RAJ MOHAN
I have spent most of my life in urban environments – a
result borne more of circumstance than choice. On the
relatively few occasions that I am able to spend time in
nature, I find the experience to be absolutely thrilling
on the one hand, and immensely peaceful on the
other. Whether I am in a local park, forests, deserts or
mountains, I am humbled by the grand scale of geology,
the intricacies of biology, and just the sheer beauty of
the natural world. As I compiled the images presented
here, I recalled with great pleasure the combination of
awe and serenity that I felt when I made them.
Elliott Erwitt said: “The whole point of taking pictures
is so that you don’t have to explain things with words”.
Although words are wholly inadequate to explain how
I feel about photography and being in nature, the
best verbal description I can conjure is that they are
meditative, soothing experiences that seem to restore a
sense of balance within me.
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