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My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

Papua New Guinea | Friday, July 5, 2013 | 5 photos

For me photography is a medium to communicate an emotion, idea, experience or a cause which initiates an action by the viewer. Communication is incomplete without a response from the viewer. My love for travel photography has taken me to 7 countries and my photographs have inspired some of my friends to take up photography or even visit places. My photographs ignites a person’s lateral thinking and gives a different perspective of an object already known to them. A sense of satisfaction and motivation overpowers me when the viewer tells me the intended message of the photograph. If otherwise, I try to analyse it from the viewer’s perspective and try to improve my techniques. Even though, I click reasonably good pictures, I still consider myself as an amateur. I need to learn a lot and I see this as a perfect opportunity to hone my pictorial communication skills. I have always wanted to pursue photography, but it never materialised. After working for 6+ years, I feel that it has to be NOW or it shall be NEVER. If at all I qualify for the scholarship, it shall be a photographer’s dream come true to be associated with National Geographic and also to work with Jason Edwards.