Photo Essay by: Saikat Samaddar My sister is playing sitar in that corner room. She grew up into a young lady in the corridors, in the back yard of this house. My mom after returning from office is busy with her house hold engagements. At night she will wait for…
Documentary Project by: Daniel Rodrigues In a village called Galomaro, region of Bafata, Guinea-Bissau, there is an hospital where conditions are almost none. In the dry season the rooms are too hot to be inside. There is no air conditioning and light is scarce because there lack of electricity. The…
A complete photo story is something which makes one understand the main objective for what it needs to be done, to bring a change to the masses, to show them light. Documenting people and the stories beyond the ordinary is one of the fascinating and daunting task in terms of Photojournalism.…
India will remain the land of festivities, colors, action and of course lots of stories for its varied social classes and political scenarios. Boston being one of the legends in creating impact with mass journalism has had their prominent say when it comes to covering a photo-story against global issues.…
The world would have been a much better place to live without Nuclear power and this clause becomes very much an unidentified dream as we go through some of the photo stories here. Why does that happen in the first place, the need for erecting a nuclear power plant at…
A focus on girls’ education in India has put in place since the 1986 National Policy on Education and the 1992 Program of Action, followed by the SSA program launched in 2001, National Curriculum Framework in 2005 and the National Curriculum Framework for Teacher Education in 2010. These policies were…
‘The Spellbinders’ is a photography project aimed to document the rapidly diminishing rural circus of Bangladesh. Traditional circus troupes were one of the major attractions in rural fairs and festivals, once. The vivid colors, jaw-dropping performances and hilarious acts of the clowns were so captivating that people waited throughout the…
Pictures from a wonderful countryside, Mark Carey shows his astounding vision towards photography through his monochromatic pictures. The empty streets, and the silence within those houses and serenity inside the faces makes us feel in love with the village atmosphere. Strangely there seems to be a mystery going well with…
Guest Article by Amy Cobb Amy Cobb feels most at home behind a keyboard or a snapping shutter. She’s a Jill-of-All-Trades media refugee turned blogger who, since jumping ship from the Fourth Estate, blogs on all things media and media-education-related. Most recently she’s worked on cataloging the best photography colleges.…
It has taken more than a decade of hard work, some phenomenal amount of passion and good will behind this book Genesis by Sebastião Salgado, an amazing photographer and wonderful human being who doesn’t need much of an introduction. In this short post of ours, we wanted to underline what makes…
Mustafa Dedeoğlu is a Street & People Photographer from Istanbul. Through his wonderful street photographs, he loves to show what hasn’t been said before. Mustafa’s pictures makes us taste every bit of his wonderful country and there is this feel of nativeness in his photographs which is one of the prime reasons…
Documentary photography shows us exactly what our world looks like at any given moment in time. Whether the pictures are bleak, playful, angering or astounding, they all serve a historically significant purpose. We look at the change we can bring upon the individual or a community through the pictures. The…
One more Master Color Photographer to our grand list of Masters of Photography section. Speaking about the early shooters in color and pioneers of color photography, Ernst Haas (March 2, 1921 – September 12, 1986) becomes a valuable inclusion here. He is one of those finest photographers who bridged the…
Why should I watch documentaries, in what way does it inspire me to take pictures. How does it change my art, vision and thought process. These documentaries here portray life as it, be it on the banks of Ganges or inside the deep pacific ocean or a dark brothel. The…
Its hard not to think about Henri Cartier-Bresson when it comes to street photography and photojournalism. He was a french photographer who is strongly believed to be the father of modern photojournalism and life reportage styles. An Early adopter of the 35mm format, Henri introduced the vision for candid photography…
It must have been an experience of grace and wonders for the Winners of World Press Photo Award 2012. And we take this time to congratulate all the winners of this year. In this article, Mohammad speaks about the winning pictures , an in depth study on the environment at…