Weel #11 : Emotions on street - wrap up.

Last week our theme was to shoot a stranger on the streets, this is a part of what we know as "street photography". It received moderate responses... :) Showing you few of them...

The honoured mention of the week is of Anirban Saha. 

This was shot in a village street of Gochoron, 36 kilometers south to Kolkata. Like this, to like his photography page :

The next three photos were shot by Sayon Kumar Saha


Sayon has a certain kind of a zeal towards work, be it studies or photography. I am fortunate enough to have found a college junior as good as him. Given any work, he studies about the work and very silently does that.. and makes it seem so effortless, and his work amazes me without a break! Support him, click on the "like" button to like his photographs.

The next two photographs has been edited by Arka Dhara, the first of which was shot by Anirban Saha, and the latter by Arka Dhara himself.

Arka Dhara is one of the very few guys who admit very candidly, that he is a dreamer.. and thats all he knows about himself... He can be spotted on the streets, on Sundays or any event wearing three quater pants, and a camera in his hands.. making his way towards his subjects :D A superb guy never the less, he is an extreme humble soul.

Another photo has been submitted via email, by a very affectionate teacher - Mr Abhishek Bagchi.

This photo has captured my imagination, and is open to your interpretations as well... do leave a comment.



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Week #9 : Shadows - Light

Sorry for this late blogpost... week 9 was dedicated to the theme "Shadows - Light", and we came up with various interpretations of the same..
Few of them are showcased below.
The photograph of the week is by our youngest member of the group : Koustab Das.

Photographs by Sayon Kumar Saha and Sourav Bhuniya. Their interpretation took the entire group by surprise.. astonished as we are, these two photos bring the puja-flavour in all bengalis' mind...

Photographs by Miyanka Paul, Arnab Saha, Shounak Roy... Miyanka's take on the topic was very similar to that of Arnabs' where the idols for the durga puja plays with lights and shadows, as it is created.. while Shounak puts his protagonist, against the light playfully.

Photograph by Aaghran Ghosh. I love the colours and the sense of photography, the young photographer from Kolkata shoots with.. His enthusiasm amazes me.

This photograph is by Sayak Subhra Kayal, and I have purposefully kept it at last.. This is an unique picture.. an amazing one.. where the lights and shadow stay together within each other embracing each other, forming the frame, the ripples. We in our lives too do some good, mixing with the bad.. nones' perfect good, while nones' complete bad.. Kudos to all the members, whose enthusiasm has made the group what it is today! 

So send us your review. This weeks theme is "A stranger", you can email your photos to mailme@anirbansaha.com with the subject "apupi submission", do send in your details and why you shot that.

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People who inspired us - Ernst Haas

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When the whole world was living the dream of photography in black and white, only a handful of photographers came out and experimented with the first color film which was introduced in 1949. Ernst has is one among them who introduced the power of color photographs to the world and made it the future of photography.

Ernst is an Austrian born photographer who was born in Vienna in the year 1921. Initially he wanted to be a painter and explorer. His career as a Photographer was an accident. He studied photography in his early 20’s and started taking photographs with his first camera Rolliflex. After the Liberation of Vienna in 1945 Haas taught photography classes organized by the American Red Cross. His photographs featuring the beauty of Vienna were displayed in a Exhibition which attracted Warren Trabant, Editor of the German Magazine Heute. So Warren offered Haas the job of a photographer in his magazine

His first work exploring the life of Austrian prisoners was released in Heute magazine and it was grand success. This success story has got him two prestigious job offers. One was from the world renowned magazine “Life” and another one was from the Magnum photo agency. Since then Haas was a part of Magnum and also continued t work with “Life” under various freelance assignments

In 1949, Haas got a new leica 35mm camera which was very popular camera of all times. He started experimenting with the new Kodak color film “Kodachrome” which was also introduced in the same period . He took a series of color photographs in New York city and published a photo essay in “Life” magazine which was its first full colored photo easy. The Photo essay covered two issues involving 12 photographs in each issue.

One more incredible work for which Haas is remembered even now , is the photo easy named “Beauty in the Brutal art” which was published in  “Life” in 1957. The free lance assignement featured photographs about bull fighting in Spain. The uniqueness of the photographs are , that they were taken using long exposures, which created a new way of capturing and interpreting motion.

In 1962 , The museseum of modern art , New York honored Haas by organizing an exhibition which completely featured the work of Haas. It was also the first color photo exhibition in Moma’s history.

In 1971 , he published a book titled “The Creation”. It featured pictures of the natural world from many countries which took several years for Haas to photograph. The book had a record breaking sales of 350000 copies. He also published many other works like “The Himalayan pilgrimage” , “Heaven’s Gate” etc.

Ernst has died at the age of 65 due to stroke. His death has shocked the entire photographic industry. But still he’s considered as one of the important photographers who brought out a lot of innovations into color photographs.

Photograph of the Month - 2

Friends, quite gradually we have completed the second month of our existence. And its a pleasure to present to you, our second "Photograph of the Month", judged by veteran photographer, Mr Jaydeb Bhattacharya.
We thank Jaydeb Sir to have found time for us and have tracked the entire month of work, we are priviledged to have his experience and guidance by our side.




"The innocent eyes"Photograph by Koustav Ghosh. He has his unique style of seeing the world. He stays calm, serene and lost, the perfect way philosophers should be ;) But at the end of the day, delivers what we want - a good photograph! This guy from Sainthia, West Bengal started capturing moments since he got his nokia 3110c...now he have a Cannon powershot sx120 IS. He has a special affection for macros'!:) 

"This photograph by Koustav Ghosh is the best. It has the spontaneity, the simplicity, the expression, the candidness, the human approach towards composition. The colour are all amalgamated, but without sophistication. He only needs more skill in Processing."

- Jaydeb Bhattacharya

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Jaydeb Bhattacharya

The Photograph was judged by Jaydeb Bhattacharya. He for us is an embodiment of experience and a resource of art based on the experiences of his life. He started photography way back in 1978, but had to give it a break during his service years. This veteran student of the Photography Association of Dum Dum asks us amateurs to be sincere towards photography, to  use editing software judicially and ethically. It can be a boon otherwise one day that will kill one's inner artistic self.  Photography for him is an avenue for self expression and asks us not to get carried away by popularity and loose identity as an artist within.

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Week 8 : Still Life

Week 8 was dedicated to the theme "Still Life photography". We got 30 photos submited, showcasing just 5 of them ;). The Honoured Mention of the week has not yet been decided.

Caption: " let me eat those apples :P :P"
Exif: ISO- 125 , F stop- 3.5, exposure- 1/20
Photograph by Pratik Shivagunde, medical student from Solapur, social worker and a very aspiring photographer.
He is one of the co-founders of the group, and the only person till now to get 2 times honoured mention :)
His photographs are available at : Captured in a wink

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The photographs are by Sayon Kumar Saha, and engineering student from Kolkata. His silence marks his presence... This guy seldom talks, and actually makes his photographs shout out loud for him :)
Photography to him "is an art of observation. It is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving."
He posts his photographs at Sayon Kumar Saha (Photography) |Visual Artist|
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Photography by Sourav Das.
Caption: Life out of focus.
Exif: f-1.8, ISO-800, shutter speed - 1/200 sec
One of the ever smiling guys around, he is extremely positive. This is evident from all the photos that he shares with us. He for me is a certain form of optimism and encouragement, to stand out and perform in the worst of conditions.. and perform consistently, producing results dazzling others both academically as well as at else

Photograph by Anirban Saha.
While working he tried arranging his different table top items and shooting them.
Caption: Mind Deviation
Exif: ISO- 100, shutter speed- 1/100, f- 3.5
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I am Anirban Saha... and since this space is still not full, I need to write about myself.. I am a programmer, researcher.. taking up music and photography quite seriously now. Learning is my passion, while its exhibition seldom gets restricted to the facebook page :)
Photography for me is a way to spread love.. show the world how you see their world around, the way you feel.. the way you love. I post my photographs at: Anirban Saha Photography, like to show support.

Thats all folks for this week.... week4-8 completed, and now we all are eagerly waiting for the "photograph of the Month". Join us at Facebook group.

Week 7 : Abstract filled our world.

This week, week 7 was of the theme "Abstract", and the honoured mention is of -- Sourav Bhuniya. Perhaps the most unconventional guy around, he describes himself as "Freeloader,wanna be perfectionist,fan of everything INDIE & out of the box,despises egoists,loves breaking convention,to fly over the cuckoo's nest ;)"

Photo by: Sourav Bhuniya

Other photographs of the week include -

Photo by: Aaghran Ghosh
This gonna be software professional might just amaze his colleagues with his shots! Look out for him..
He is a calm person, and perhaps sees the world a bit too differently ;)

Photo by: Swaroop Sinha Roy
A person very young, but very inspiring. He says he expresses his thoughts via photographs and that statement coupled with the photographs speaks volume about him :D

Hit the like button if you have appreciated his work ;)

Photo by: Durnibar Saha
Durnibar is one of the most unconventional photographers I have seen. This young lad from Kolkata, defines each theme his own way, and its always a pleasure looking at his creation.
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Hit the "Like" button below his photograph, appreciate his work :)

The next and the final photo today is of Prantik Mukherjee. He is an ever smiling guy and never will make you realise that you are talking to a bundle of energetic talent ;) This budding engineer can perhaps achieve anything which his simplicity and extreme hard work :) God bless all.

Photo by: Prantik Mukherjee