Tag: photography
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In between
The hour right after sunset, and just before night creeps is a timeless hour. Just at that interval, even as everything moves, a strange sense of a sudden cessation overcomes the world. The cars maybe speeding along the highway, but without purpose. People may move on the sidewalks, but without hurry. It is an hour…
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Twilight
In South Asia, when the monsoon rains have washed over the coasts, the lights of dusk are a sight to see. The setting sun creates patterns of light in the growing twilight. A chiaroscuro effect of nature. The crickets chirp from all corners and the soft scent of rain rises from the earth.
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Silver Linings
On the rainy day on which I reached Paris, the Eiffel tower was not pretty. The streets were rain slicked and I was soaked through in the rain that often caught me off guard. It was cold and dreary, and the chill wind blew without respite. From where I could see, the Eiffel was a…
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Mountain winds
Light, air, and time, all are frozen in colour. And when eyes meet the moment in the frame, the scents follow. The deep piercing cold of the mountains, and the touch of a blade of grass adorned with dew. Spool upon spool of a memory unwinds in a single frame. #worldphotographyday
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Pausing in Time
When history freezes in stone, time sprouts wings and flutters around. This random moment caught from Brussels seems to gain life in the very juxtaposition of the frozen statue of stone and the very dynamic figures on skateboards. And yet when frozen in the frame of a photograph, they are all still. Despite the large…
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Letters from the Lens
I started Luftmensch photography as a portfolio for the photographs that I take on my travels, and as much as it is about the photographs, it is also about the fact that photography is an extremely comfortable medium for me to express my thoughts. There are a lot of debates around the accuracy and credibility…
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Rain on the Rhine
Even when the Rhine roared nearby, this little one seemed unaffected. It hopped around a bit. It alighted and landed at intervals , and it was some time before I got a shot. A slight drizzle disturbed the otherwise clear weather. The roar of the river descending down through the rocks contrasted with the tiny…
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Alpine paths
Sliding down onto the road, the Austrian alps are a beauty to behold. They stretch out on both sides of the road as you enter the country. Distant white tops and a lingering sense of a chilly wind blowing from somewhere above. The Alps are high and mighty. But most of all they let you…
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Sun poured wine
As the day waned, a brilliant sun poured out the last of its rays. It fell in patterns down the vineyards. On the way back from Venice, I still felt the buoyant Adriatic beneath my feet. I heard the seagulls above my head, and the multiple voices of the thronging crowd of tourists. A small…