One day, a girl who identified herself as Rumki (Banerjee) came to see me. She introduced herself as the young Durga of Pather Panchali. At the time, she was associated with a publishing house and had come to meet me as a representative of her
Title: India in Monochrome Author: Sajal Ghosh Publisher: Bee Books, 2024 Price: Rs 2,990 On a trip to Nagaland to cover the state’s famed Hornbill Festival, photographer Sajal Ghosh stayed with a Naga family. On the surface, the man from Kolkata had nothing in common with the tribes of
Meet Sankha Kar, who was destined to venture into the world of art. But unlike his father, who used a paintbrush to create an image on the canvas, Sankha played around with the camera obscura and successfully created numerous gems that caught the eyes of
Participants of the photography course, Belur Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandir Every picture has a story but not every story has a picture, so you can create one of your own. Photography is like the alert sentinel of time. Memories fade but a moment captured through the lens
The art of photography has just turned 195. And this is as good an occasion as any to hold an exhibition of rare photographs, which the Indian Museum Kolkata is doing. Titled Convergence, the travelling exhibition puts on display the works of French photographers in
Walter Bendix Schönflies Benjamin was a German Jewish philosopher, cultural critic and essayist. He made enduring and influential contributions to aesthetic theory, literary criticism, and historical materialism. In 1931, he published ‘Little History of Photography.’ That very year, two 12-year-old Bengali twin sisters from Ramnagar
Pareidolia (noun): “a situation in which someone sees a pattern or image of something that does not exist, for example, a face in a cloud”. This is the Cambridge Dictionary definition of pareidolia, a term sometimes used in psychology to indicate a disorder related to
‘Put your chin up, turn to the right, oh a little left,’ and then goes the shutter. And you are framed in a perfect photograph and the one who does that from behind the scenes is a ‘professional photographer.’ Over the last decade professional photography
In this exclusive photo story, ace photographer Santanu Paul presents a series on Eurasian Scops Owl that was sighted in Rajarhat-Newtown area a few days back. As per reports it is still believed to be seen in that area. This sighting is extremely rare as
‘Photography is an austere and blazing poetry of the real.’ That’s what young photographer Pubarun Basu from North Kolkata, Bagbazar area projects through his photography skills from behind the camera. An ardent fan of Marvel movies Pubarun says, “I would either click or process pictures.