The Covid-19 pandemic was challenging in different ways for different people – economically, physiologically, emotionally, academically – probably in more than one way for any given person. I am grateful that I did not loose anyone last year whom I personally knew – but considering the current scenario in India,
[Read more]Constraints Of The Assignment: Jane Evelyn Atwood frames the assignment as follows: Telling a story with pictures is just like writing with words. Something is seen, or thought of, or imagined. I would like you to tell a story with images that you make and put together, one after the
[Read more]In an interview with VARANASIGURU, Shivang introduced himself like this: “Based in Varanasi, I, Shivang Shekhar Singh, a professional photographer, a constant learner, and also an alumnus of Banaras Hindu University from where I did my Masters in Travel and Tourism Management. While walking through the exhaustive career pathways, I realized
[Read more]Read: Starting A New Challenge – Zen Camera | David Ulrich If you plan to do these assignments, I highly insist that you get yourself a copy of ZEN CAMERA to fully understand what each assignment is actually about. I provide only the outline in my blog-articles. This assignment is a series of
[Read more]In the words of Seth Godin: “I think that heroes are more important than mentors. A hero is somebody who you can emulate; somebody who raises the bar for you. Heroism scales, so one person can be a hero for a lot of people. Mentoring is over-rated in that there’s
[Read more]In 1954, Cindy Sherman was born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey. She grew up to live and work in New York. Now considered as one of the most influential artists of her generation, she had to wait till the late 1970s to gain prominence, while she was working with the
[Read more]In an interview with VARANASIGURU, Shivang introduced himself like this: “Based in Varanasi, I, Shivang Shekhar Singh, a professional photographer, a constant learner, and also an alumnus of Banaras Hindu University from where I did my Masters in Travel and Tourism Management. While walking through the exhaustive career pathways, I
[Read more]Foreword to the book: We are consumers. Every day, we consume food, drink, products, and we even consume pictures. Lots of pictures. We see them in newspapers, magazines, digital print, and, as consumers, we don’t think twice about what we consume. So let’s think twice: after you weed out the
[Read more]Shivang Shekhar Singh is a visual storyteller based in Varanasi, India. This week, Shivang put up a guide on Instagram sharing his insights on the use of wall art and advertisements as elements in street photography. He writes: Street photography is one of the widest genres in photography and a lot of things
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