Padmanabhan Rangarajan from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, but have spent the better part of his life in Mumbai. For Padmanabhan, photography is more about “seeing” people, than about capturing them in his camera. He would always make it a point to portray them in their natural settings, so that it gives…
We are glad to share this amazing Documentary Film shot by “BBC Imagine” about American Street Photographer Vivian Maier. Vivian Dorothy Maier (February 1, 1926 – April 21, 2009) was an American street photographer. Maier worked for about forty years as a nanny, mostly in Chicago’s North Shore, pursuing photography…
They are seemingly unconnected stories, spontaneous encounters, shapes, colors and capricious textures, which play, talk and intertwine, showing us a new and subjective perspective of a whole. A third plane generated by our visual perception, which tells us scenes with our own identity, our lives, our cities and, ultimately, ourselves.…
Rohit Vohra is a street/ travel photographer, educator and Co-founder/ Editor in Chief of APF Magazine. In a search for methods to read the city, his photographs are often about humans and basic living elements. He received his BFA from College of Arts, Delhi in the year 1997 and has…
“Vacation” as a concept in India has a connection with its long colonial past. Though the concept of vacation for the religious pilgrimage to spiritual sites was not unknown within the country, the concept of taking a vacation for the mere joy of traveling is relatively modern. Travel for recreation…
Alberte A. Pereira (A Guarda – Galicia, 1964) Alberte is a self-taught and independent photographer. After the first approach to photography with his first film camera during the 80’s, it was not until 2012 when he really involved in photography, oriented towards street photography, but also towards documentary. Statement: A…
Lokenath Brahmachari (31 August 1730 – 2 June 1890) also known as Baba Lokenath was a Hindu yogi and mystic who lived during the 18th and 19th century Bengal and resided for 26 years at the village Baradi, Dist: Narayanganj, Bangladesh. His annual festival is held every year by millions…
Life moves so fast, and sometimes you need to walk for a stroll. For that reason, every year on the winter vacation I used to visit my grandma’s house. Moreover, the winter season is the king seasons in Bangladesh. This season is the best for traveling anywhere for see its…
Street Photography may have been attacked on appreciated from all directions and one would easily come to a conclusion that the length and breadth of this genre has been all but covered, but the raw truth is possibilities and innovations within are infinite. In this post of ours, We wanted…
Salt is the bounty of the oceans…but the life of people who are scraping it from the seemingly endless expanse of the seas are themselves leading a “tasteless” life. Toiling under the harsh sun for hours together, carrying loads weighing anywhere between 15 – 20 kgs and trudging the vast…
In our childhood, Photography was completely dependent on a Film camera. I can remember after any event of our house, we got some film negatives along with the printed photographs. A negative is an image on a strip in which the lightest areas of the subject appear darkest and the…
Raj is a member of Instreet Collective, one of the curators of APF Magazine street photography FB group, the founder of World Photographic Forum and a reviewer of camera gear. He facilitates several workshops on street photography all over India. He recently won Puskar Fair contest 2017. Statement: The camera…
West Bengal, a state of India, is commonly known for agriculture since this place is considered to be rich in soil resources. Another important sector, branching from this, is ‘Fishing’. Here, fish cultivation is done in large scale and many varieties are exported to foreign land as well. There are…
Words & Photography by: Shaun La *All Photographs were photographed on film.* There are a generous amount of fields in the land of Photography. As a professional photographer, I have always thought of myself as a Photographer, excluding the commercial or art title that can precede the word, Photographer. Of…
People used to spend all their life to buy happiness with money, dedication, traveling or else. Well, these stuff could’ve bought it sometimes but I’m gonna say that it’s all about times tide. Time takes us forward through different feelings. Happiness & sorrows come one after another and we are…
Kushti (Indian Wrestling) is a popular game at Kolhapur. In this south-eastern Indian city, Kushti has a long tradition. It used to be supported by local maharajas. Some of the Kings were themselves, good wrestlers. This game flourished here during the reign of Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj, the King of…