I live in New Delhi, am an Engineer by education, was (till very recently) a part of the top management of an American I.T Services company (now an IT Consultant) by profession and a learning photo-artist by passion. Having been bored to death by corporate nothingness in various parts of the world for nearly 25 years, I took to the streets every weekend with my camera around 9 years ago in search of a better meaning.
For the first 6 years of my journey, I followed the trends of street photography. Later, I started feeling that telling stories based on the expressions of my mental explorations into various facets of life is more important than one-off smart street photo. Artistic passion for creating a work of art and the craving for joy when such rare occasions happen were always there in me and will be there in the future too. However, I felt a growing need about 3 years ago that before trying to become an artist, one must first understand the time and place that one lives in including their socio-political evolution. The moments that I express in my images must come out of such deep experiences. I am therefore trying street documentaries on social themes these days – to be myself. Over the last few years, I figured out through my failures how much subject matter understanding, time (which I don't have – due to my professional commitments), and dedication are needed for what I want to do!
During the last 9 odd years, some of my work got exhibited in many international exhibitions (in places like New York, Dubai, London, Dublin, Livorno-Italy, New Delhi, Kolkata, Varanasi etc.) and printed in international/ national printed as well as on-line magazines.
URLs:
• Instagram Profile : https://www.instagram.com/aniruddha_gs/
• https://www.lensculture.com/aniruddha-guha-sarkar - Winner’s Gallery & Projects
