The Tiger: An Animal, A Myth Around the months of September and October each year, as the ten days of Dussera near, boys and men in the region of Karnataka known as Dakshin Kannada prepare to become tigers. Goddess Durga’s steed, the tiger is an animal that is at once…
In today’s digital world, access to camera has become relatively easy, so everyone with a camera is a photographer. But there are few who stand apart and make an identity. I personally relate to this identity crisis, have I lost my identity on the streets while making one?? Yes, its…
The American street is the heart of the Western civilization – the civilization of consumption. The individual is swallowed by an inflation of images, full of colors and symbols. Human figures are assimilated in this visual abundance. Their clothes are printed using the same images; sometimes they are tattooed right…
I have spent my entire life in this big city called Pune in India. But never in my life had I experienced it in a way I did in the last few months. Last year, I walked a couple of times clicking pictures through the streets of old Pune or…
This Photo Series is from the Famous Festival ” Charak” from the rural part of West Bengal, India. Charak Puja has its own special place in West Bengal, the state of festivals. It is a special folk festival, celebrated for bidding good-bye to the passing year. It is believed that…
Portrait photography according to me is the toughest sector in photography. It is very dificult to capture the proper emotion in an indiviual face. Taking portraits during my travel has always been a challenge, & it has been a very good experience for me so far. Being one of the…
In Bengal, beyond the urbanscape, there are rural pockets where the glamour and glitz of Bollywood has not yet penetrated, where Jatra Pala still rules the roost. The literal meaning of the Bangla word Jatra is ‘Journey’. The Jatra Pala is a little different from the more commercialised Jatra but…
These photographs are all about the life styles of the people in and around Kolkata. The real heart of the city lies in its people. These pictorial candids portray the hardships they have to go through every day. Their emotional connect with the city. The cultural aspects of the people…
Alzheimer’s is a chronic neurodegenerative disease that usually starts slowly and gets worse over time. The most common early symptom is difficulty in remembering recent events (short-term memory loss). As the disease advances, symptoms can include: problems with language, disorientation (including easily getting lost), mood swings, loss of motivation, not…
“Jama Masjid, the grand mosque of Old Delhi is the largest mosque in India built by the Mughal Emporer Shahjahan in 1650 AD. Made out of red sandstone and decorated with black and white marble, this architectural marvel has three lofty gates mighty pillars, minarets, domes and a huge courtyard.…
Terminal 7:45 8:45 Trying to find sense in chaos.. Early morning rituals are hard to change, be it reading the newspaper with tea or that early morning walk.. be it lighting the diya in temple or just being grateful for a new day… Be it raining, cold, sunny or just…
“If there be a paradise on the Earth, it is this, it is this, it is this… reads one of the verses coined by Firdaus, a poet in Mughal emperor Shahjahan’’s court, which praises the Kashmir Valley for its incomparable beauty.” I went there in winter only to see and…
This particular narrative (or should I not call it a narrative at all) arises from the deep down things that I have been nurturing in that shady section of the mind every person has but rarely have the urge to make them a visual medium. I take this as a…
The duality of my life’s trajectory makes my visual identity a fluid one. My formative years were spent in Greece, but for all of my adulthood I’ve lived in the United States, Pennsylvania, New York, and Ohio. Because of my hybrid background I view the world and my surrounding environs…
Sonepur, a small town near Patna, India on the convergence of river Ganges and Gandak is known worldwide for having Asia’s largest cattle fair. Malegaon Mela, also known as Harihar Kshetra Mela which was started by Chandragupta Maurya (340 BC – 298 BC) at Hajipur and was shifted to Sonepur…
Here we have put together a collection of 10 Inspiring Photo Stories in Lens Culture. Please click on the image to view full story and information about particular photographer. You have any photography story with you? Please share with us, we will feature your work in this blog. Thanks in…