Tania Chatterjee is an accomplished photographer, humanitarian worker, and educator based in Kolkata, India. With a deep-rooted passion for photography, Tania has dedicated her career to capturing the essence of human life and culture through her lens. Her journey, which began after earning a master’s degree in environment management, led…
Arpan Basu Chowdhury, a talented photographer based in Kolkata, has dedicated his craft to telling the untold stories of rural India. Through his lens, he reveals the vibrant and intricate lives of people living in remote villages, particularly in West Bengal. His photography goes beyond mere images, offering a deep…
Our seas and oceans are vast expanses of sparkling blue wonderlands, intricate in their appearances as well as characters. At a casual glance these endless watery realms appear lifeless, empty, the uniform expanse of shifting blues seems to be devoid of any activities except for the relentless crashing of their…
Koushik Sinha Roy is a high school teacher by profession and street photographer by passion. He started street photography in 2015. He loves to travel and document the life of people. Being a keen observer he likes those little individual moments where his subjects’ psychological drama can be studied through…
A school is a building that has four walls with tomorrow inside.” – Lon Watters. School, a place where we start our together learning, is considered as Alma-mater as it provides intellectual nourishment to the students. It develops humanity, rational thoughts. Schoolcreatesa challenging academic environment to help students in developing…
Children and Expression, these two words are somewhat synonymous, because children are always expressive. Their energy, emotion, immaturity bring expression into them naturally. This photo series brings together such expressive moments of children. About Gourab Guha I was born in Kolkata, India in 1980. I have always been fascinated with…
Dry fish processing is directly related to the economic development of the Coastal areas of India. Research data says that India is the second largest fish producing country with the contribution of 5.43% in global fish production and West Bengal has been able to secure the second position among all…
It is impossible to differentiate creation from the creator, a delight of new creativity from dismay of scarcity, perspiration of diligence from tears of contentment, divine from earthly, facts from fiction. When imagination transforms into reality then Gods & God-makers united as a single entity. It becomes hard to distinguish…
This is the story of Laura. Laura Martinez. But this could well be the story of Manabi or Suchitra. So what binds Laura, Manabi, and Suchitra? The answer lies in their sexual orientation? They are all transgenders. While Laura, a singer-dancer-performer has made New York her home, Manabi was the…
Gomira dance is a rural dance form mainly practiced in the Dinajpur district of West Bengal. The dance is usually performed by the villagers to please the gods to usher in the ‘good forces’ and ward off the ‘evil forces’. Very obviously, this dance form is a part of varying…
A major fire broke out at Kolkata’s Bagree Market, which is presumably the largest wholesale market in India. Around 35 fire engines battled for over 55+ hours to bring the fire under control. The fire which broke out around 2.30 am on 16th Sept, 2018 started from the ground floor…
The Photo Series is made from the Abstract patterns taken from the Vintage Car Rally show in Kolkata. The Statesman Vintage & Classic Car Rally is an annual vintage car rally in New Delhi and Kolkata and the oldest, continuously-run such event in India and the sub-continent. It started in…
Fascinated by the people who have tattooed the famous Hindu God’s name “RAM” all over their body, I made an attempt to photo document this diminishing tradition of body art. The art of tattooing in India has existed since the ancient period, where people used to ink their skin for…
Kumari Puja is an Indian Hindu Tradition mainly celebrated during the Durga Puja / Basanti Puja / Navratri according to Hindu Calendar. Kumari actually describes a young virgin girl from the age 1 to 16 who are getting worshipped during the transition of Ashtami / Navami tithi of Durga Puja…
Maramures opens up the vistas of a fictional reality. Here you may find the Chekhovian characters in anonymous provincial towns of Russian society coming alive animatedly and you are welcome visitors to their old worldview. As scenes unfolded outside my moving car window, it was a continual intrusion of past…
Drying of paddy grains are one of the most important step before sending them to Rice mill. Drying reduces grain moisture level to a safe benchmark which is suitable for storage. When rice is harvested it consists of 20 – 30% moisture & high moisture in a grain can destroy…