Of course, in those days I think I shot almost any subject one could conceive of! God bless my parents for keeping me supplied with film and bearing the lab printing costs - I wasn't producing many masterpieces for sure! I did however lean towards nature and landscapes even back then. One of my most treasured possessions is a photograph of a sunrise over the Bay of Bengal sea, which I took when I was 12. It still occupies a prominent place on the living room wall in my parents' home.

 

I am fortunate to live in a country that is blessed with amazing landscapes, and the sheer variety that India  offers is astounding. Vast oceans, ancient mountains, mighty rivers, desolate deserts, dense jungles - and everything else in between! Documenting these magnificent creations of nature is my life's mission. I am never happier than when I am behind my camera, making photographs of scenes that resonate with me. 

 

With these photographs, I bring a little piece of India into your living spaces. I want to share the same sense of awe and inspiration that I felt when I made the photograph. Each photograph evokes an emotion, triggers a memory and creates a mood. And these emotions and memories are often intensely personal, unique to the person who is looking at the photograph! That, to me, is the magic of photography, and what drives me to create art everyday.

 

I am obsessed with quality and perfection (and yes, it is not always a blessing!). Apart from doing all the photographing and editing, I make each print myself, on my own professional grade printer. It was the only way I could control every step of the process , and that was essential to keep my quality consistent, and my product perfect! I use the giclée print process, the industry benchmark for museum quality fine art printing. I exclusively use fine art archival grade paper from Hahnemühle, one of the oldest paper companies in the world (Est 1584). If cared for properly, these prints will not degrade even after a century passes.

 

Each print is limited to an edition of 10 or lesser (in its size category), and is signed, numbered and named by me. Once the print reaches its edition limit, it is no longer available for sale. I do however continue exhibit the photograph at exhibitions and/or enter it in competitions.  But I never have, and never will never make another print for the purpose of selling it.

 

If nature moves and inspires you, maybe some of these photographs will speak to me the way they do to me.