Brazil is the fifth largest country in the world in territorial extension, with 8,514,876 km2. The country has a 7,367 km coastline, bathed in the east by the Atlantic Ocean. The contour of the Brazilian coast increases to 9,200 km if the projections and indentations of the coast are considered.…
Rice is one of the most popular staple food in India. It also forms a vastly popular food grain and plays a major role in satiating the appetites across the length and breadth of India. It constitutes a major role in the national foodgrain market. Rice cultivation covers 30% of…
In the Indian subcontinent, the potter community is known as Kumhar or Kumbhar, derived from the term Kumharkar, literally, maker of kumbha (earthen pot). The kumbha is believed to have emerged from the cosmic ocean during the SamudraManthan (Churning of the Ocean), a mythological episode that finds mention in the…
Paintings on the clay walls of the tribal villages have been a long-prevailing practice in India. In West Bengal, this is known as ‘Deoal Chitra’ (means wall paintings). It is predominantly found on the walls of the dwellings of the Santhal (the largest tribal community in India) communities across Birbhum,…
Here we are sharing a documentary video about Master photographer Richard Avedon. In this video Avedon explaining his reign as a Master Photographer, the amount of meticulous work being put on beside every photograph of his and the undying passion he showed with his photographs. Richard Avedon (May 15, 1923…
During clicking lifestyle of people around us, I found the different lifestyle of village people especially who are engaged in paddy grain processing. So today I am going to tell the stories about the paddy grain drying process of village people. This is how the men and women dry grains…
Even a decade ago, bricks were the main material used in building and road construction in Bangladesh. Now the days have changed, the stone is taking the place of the brick kiln as a sustainable construction material. How fast this change is happening is clear in one piece of information.…
Fusu is the Chinese term of the word “Recovery”. Recovery is one of the most used words in today’s world. This is a word of hope, a word of light. The entire world is at home for this deadly virus called Novel Corona (COVID-19). A virus that spread from china…
The Atlantic Forest, known locally as Mata Atlântica, is Brazil’s richest and most threatened forest land. At the Mantiqueira Mountains (Serra da Mantiqueira), not far from the country’s largest urban centres, some are leading by example and getting their hands dirty to restore the past and sow the seeds of…
But what would you do capturing the lives of these people? It’s not going to benefit you in any possible way! think about your own future. Think about your own progress…etc. Well, most of the time documentaries as such require a static level of mental strength combating against mindsets who…
Whenever Kashi is talked about, immediately we see the Ghats, the pure water of the river Ganga and the ancient alleyways of the city of Kashi. It is every photographers dream to go to Kashi to take photographs one day. It is indeed a rare opportunity to get to visit…
As per the updates, the environment is in better shape after the spread of COVID-19 and immobilizing of the society. But is really the environment on the advantageous side of this virus? To meet the increasing desperate demand for PPE single-use plastic is being used by most of the factories…
A few days ago, cyclone Amphan swept over Bengal. Last year, cyclones ‘Fani’ and ‘Bulbul’ also hit West Bengal. Bengal has never seen such frequent cyclones in the history of the last few decades. Various parts of the country are in a state of devastation due to successive cyclones. Especially…
Garima Agarwal is a Documentary Photographer working independently and is based in Delhi, India. The majority of her work revolves around the cultural and environmental conditions of different sections of society. Within the span of 5 years, she has traveled over 100 cities in India and Nepal. She has extensively…
Introduction In late November 2018, a friend journalist Clarissa Beretz invited me to a non-commissioned project. She had obtained air tickets to travel and accompany the meeting of the indigenous peoples of Mato Grosso. The meeting took place during the last week of November 2018 at the Xingu Indigenous Park,…
People in India, find it important to participate in the different chapters of the political arena, where an apparent mode of democratic value is preached and emphasized throughout. There lies the confluence of passion and impulse. There lies their Pathetic Fallacy in politics. India is not a land of a…