urban Melodies” Trerotoli creates, by superimposing different pictures, an abstract representation of urban landscapes and contemporary life from modern metropolis like Rome, New York, Paris, Berlin and many others. By juxtaposing different images, Trerotoli aims to show an usual image in a conceptual way, where everything is…
I love nature in any form as it presents. However, I am quite drawn to Mountains, especially to Himalayas. May be I guess, being brought up in tropical landscape, my experience with weather cycles and mountains are very limited. So, I am naturally attracted to Mountains. The journey through the…
Durga Puja is one of the most important Hindu festivals in India, celebrated with great vigor and devotion. The origin of Durga Puja goes back to as early as 16th century A.D. The festival is celebrated for ten days in Ashwin month of Hindu calendar. It usually falls in the…
When I was young, my family spent a few years in a suburban town in southern Ontario. Everything I knew about the world was contained within that small town. Then, when I was 6 years old, I was taken out of school for a few weeks to go on an…
All of us grew up seeing black and white photographs at home – those albums take us back to childhood memories. Actually, today it is even more fun to turn those thick black pages in the albums and visit those old family memories. Most of the photos have turned black…
Once I looked for frames hastily and hungrily, now I know that only when I slow down, I see so much more. It turned out too I do not have to go far to catch an interesting moment. Watching people wherever I am, holidays with family and friends by the…
In Bangladesh, the nomadic community, known, as Bede community is a unique social group of people with distinctive culture and heritage. The Bede used to live, travel, and earn their living on the river. Nowadays this scenario cannot be traced much. This photo series represents the story of a pregnant…
Calicut beach is a place of great historical significance as far as the history of India is concerned. It was through here the Europeans entered India by sea route for trade, later paved the way for the 400 year long colonial rule. The beach is around 25 Km from where…
The images are part of an ongoing photo story. Rodrigo Roa Duterte became president of the Philippines on June 30, 2016. Come election day, 16 million gave him their votes. In return, he gave them his word. The President’s intensified campaign against illegal drugs also prodded the Philippine National Police…
I love to show than to speak. ‘Through my Subcontinent’ are the images which I captured when I was free after my college days & also in the frustrated breakthrough which I went through at my office. The whole process of travelling and shooting gave me an unknown happiness and…
Capturing leaves was quite a random thought. I studied in a college which is filled with, I was always fascinated by leaves. The shape, symmetry, colour and venations have always fascinated me. I wanted to try capturing these and add my own touch to it. The leaf series was captured…
Known for its surreal and dreamlike vision, Erika Zolli’s photography combines the compositional force of abstraction with the emotional power of magical realism, leading those who look to a very particular and completely new aesthetic. In “Geometric Variants” project, the photographer plays on the geometric relationship between man and space.…
My photography journey started with clouds. During the early days in 2011, I was asked about my photography interests while attending a workshop. I didn’t know what to answer as I used click every single thing in front of my camera, just like any other newbie. Slowly I developed my…
Story: Bonalu or Bonam is a Hindu Festival, where Goddess Mahakali is worshipped. Bonalu is an annual festival celebrated in Hyderabad, Secunderabad and other parts of Telangana, India. It is celebrated in the monsoon month of Ashada in July/August. The festival is often called Bonam, originating from Bhojanam which means…
The name Varanasi possibly originates from the names of the two rivers from north and south: Varuna, still flowing in Varanasi, and Asi, a small stream near Assi Ghat. Varanasi is also known as Benares or Kashi , is a North Indian city on the banks of the Ganga in…