Sanak Roy Choudhury is an optometrist based in Oman who takes lovely landscape and architecture photographs. His work can be found at www.facebook.com/sanakphotography As told to Tanika Godbole Where are you from? Tell us a little about your life... I was born in a small town of Bihar (Jamalpur). We moved to Kolkata when I was only 3 years old, and I was brought up in a … [Read more...]

Shirish Sen is a food photographer based in Gurgaon, who has over a decade of experience in this field. As told to Tanika Godbole Have you always been interested in photography? In the art and craft of photography—yes; but in photography as a profession—no! My father was a keen amateur photographer, and my interest in photography has its roots in observing him experiment … [Read more...]

Tell us something about yourself—about your upbringing, profession... I was born and brought up at Silchar in Assam. As a child, I loved drawing and painting. During my junior college days I did lot of stage craft designing for Doordarshan, radio station and other organizations. I graduated in commercial art from Assam University in 1999. After that I joined the film industry … [Read more...]

Snail (Indrella ampulla) Tell us a little about yourself—your life, your profession... Though I work with Raymond Limited which is a renowned textile manufacturing company, my love towards nature has always attracted me to go to forests and wild places with a huge biodiversity in India. I traveled across the country for my nature observations and photography. I have visited … [Read more...]

What inspired you to pursue photography? And what drew you towards wildlife? Like every Mumbaikar who aims for a stress-free life, I started exploring places during my weekend breaks. My pocket camera remained my companion. The trigger which pushed me towards professional photography was when one of my images getting selected for publishing with a leading nature conservation … [Read more...]