Shooting and developing analogue for the first time gave me a breather from the attention economy. I can’t look at a picture right after I press the shutter. I can’t precisely predict how the composition of the chemistry or the number of seconds for which I soak will affect my pictures. My fingerprints might have even stained the film while I fumbled in the darkroom. I must wait to see. But when I hang my negatives for the first time, the gratification washes over me — 36 times over. Now I wonder how the photos will look inverted and the process asks of me yet some more patience. I scan the pictures with a wonky lens and varying camera settings. Much is guess work. When I finally see the photographs —not knowing what to expect (as, apparently, is always the case with film) — I realise I have surrendered to the caprices of the process. Uncertainty colours every stage of creating an image on film. The variables are endless. Who knows how I could have fixed that one thing and how I can recreate another. In this not-knowing, my mind rests easy.
Here’s another one
Directed a series of 6 films for @nutrazenofficial starring the amazing @milindrunning
One of the things I always imagined would happen when I move to Bombay is that I’d meet Milind Soman. Working with him was a crazy, happy, surreal experience. On shoot day I, for once, felt like I’m swimming through the city of dreams.
