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Nikon FM 2 – going the film way.

I managed to get hold of my old hard drive and dug out more pictures of Europe 2002. I took all the pictures then on negatives as digital SLRs weren’t around or I didn’t hear about them. Great for me! Because when I compare these pictures with the images [...]

Munich

…The first class coach, though luxurious, was empty. The only occupants beside the conductor were a wiry old man in a black jacket and I. He appeared fitter than most people his age. His grace lay not in his straight spine but in the smooth gray hair [...]

crimson sky

A mother walks with her baby past hutments along a narrow road that leads to the Candolim Beach.

The photograph was taken in the month of March, towards the end. The skies are very hot and clear. surprisingly, as a local development, it rained in the afternoon. when the clouds finally cleared around sunset – what I [...]

Kasmir Pics

trying to get through a really slow connection to upload pictures of Kashmir.

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’11 Weeks’ – the film shoot. Part-1

Srinagar greeted with a dry autumn and deserted streets. The tourists who thronged the markets and shikaras a few months back were missing. As a photographer I felt like the streets, the landscape too was barren, with a veneer of gritty yellowy dust all over compared to the lush greens three months back.

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Qutubdinpura, Srinagar

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Cafe Leopold

Café Leopold

Leopold is where the mayhem seems to have started on the fateful night of 26th Nov. The terrorists fired indiscriminately before hurling a grenade in the popular joint frequented by westerners, the office crowd, and the youngsters. The terrorists left the scene creating chaos and panic on the streets and dead [...]

R(EVOLUTION) – 2

Excerpts from R(EVOLUTION)-2

Later in the night the power supply tripped plunging the whole Palolem in darkness. I was sitting at the beach having drinks. A few seconds later as the eye got accustomed to the darkness I saw something inconceivable – a sight so beautiful and not photographable.

Sorrento

Excerpts from The Pheromone Scent Trail .

Over a period, I discovered their passion for scooters, which they had harboured within them with such fondness that [...]

R(EVOLUTION)-1

excerpts from R(EVOLUTION) – 1

The shot which was to be taken at sunrise was being taken now at 12 noon. It was hot and contrasty and I had no recourse to lights and generators. There was haze on the horizon. I was sweating at the prospect of shooting something like this with no fill light.

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