Val Peter: Phantoms in Transit

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

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

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

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