Life through the lens
On World Photography Day, noted photographer Rajib De talks about his passion for capturing the magic of ancient remains and the beauty of everyday life
On World Photography Day, photographer Rajib De talks about his passion
Ever felt like living your work all your life? If you are passionate about it like Rajib De, then you won’t have considered it as work for a single day of your life. Photography is his life. An exhibition of photographs by him, is on view in the Capital along with a book of his photographs. He has captured photographs of two towns, Hampi and New Town. Today Hampi lies silent, its old magnificence faded and in ruins. And new cities are rising out of the rural soil. One of these, called Newtown, is waking into being, in another part of India. The book of photographs by him is a glimpse into a great Indian city with a grand past and a future city waking into shape.
“From my childhood days I loved to paint. So I started painting with watercolours on different types of subjects that came to my mind or which I found fascinating. When I was in the 12th standard in school, one of my friends who was a photographer, took me to his darkroom. When I saw photographs slowly emerging from the chemicals, I found it amazing and was spellbound. Then I realised that painting was not my cup of tea, and that photography was what I wanted to take up. From that day onwards I became interested in photography. Then I started learning
When I saw photographs emerging from the chemicals in the darkroom, I was spellbound... That’s when I realised that photography was what I wanted to take up