PHOTOGRAPHER BY CHANCE
DEVARAJ DEVAN’S CLICKS EXPLORE THE LESSER-KNOWN SIDE OF HAMPI, THE AMAZING CITY OF RUINS IN KARNATAKA
For Devaraj Devan, cumstances helped friend and I worke parted ways with m My job was that of a des works After he quit, it wa marks. I started playing w to a few friends. They wer after some time, the photo to go to for tips, did not se teaching me. So I stopped I decided to travel and eve that I do have a photogra first camera was Nikon D sionate photographer.
His life took a a turn wh ed Hampi in Karnatak befriended a few foreign them becoming, literally, requested her for a few jumping from atop a stone
“I call her the ‘Gree changed the course of know anything about her her image, I felt like she Her attire actually match image became hugely po among the top 50 popular he shot to fame for the cli
Devaraj says he became and interactions with peo people and exchanging id become a better photogra
He is currently working tion planned for next year
, photography is life. He confesses that cird him discover the photographer in him. “My ed together at a studio and it wasn’t until he me that I realised my passion for photography. signer who was involved in post-production as just me, the camera and a lot of question with the camera, took pictures and showed it re impressed. But ographers I used eem interested in d asking for help. entually realised apher in me. My 90,” says the pashen Devaraj visitka. He met and ners, one out of his lady luck. He clicks, with her e pillar. ek Deity’. That my life. I don’t r. When I clicked e was a goddess. ed the surroundings too,” recalls Devan. The opular on on social media. It was also listed r photographs on Instagram last year. Soon, ick and appeared in many magazines. a successful photographer due to his travels ople. “Knowing your surroundings, meeting eas are the key. Those experiences helped me apher and a better person,” he adds. g on woman-based theme, for a group exhibir.
I decided to travel and eventually realised that I do have a photographer in me — DEVARAJ DEVAN