I have a keen sense of observation and the only way I can let people know about this, without freaking them out is through photography. Photography has helped me break barriers which I had built growing up. I was introverted and shy, I used to live in my own world, criticizing people from the moment I met them. But living like this left me uninterested in life and I knew that unless there were some drastic changes in the way I function, I wouldn’t be able to gain more from life.
Meanwhile, I had developed a strong liking for photography as I felt very comfortable and happy taking pictures with my perspective without anyone judging me. Photography was the only thing I was hanging on to. But I soon realized that in order to achieve more I had to get out of my cocoon, experience the world as it is. That’s when my journey of self transformation began. I quit my job at an engineering unit, invested all the money that I had on a second hand DSLR and set out to travel the southern states of India. With no pre-requisite and judgment I set out for a 3 month journey which was about to change my perspective on life.
Though there’s a lot that I’ve learnt along the way the one thing that I would like to mention is about the joy I get when somebody lets me into their world. It’s when I see their eyes sparkle, irrespective of how/where humans live we are able to relate ourselves to this moment. This opens up all the ports to all the parallel universes that exist. I want my photographs to do this to become a dimension for the world to correlate, I want them to bring out this urge to travel by making everyone curious about what’s on the “other side”. This I am able to document by having a page on Facebook called Godmanus (translates into gods man).
