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BANARAS – The spiritual capital of India.
Banaras, Kashi or Varanasi, this beautiful place belongs to lord Vishwanath the lord of the lords – SHIVA. Banaras is considered the oldest city in India where spirituality prevails. Hindu pilgrims from all over India visits this place in the state of Uttar Pradesh for it’s temples and ghats. The place is also famous for Continue reading
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Glimpse of Street & Documentary Photography with Manish Jaisi.
I am Manish Jaisi, a street & documentary photographer based in Delhi. My journey began in 2012 when my father brought home a digicam. Initially, I was interested in capturing macros, but over time, I gravitated towards street and documentary photography. I found this genre to be the most challenging, prompting me to devote more Continue reading
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People at Work
Work is at the root of a meaningful life, the path to individual independence, and a necessity for human survival and flourishing. It is also the distinctive means by which men concretize their identity as rational, goal-directed beings.” – Edward W. Younkins. All people have to work for a living. I have always wondered what Continue reading
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Romance with monochrome – A Heart-to-Heart conversation with Joao Coelho.
Joao Coelho hardly needs an introduction, he is a well known personality in the world of photography. He is a lawyer by education, and after a career in banking, he embraced a position as an auditor and consultant in Angola, about 15 years ago. Returning to Angola, where he was born, it was a calling Continue reading
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Editor’s Choice – April 2022 championship.
PHOENIX PHOTOGRAPHY INDIA held its second major annual championship from 3 April to 30 April 2022 where more than 400 high quality images were short listed for the championship. The External Jury Mr. Akash Ghosh declared the results where Mr. Dipanjan Chakraborty’s image was judged as the winner. Below are 21 images which are the Continue reading
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A short conversation with the winner of PHOENIX PHOTOGRAPHY January 2022 championship – Shampa Bhowmik.
It was the first month of the year when PHOENIX PHOTOGRAPHY opened it’s gates for online submissions of photographs for the January 2022 championship cup. We had received an overwhelming response from the enthusiastic photographers from India and abroad. The Board of Directors had appointed Dr.Rana Jabeen, a well-known cityscape and architectural photographer residing at Continue reading
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Kumortuli – A photo essay by Swarnendu Ballav.
Kumortuli or Kumartuli is a colony of sculptors in Kolkata, West Bengal, India who specializes in making various sculptures and idols of gods and goddesses of every religion. These artisans are settled in this colony since ages and making their living by this special profession. These artisans of Kolkata waits every year for DURGOTSAVA – Continue reading
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EDITOR’S CHOICE – 150 GREAT IMAGES OF INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY DAY CHAMPIONSHIP. (FOCUS 2021)
Introduction to FOCUS 2021 CHAMPIONSHIP : FOCUS is one of the four main annual photography competition of World Photo Freaks (now PHOENIX PHOTOGRAPHY) which is taking place since 2019 on Facebook. It is a month long photography contest which starts from 19th July and ends on the International Photography Day – 19th August every year. Continue reading
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BHATORA ISLAND – A short documentary by Sannidh Raychaudhuri.
This is photo series on the kids of Bhatora Island, a fishing village near Midnapore. Most of the kids here grow up alone without their parents as they leave early in the morning to catch fish and after that they travel to nearby markets and haats to sell them.With no one to guide them, they Continue reading
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Emotions of Life – A monochromatic documentary by Santanu Dey.
About Santanu Dey : Myself Santanu Dey, an Accountant & Logistics Manager by profession and street, people & documentary photographer by passion. Since 2016 photography has a huge influence in my life & all it started with a very interesting but an insulting incident. As I didn’t have any camera in my earlier days, I Continue reading
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