How do you take something ordinary and make it exceptional? Val Peter answers this, while in conversation with Conchita Fernandes, where he discusses his expressionistic abstract style. Just now. Photograph/Val Peter Street photography has always been dictated by its brisk nature. To slow down or to create even a semblance of it would mean going against… Continue reading Val Peter: Phantoms in Transit
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What’s in a Pursuit?
In a most basic sense, the pursuit of anything involves body and mind. The greater or deeper the pursuit, the faster and easier do the revelations occur, and the more trained, agile and adept the mind and body becomes. Medical practitioners, psychiatrists, thinkers, philosophers, artists, sportspeople, professionals of any sort… In fact, all of them… Continue reading What’s in a Pursuit?
Finding Peace in Nothing
My friends know that I love reading books more than anything else. I have the capacity to read at a fantastic speed, yet, I haven’t been able to read a single word since the last two months. Writers call it writer’s block, so I suppose readers can call it reader’s block. However, the thing about… Continue reading Finding Peace in Nothing
When Compulsion Spurs Creativity…
There’s a fine line that separates a collector from a hoarder. Both are as willfully passionate about the items they collect, but where a collector is stringent about the items he acquires and compulsively organises them in a methodical manner, a hoarder loses his capacity to do so. Synonymous to the term pack rat, a… Continue reading When Compulsion Spurs Creativity…
Gertrude Käsebier
Conchita Fernandes traces the career of Gertrude Käsebier, whose life extended far beyond the domain allotted to the women of her time. Hermine (Käsebier) Turner and her son in a garden in Oceanside, Long Island (1905). (1852-1934) Photograph by Adolf de Meyer Photographic history tends to relegate certain timelines into oblivion. For instance, if you… Continue reading Gertrude Käsebier
Joseph Radhik: A Fine Balance
Joseph Radhik speaks to Tanvi Dhulia about photographing splendour and depicting fleeting moments often missed amidst the drama of a wedding. Radhik is recognised for his picture-perfect images of weddings. A little more recently, he has been making a conscious effort to experiment with his frames. There’s a term Joseph Radhik often uses during his lectures,… Continue reading Joseph Radhik: A Fine Balance
More Food For More Thought… Vol. II
There are some observations through the past year, through a miasmic haze of screen-time, sleep, wakefulness, and losing oneself to photography. That the things that we most neglect are often most important. That many such, are brought back into our attention from the peripheries of our gaze, with shocking randomness. That these things are really… Continue reading More Food For More Thought… Vol. II
Lessons From a Blind Photographer
Pete Eckert, invited me to spend a day in a studio where he was at work. The shooting space was as lightless as the darkest night. For Eckert, of course, that’s a familiar place. Absolute black is Eckert’s everyday life. It is where he makes his photographs. He is one of the world’s most accomplished… Continue reading Lessons From a Blind Photographer
Travelling Along the Distance of Familiarity
Humans carry an indelible penchant for travel. We began travelling far back when civilisation did not exist. Our reason then had to do with fulfilling out dietary needs. As time progressed we settled down and ceased foraging, but this did not stop us from travelling. We continued to travel out of curiosity, out of a… Continue reading Travelling Along the Distance of Familiarity
Dhritiman Mukherjee
What does it take to be an ambassador for the natural world? If you ask Dhritiman Mukherjee, the answer is every breath and every moment. The award-winning photographer speaks to Tanvi Dhulia about his journey and philosophy. A male gharial ferries little hatchlings across a river in the Chambal Wildlife Sanctuary. When pursuing the Bengal Florican in the grasslands… Continue reading Dhritiman Mukherjee