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KUMBHMELA:

The Other Side

Ashish Langade is a Pune/Bengaluru-based photographer.A Canon boy from day

one, he has been doing photography professionally since the last 4 years. His

genres are weddings, pre-wedding shoots, baby/newborn shoots,

portfolios, landscapes, portraits and a lot more. With photography, he explores

new horizons in life. He �inds inspiration in Guru Charan’s work. Recently, he

started experimenting with Astrophotography. The experience has been full

of bliss. Pursuing photography was not a planned decision for him. It just

happened to be one of the most beautiful turns that life took! His work can be

Ashish Langade seen at http://www.ashishlangade.com

As told to Disha Khemchandani

K

umbhmela is like a rainbow,

with so many people from

various parts of India gathering

there. The event, which has many

colourful shades to it, is a bliss for

photographers. There are various other

beautiful sides to Kumbhmela, but they

are quite often hidden or untold.

I was bored of all those clichéd sadhu

baba photos of Nashik Kumbhmela. I

needed something different. I wanted

to see and shoot photos beyond sadhu

babas and their poses.

I was there for just two days. I tried

to stay away from the routine that

almost everyone follows. I tried to

photograph something, which would

be totally different from what other

photographers do. This approach led

me to shoot from a different perspective,

and this album is my attempt to bring

out those moments, stories and smiles

which go unnoticed by most of us.

Shahi Snan

Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark III; Lens: EF 24-70mm f/4 IS USM

Aperture: F/8; Shutter speed: 25sec; ISO: 100

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