FLY IN AMBER
By Sveta Kaverina
Fly in Amber
Sveta Kaverina
I started this project to tell a story of the city I lived in for 7 years, the city I loved, I miss, I can never come back to. My memories do not fade with time, but get more and more prominent and painful. Just like my feelings towards the city which become more and more complicated.
The project offers the spectator to think if it is at all possible for one to return to a place he knew well and loved truly, but then abandoned with regrets. Is there such a place in reality? Or does it exist only in one’s mind? Is it still a spot on a map, or is it already one’s idea of the paradise lost? Does the city created of nostalgia and regrets have something in common with the real city?
UAE
With this small selection of photos I’d like to pay homage to the South-Eastern tip of Arabian Peninsula and, on the other hand, share the unusual and less-known beauty of the Country. The focus of my research was to show the ordinary from a different point of view and make it more than ordinary through abstraction.
Snapshot repetition, dramatic skies, central focus, warm colors and a bit of exotic: these are the ingredients for the Unusual Arab Emirates, a country that is much more than common thought.
Vito Distante
The colour of water
Harmit Joshi
This ongoing project utilizes reflections to defamiliarize water bodies. The resulting abstract imagery holds personal significance due to all the narratives I can perceive within it.
Dezavo
Raine Roberts
Dezavo is a nickname given to me. It's a phonetic spelling of the Greek pronunciation of déjà vu. In Greek, déjà vu, is the commonly known phenomenon of experiencing something before, as well as an adjective -- to describe a certain trait of a person. A person who has a great sense of direction but no sense of time. This ongoing project is inspired by these moments without a time stamp, of time spent wandering. The people, the objects, the spaces -- poetically misplaced. Compounding space and objects not in use. Something we think we've seen before, or will again soon.
Raja Rani Miles
Kumar Vivek
The following photographs were made in 2022 at the Raja Rani Mines located in Devgarh (Chattisgarh), which also happened to be a shoot location of a Webshow which I was a part of. During the lunch break of the shoot I roamed around the mines and documented it with my phone camera. I loved the overall dusty, rustic look and feel of the location.
Kambala
Rahul Kamath
In this rush of aggression, grit, speed, and passion, I found my true joy. As a storyteller and photographer from Mangalore, India, I delved into the world of Kambala, a sport that goes beyond the buffalo races and splashes. I wanted to uncover the hidden stories, the essence beyond the surface. The whole Idea was to deep dive into a world filled with patterns, lights, shadows, stories and colours intending to take me and my audience into a whole different picture. There’s one thing I learnt from this, sometimes, deviating from the well-trodden path reveals a whole new picture, and that's what I aimed to achieve with this collection.
Bombay Monsoon
Yash Sheth
Monsoon has always been my favorite season of the year from my childhood days. I have always enjoyed rain. Even now, Whenever it rains, The inner child inside me awakens. It brings up my mood. Kids start to play, People Cover themselves with whatever they find, Plastic sheets, Utensils etc. That’s how I got this idea to document the rain in my city. While documenting this project I lost many umbrellas, My camera and I got wet many times but experiencing the rain is what I thrive for. This is a long term project of documenting rain in this city.
Textures Of Belonging
Mouli Paul
Upon returning home after a year of studying in England, I became curious to explore and document my hometown - the intimacies, the mystique in the mundane, the people, and the textures that defined the place for what it is. It had always been beautiful yet home needs to accept me for me to accept it completely. In my 10 years as a photographer, I never felt like documenting my family and hometown. It was like a light bulb moment when I met my father after a year. I did travel back home now and then but never stayed beyond a week. Strongly drawing on the notions of home and belonging, my search was about the idea of home. Coming back, I realized I was born right here, in this sleepy little town of Bhadreswar in West Bengal, away from the highly pretentious city life. Surprising as it might sound, I could never feel as if I belonged there even after living in the city for over two decades. I kept looking for those connections and emotions everywhere, only to find them back here.
Dutch Colors
Brain Frank
When I moved to the Netherlands in 2020 from the US, I was looking for a way to photograph my new home in a fresh way. I started to take extended exposure photographs where I moved the camera with the shutter open. The streaks of light and colour end up looking like brush strokes. I'm hoping to put this together for a gallery show.
Scapegoat
Ayan Farooqi
"Scapegoat," is a powerful exploration of the theme of blame and its impact on society. Goats have always been associated with the idea of a scapegoat, someone or something that is made to bear the blame for the problems of a community. In this series, I use these creatures to ask the question - does society really needs a scapegoat to channel its aggression and strengthen its cohesion? Shot in black and white, the photographs capture the essence of the goat's spirit, reflecting their resilience, strength, and determination in the face of adversity.
