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Subtle & flash
Vanitha Shankar
July 9, 2020
One said subtle, the other said flashy. And they settled with flashes of subtlety.
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Lockdown reflection
Vanitha Shankar
July 9, 2020
If outdoors is an outlet for expression, indoors an inlet for reflection! Intense lockdown – an opportunity to reflect &...
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Looking up, looking down
Vanitha Shankar
July 9, 2020
If looking up instils hope, looking down presents possibilities! Images inspired by composing patches of spilled patterns on concrete floor.
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The search and search…
Vanitha Shankar
July 9, 2020
Humans go searching and searching for meaning until the realization that there is no such thing as real meaning except...
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Perception of Power
Vanitha Shankar
July 9, 2020
The world is full of people and possibilities. Power is a perception involving the limited known! .
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A space that I refer to!
Vanitha Shankar
April 26, 2020
Spiritualists advise focus on a spot: eyes closed, awareness of flow, imagination, yoga & more; Each person has a distinct...
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We see not…we see…
Vanitha Shankar
April 26, 2020
We see not the green, we see not the grey, we see not the subtle pink. We see the design,...
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Why do we see what we see?
Vanitha Shankar
April 26, 2020
Location: Ahmedabad Shot: Sep 2019 When we connect with our core, we connect with the world. We strengthen our sensitivity...
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A change, a challenge
Vanitha Shankar
April 26, 2020
A change it was that channeled me to long distance running; A challenge it was that led me to photography;...
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Change & Constant
Vanitha Shankar
April 26, 2020
Everything else can be taken over, never the originality, the core. Logic has it this way & it’s as simple....
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We waves of the ‘I’ mind
Vanitha Shankar
March 8, 2020
Imagine ‘we’ are wave manifestation of an I’s mind. All around are figments of mind lending to connections. Hence you,...
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Originality or commodity?
“If at all I’m stuck, stubbornly stuck – it is to the ground, I refuse to let myself be plucked....
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The world of Quantum
Vanitha Shankar
March 8, 2020
The world of Quantum It’s macro & micro! Could what we think of universe outside be inside? Could what we...
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The master of all feelings…
Vanitha Shankar
March 8, 2020
Radiating light in variants through seasons and years, not without sneaking into daily good nights; Oh! the shadows cast by...
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Creativity – a trait or nature’s expression?
Vanitha Shankar
March 8, 2020
Is creativity a person's trait? Or nature's expression through someone? When self-discovery needs transcend self-esteem needs; When competition, peer pressure,...
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A dot, rather insight…
Vanitha Shankar
March 7, 2020
If all surfacing thoughts can be processed and condensed into a satisfactory, crisp and breezy note complemented with a visual...
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Why do we see what we see?
Vanitha Shankar
March 7, 2020
Why do we see what we see? Why do they hold one’s attention? What is the underlying abstract message? Will...
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At a point…
Vanitha Shankar
March 7, 2020
At a point - when the right angle meets the perfect focal point; At the point - a kind of...
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Law of supply and demand
Vanitha Shankar
March 7, 2020
In a highly competitive world, where people aspire instant success, fame and stardom, survival may seem complex. But going by...
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The game of hunting
Vanitha Shankar
March 7, 2020
To the unemployed, it's employment. To the employed it's rise to power. To the power players, it's the coveted top...
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The Nature of Energy
Vanitha Shankar
March 7, 2020
One can shut all the doors, light will still find a way to come through, more beautifully and artistically than...
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A stretch of observation
Vanitha Shankar
March 7, 2020
The stretch not of action but observation from the world that believes in trailblazing action. To act with acquired experience,...
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An interesting sight
Vanitha Shankar
March 7, 2020
Away from the crowd that had gathered behind pillar to watch the deity, was this sight of a lone man....
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Fog for seasoning
Vanitha Shankar
March 7, 2020
Like a dash of seasoning, the fog can be used for an interesting artistic touch on photographs! As always, the...
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A play of light
Vanitha Shankar
March 7, 2020
Ah! The interesting play of it; Too much or too little of it; Therein lies the challenge of it! Day...
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Never and Always!
Vanitha Shankar
March 7, 2020
I wonder if the two words never and always will ever get us anywhere! Glad that I cut the ‘never’...
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A projection of charm
Vanitha Shankar
March 7, 2020
Neither the latest and the greatest, nor the cynosure of all eyes. Yet makes one share with pride. For I...
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Walking both paths
Vanitha Shankar
March 7, 2020
I visited Prague Castle twice, so I could walk along different paths leading to central town. Both views offered interesting...
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Artistic elegance
Vanitha Shankar
March 7, 2020
Hanging artfully, these sectional strings of red flowers juxtaposed against the coarse cream wall adjoining a wood fence made for...
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Design thinking a picture
Vanitha Shankar
March 7, 2020
Colours and their contrast, shades and their tones, composition and its structure - a picture.
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A different sunrise
Vanitha Shankar
March 7, 2020
The sun rises everyday…alright, so why not see it differently?
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Authenticity
Vanitha Shankar
March 7, 2020
That's the thing right, the brain is so conditioned to associate achievements and accomplishments with knowledge and success - it...
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Retaining Uniqueness
Vanitha Shankar
March 7, 2020
Blending in but retaining its uniqueness - that’s what I think makes the yellow subject in the picture a defining...
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Core Essentials
Vanitha Shankar
March 7, 2020
Neat, simple, aligned and well-balanced - the core essentials to make anyone or anything attractive. In love with the composed...
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The blah free zone
Vanitha Shankar
March 7, 2020
Within a shell, and also behind the lens, there’s a space where we can retreat and be completely ourselves! Hi-fi...
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What grabs attention? Colours? Textures? Composition?
Vanitha Shankar
March 7, 2020
Grabs attention each time I browse through the gallery - making me pause, muse and even ponder. The colors perhaps,...
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Joy of life is the drive to survive
Vanitha Shankar
March 7, 2020
The joy of life is often the drive to survive. Right, it’s simple -where then did the complication start? Arrest...
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Cleanliness of mind and matter
Vanitha Shankar
March 7, 2020
An air of confidence & sophistication engulfed with a sense of peace & calm, an un-ignorable charisma ensues. That only...
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Chasing the elusive?
Vanitha Shankar
March 7, 2020
Everything else can be taken over, never the originality, the core. Logic has it this way & it’s as simple....
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Getting it right…
Vanitha Shankar
March 7, 2020
It’s simple right! Just need to get composition right... from its latin origin ‘put together’ !
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The power of balance
Vanitha Shankar
March 7, 2020
Power of silence and retreat as important as the power of energy and action. And the greatest skill of all...
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Creative Minds
Vanitha Shankar
March 7, 2020
A truly creative mind is deeply bonded with abstract. It doesn’t understand insecurity neither can it comprehend pride. The minute...
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The beauty of simple lives
Vanitha Shankar
March 7, 2020
Shades of grey with a stripe of white; Adding on its presence bold browns; A bird in the background to...
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A fiery wave, gentle light and the faint voice
Vanitha Shankar
March 3, 2020
A fiery wave touched the shore; Oh, so rough I thought; Until a ray of gentle light fell all over;...
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Familiarity of feeling & Action
Vanitha Shankar
March 3, 2020
Familiarizing with how we deeply feel to be able to understand its true nature - that it’s a feeling. We...
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A self-created play space
Vanitha Shankar
March 3, 2020
Blissfully running around in a self-created play space; Like an unnoticed child in a busy adult gathering; The cool folks...
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Sense or nonsense?!
Vanitha Shankar
March 3, 2020
We see people who are fit, blessed with looks and then people who have it all in their brains. We...
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Patience or Observation?
Vanitha Shankar
March 3, 2020
Patience holds expectation of some sort; it is futuristic in its state. While observation is a kind of acceptance, it’s...
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Beauty & Brilliance
Vanitha Shankar
March 3, 2020
Beautiful the divine mother Brilliant her design Beautiful & Brilliant her immortal kids In a greed to make them wise,...
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The world of Quantum
Vanitha Shankar
March 3, 2020
It’s macro & micro! Could what we think of universe outside be inside? Could what we see from outer space...
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The one and only
Vanitha Shankar
March 3, 2020
It’s the one; the blue It’s the one; the yellow It’s also the one the white and the black It’s...
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The philosophy of universal one
Vanitha Shankar
March 3, 2020
With an endless quest to enrich, an urge for expression and a deep desire to evolve, set out many in...
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Himalayan Drokpa Community
Vanitha Shankar
March 3, 2020
Learning about the Himalayan Drokpa community was enough reason for me to explore the adventurous Beema village along the Indus...
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A Learning
Vanitha Shankar
March 3, 2020
This portrait to me serves as a periodic reminder to the sensitivities involved in casual photography. . Looking away, he...
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A pipe dream
Vanitha Shankar
March 3, 2020
The dream of every child and the child in every adult is perhaps just to dream!
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Nature in People and People in Nature
Vanitha Shankar
March 3, 2020
People in the nature and the nature in people are all so beautiful; just need to catch them in their...
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A good connect sans a tag
Vanitha Shankar
March 3, 2020
From afar, what caught my attention was the colours; shades of yellow, orange and pink on her against a green...
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A confident pose
Vanitha Shankar
March 3, 2020
The fun while taking a picture of this lady trying to hide her smile filled with shyness under a cover...
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An interesting association
Vanitha Shankar
March 3, 2020
Szentendre, a picturesque town in Hungary, known for its Baroque architecture, narrow lanes and a rustic atmosphere. The challenge of...
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An interesting take
Vanitha Shankar
March 3, 2020
It’s interesting to meet new people, and even more if it’s a chance encounter bringing along a different outlook to...
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The Gleeful Child beyond all the divides of the world
Vanitha Shankar
March 3, 2020
Out beyond all divides in the world., there are few universal behavior - a gleeful child running around with a...
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What Matters?
Vanitha Shankar
March 3, 2020
What Matters? What matters? Where we perform or how satisfactorily we perform; What we have or how best we present...
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Earthy Beauty
Vanitha Shankar
March 3, 2020
The more I look at portraits, the more reinforced my thoughts become on the power of earthy beauty. A beauty...
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A rightly timed pause and a well-defined blank space
Vanitha Shankar
March 3, 2020
As I snatch a brief break on a crazy day, I see how important the presence of the blank space...
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Mentorship
Vanitha Shankar
March 3, 2020
“Somewhere there is a star with your name on it. I may not be able to help find it, but...
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A Subtle Vision
Vanitha Shankar
March 3, 2020
When the eye sees not just beautiful things but notices the beauty in things, there appears a subtle vision -...
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The connecting shades of hues and thoughts
Vanitha Shankar
March 3, 2020
Connecting the contrasting shades of light and dark are the multitude hues in-between; Building into a distinct composition are the...
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A game of hunting
Vanitha Shankar
March 3, 2020
To the unemployed, it's employment. To the employed it's rise to power. To the power players, it's the coveted top...
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A play of words!
Vanitha Shankar
March 3, 2020
Some moments, one can just recall and relive like the touch of a magic wand ! With the dusk air...
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Holding to ground
Vanitha Shankar
March 3, 2020
The dignity and beauty of holding on to gravity when pulled from different directions - a kind of charm indeed...
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Vidya Krishna
Vanitha Shankar
March 3, 2020
As if running half-marathons was not challenging enough, she has recently ventured into triathlons. She has pursued her every single...
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Srividya & GowriShankar
Vanitha Shankar
March 3, 2020
It’s always an uplifting experience to be around someone who is easy-going and absolute fun to be with. Now, imagine...
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Palaniappan
Vanitha Shankar
March 3, 2020
Weaving into the group with a smiling demeanor, he may appear simple and quiet, but runs deep with a sense...
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In a state of natural flow…
Vanitha Shankar
February 15, 2020
Neither has a real-life relevance, nor materialistically rewarding, or is it a path breaking solution to any crisis. They...can be...
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Connecting with Nature
Vanitha Shankar
February 15, 2020
When we start connecting with the real world that has a moon and sky, and a small boy by the...
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Understanding
Vanitha Shankar
February 15, 2020
Understanding design thinking can be compared to a yogi saying breathe in and out deeply while the common man goes…that’s...
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The motivating mundaneness
Vanitha Shankar
February 15, 2020
This picture to me is reflective of some phases in life when the going is all normal, but nothing more....
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The supporting pillars
Vanitha Shankar
February 15, 2020
In figuring a way to unlock and channelize pent-up energy, there appears light. Thoughts finally find its way to release...
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A Simple Design
Vanitha Shankar
February 15, 2020
What explains my attraction to understated design! I wondered walking along the deserted by lanes, deeply admiring aesthetics all around!...
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The Practice
Vanitha Shankar
February 15, 2020
In the practice of design thinking, there is no superiority - there is only deep understanding. There is no good...
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In a line…
Vanitha Shankar
February 15, 2020
Discovering the expression of the user(s) & translating into a sought-after experience is ‘design thinking’ in a line. Fleshing the...
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A pitch-perfect release
Vanitha Shankar
February 15, 2020
She seemed amused for some reason while the warmup drill for a bunch of newbies was in progress along the...
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The Entertainer
Vanitha Shankar
February 15, 2020
How’s a travel album complete after all without the people who add so much cheer along the way! Here’s one...
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Red bow and a little café!
Vanitha Shankar
February 15, 2020
She loves her little cafe as much as she loves her red hair bow as much as she loves baking...
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A hearty act
Vanitha Shankar
February 15, 2020
‘When you leave a place, you should leave with a happy memory’ - he said that so nonchalantly that I...
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Joie De Vivre
Vanitha Shankar
February 15, 2020
Using this pass to the fullest would mean a lot to me, she said handing over the Budapest metro day...
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Train Friendship
Vanitha Shankar
February 15, 2020
An interesting friendship developed on an overnight train journey did stir up some nostalgic moments from my childhood days. Nostalgic...
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The real purpose of energy
Vanitha Shankar
February 15, 2020
Radiating light in variants through seasons and years, not without sneaking into daily good nights; Oh! the shadows cast...
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Is vedic dharma the modern follow your heart?
Vanitha Shankar
February 15, 2020
The vedic philosophy of dharma = modern follow your heart? The trickiest part is a deep understanding of what it...
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Creativity – trait or nature’s expression?
Vanitha Shankar
February 15, 2020
Is creativity a person's trait? Or nature's expression through someone? When self-discovery needs transcend self-esteem needs; When competition, peer...
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A fiery wave, gentle light and the faint voice…
Vanitha Shankar
February 15, 2020
A fiery wave touched the shore; Oh, so rough I thought; Until a ray of gentle light fell all over;...
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A body language
Vanitha Shankar
December 23, 2019
A body language sans pretense of any sort. That's what one's mind longs to see, and will go to any...
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Venkat Ramachandran
Vanitha Shankar
December 23, 2019
As a pregnant sky turns orange to give birth to the new sun, he stretches and pulls out his orange...
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Ashish Singh
Vanitha Shankar
December 23, 2019
Featured Runner of the week: Ashish Singh It was a state of ambivalence that Bessie Flyers felt when one of...
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Vidya Krishna
Vanitha Shankar
December 23, 2019
As if running half-marathons was not challenging enough, she has recently ventured into triathlons. She has pursued her every single...
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