Colour has always been the first language I speak — before composition, before light.
I came to colour photography reluctantly. For years I shot almost exclusively in black and white, convinced it was more serious, more timeless, more honest. Then I went to Rajasthan for the first time.
There are places in the world where colour is not decoration — it is information. The blue walls of Jodhpur do not just look beautiful. They carry history, tradition, and a deliberate choice made generations ago to paint an entire city in a single shade.
Shivam Pandey
Born in Varanasi, shaped by Kolkata — Shivam Pandey has spent over a decade reading the streets before the camera comes out. That is the skill he passes on: not technique, but awareness.
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