ISSUE: 143 Documentary photographer Taha Ahmad believes his work has a greater purpose than merely being admired by a select audience for its esthetic value. It’s when people are able to see the underside of society and understand the prevailing social injustice that the work tries to reveal that it is truly worthwhile. How were…
ISSUE: 141 Porus Vimadalal’s unique perspective of fashion has been honed from behind the camera What inspires you as a photographer? PV: I use everyday inspirations and moments and add them to my work. I also derive inspiration from various quirks I witness in everyday life, people I meet, old photographs, memories, movies and stories….
ISSUE: 133 A self-taught visual artist, Imdad Barbhuyan uses the photographic medium to explore themes of melancholia, memory, and intimacy Describe your style. IB: For me, the style would be the way I perceive and reflect the world around me. And I like to think that it’s something dynamic but also fleeting; not static or…
ISSUE: 133 Janhavi Sharma works with photographs and moving images to focus on the connections between women, nature, food, and ecofeminism When did your connection with art begin? JS: My family preferred to invest in books and colors, instead of TV or video games. In fact, I didn’t have a TV at home until I…
ISSUE: 136 Rishi Raj believes a good photograph must initiate a nonverbal conversation with the viewer How did your Fashion Communication education fuel your career? RR: The Fashion Communication course offers a lot of options for any design student. We were taught everything from photography to graphic design, visual merchandising to fashion styling, and fashion…
ISSUE: 136 Photographer and filmmaker Avani Rai believes that her work at any moment is just a sum of all her previous experiences What defines great photography for you? AR: There are infinite ways of looking at a moment in time. Photography is about capturing that moment in a way that it can be remembered…
ISSUE: 129 Whether engaged in styling or still life photography, Caroline Joseph has a passionate commitment to creating beautiful images that speak Describe your style. What inspires you? CJ: My style is raw, organic and earthy. My photography style has always been about keeping it natural with a play of light. I don’t like to…
ISSUE: 128 Uma Damle is a fashion photographer and filmmaker with a soul that constantly seeks to balance beauty with humanity What makes a professional photographer stand apart in the digital age when everyone is a photographer? UD: There was a time when being able to operate cameras and just exposing film correctly required expertise….
Rohit Chawla’s subjects have ranged from fashion to food but it is in journalistic photography that he has found his niche What inspires you? RC: I draw my inspiration from nature and architecture. If I weren’t a photographer, I would have been an architect. The interplay of space and form in a graphic idiom is…
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