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or provoke their viewers. Adding to this, his

own commentary on the images, either in

the form of interesting anecdotes or poetic

verses, wraps it up perfectly.

Accelerating Upward

In a span of almost a decade, Prashanth

has traversed several exciting roads.

In 2008, his photograph of the Mumbai

attacks appeared on the cover of Newsweek

magazine, a huge accomplishment for

someone who just started out.

However, as far as perfecting his style is

concerned, he still thinks that he has a long

way to go. “In the beginning, I took a while to

understand what is it that I like to shoot, and

shoot it well. The journey still continues,

and I am still figuring out my subjects and

my style. But I think I have progressed a bit

in the journey.”

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he does not have a

favourite photograph.

Instead, he leaves me

with a quote by Imogen

Cunningham, “Which of

my photographs is my

favourite? The one I’m

going to take tomorrow.”