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Accountant, Ashok is known for his extensive photo-series on the Himalayas. Ashok
lives in New Delhi and manages the prestigious family photographic concern, Kinsey
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are exceptional and inspirational. He has travelled widely in Europe and USA and
has won international awards for his work. Ashok Dilwali claims that his biggest
achievement in life has been being able to bring the grandeur of the Himalayas to
������������������������������Ashok DilwaliHow has growing up around
cameras and darkroom helped you
hone your photographic skills?
It wouldn’t be wrong to say that I have
literally been raised in a darkroom,
as my late father—B. K. Dilwali
(1909-2001) was a professional
photographer. I have spent my
childhood around the studio and
have observed how things happened.
It was very different back then! So
much, that I think, I might pen down
my thoughts one day, about the wave
of change that I have witnessed in the
imaging industry since 1952 - the time
I started pursuing photography using
a Brownie which was gifted to me by
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format with twelve exposures. The
time that I spent around my father’sstudio gave me an opportunity to learn
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tanks, print enlargements, retouching
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learnt how matte prints were pressed
in a mounting machine, and much
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the work of people at the studio, I
have gained immense knowledgeabout photography and the techniques
involved in image-making.What is it that you like the most
about landscape photography?
When I began landscape photography
in 1979, it granted me the freedom
of doing what I liked, which I
missed in my work in a studio.
Landscapes imposed no restrictions© Ashok Dilwali
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