Photojournalism: Honorable Mention 2015 (amateur)
ENTRY DESCRIPTION
the "samaj" is a ceremony played on the occasion of holi in india region of Barsana (goddess radha) & Nandgao (lord krishna) villages.both the villages join together and sing hymes while people throw tons of organic water made out of flowers dipped and soaked for days together,on them to celebrate the harvest and change of season.the devotion with which they sing and enchant hymes is worth a witness the entire atmosphere is magical.
AUTHOR
“I don’t photograph subjects. I photograph the way they make me feel
POOJA RAJPUT WHO PICKED UP PHOTOGRAPHY AS A HOBBY
DESCRIBES HERSELF IN THESE WORDS. SLOWLY THE HOBBY TURNED INTO A
PASSION WHICH NOW HAS BECOME AN INTEGRAL PART OF HER LIFE. AS A AVID
TRAVELER AND A ADVENTURE ENTHUSIAST HER CAMERA TRAVELS ALONG ON
HER WITH HER ON HARLEY DAVIDSON JOURNEYS.SHE CLICKS VARIED FACETS OF LIFE MAINLY
COMPRISING OF INDIAN TRADITIONAL DANCE FORMS, LANDSCAPES, PORTRAITS,
STREET AND FASHION. HER STYLE CONSISTS OF COLORFUL AND ENERGETIC
IMAGERY.HER ACHIVEMENTS AS A PHOTOGRPAHER INCLUDES HONOURABLE
MENTIONS IN THE INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRPAHY AWARDS 2015, PUBLICATIONS
IN WORLDWIDE PHOTOGRPAHY MAGAZINES LIKE LONELY PLANET, ASIAN
PHOTOGRPAHY TO NAME A FEW. HER PICTURES HAVE BEEN DISPLAYED AT THE
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS LIKE NICEPHOTO 2014.SHE HAS ALSO
PHOTOGRAPHED FOR THE INDIAN NAVAL BOOK “INDAIN NAVY IN THE 21
CENTURY “RELEASED BY THE HONORABLE PRESIDENT OF INDIA AND THE
INTERNATIONAL FLEET REVIEW 2016.
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