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Abhishek Kumar JANUARY 16, ON THIS DAY “Something in my head gets turned on by seeing a woman’s looks really come together with the right makeup, the right hair style, the right clothes. It’s exciting to see a woman metamorphosed into something extraordinary.” Francesco Scavullo Francesco Scavullo was an American photographer who had a long […]
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Abhishek Kumar Ishan Tankha is a professional photographer based in New Delhi, India. He is renowned for his unique style of photography, which combines traditional techniques with modern technology. He is known for his ability to capture the beauty of his subjects and the emotion in every moment. Ishan has worked with many high-profile clients,
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Abhishek Kumar Homai Vyarawalla was a pioneering Indian photographer who captured some of the most iconic images of the country’s history. Her work spanned from the 1930s to the 1970s and documented some of the most important events in India’s independence, including the coronation of King George VI, the death of Mahatma Gandhi, and the
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On this day, 9th of September in 1899, Gyula Halasz was born in Brasso (Brasov), Austria-Hungary (now Romania) to a Hungarian father and Armenian mother. When he was three his family relocated to Paris, where his father worked as a French literature professor at the Sorbonne university. Gyula later went on to attend the Hungarian
Over the past year, food has been one of the prime sources of joy for many. Whether it was cooking our first meal in the lockdown, attempting a sourdough starter, whipping the infamous dalgona coffee or perfecting the round roti, we all have perhaps dabbled in some culinary activity or the other. Even today, we
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February 21, On This Day Instant imagery For the very first time on February 21, 1947, inventor Edwin Land demonstrated the Land Camera to a meeting of the Optical Society of America in New York City. Today, you may know it better by its more popular name — the Polaroid Camera. Using developer and fixer
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Alexa Kumiko Hatanaka, a queer Japanese-Canadian artist born in 1988, is a prominent figure at the Venice Biennale. Alexa Hatanaka primarily works with paper, utilising printmaking, ink drawing, and natural dyeing alongside sewing. She also interacts with traditional paper materials and techniques that both demand and support a clean environment. These modifications of customs, which
An ongoing exhibition by Neekoee Foundation and 079 Stories brings renewed attention to one of Bengal’s most compelling theatrical legacies through a photographic series by Naveen Kishore. Titled Green Room of the Goddess: The Chapal Bhaduri Story, the show presents a portfolio of 17 photographs that document the life and performance of Chapal Bhaduri, once celebrated
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Dr Alka Pande is one of India’s most renowned art historians, and curators, with a practice that bridges scholarship, exhibition-making and public pedagogy. For over three decades, she has worked on Indian aesthetics, visual culture and gender, shaping how diverse audiences encounter the subcontinent’s artistic and cultural histories. Pande holds postgraduate degrees in History and
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South African interdisciplinary artist Senzeni Marasela is an active and attentive presence at the ongoing Venice Biennale. Marasela’s Venice Biennale work, which combines a wide range of artistic practices, including photography, video, prints, and mixed-media installations involving textiles and embroidery, and through which she conveys her message, captures the active attention of art lovers. Marasela’s
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