A few days ago, I was scrolling through my archive when I stopped at an image from 2018.
A few days ago, I was scrolling through my archive when I stopped at an image from 2018. I remembered taking it — early morning, North Kolkata, the light coming through a gap between two buildings at an angle I have never seen since.
That is the thing about photographs made with full attention. They do not just document a moment — they preserve a state of being. When you look at them years later, you do not just see what was there. You remember who you were when you stood in that place.
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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