Sim-City /  by Satyajit C P

Cities develop due to the sole aim of economics. Providing manufacturing and financial hubs the attract people in the millions towards a dream of a “settled” life and one that is materialistically fulfilling.

However, cities are really a hub of insatiable greed. They never fulfil anything because the spin is a never ending spiral.

They end up being a generators of filth, muck & a life of extreme alienation. 

Servants working in Luxury homes, go back to their breathless spaces.

People working in Luxury offices have to enter the Chaos of traffic and crumbling infrastructure.

Creating comfort spaces in uncomfortable environments.
And you know what? we are all ok with this….

Dreams are no longer shattered…. they are distorted and morphed to the extent that one looses ones own identity.

Cities are essentially a very potent mix of everything life has to offer.
While we all live in the enchantment and illusion of progress, the city’s cancer spreads. Look into its behaviour and attributes and you’ll see its not different from the Emperor of all Maladies.

AS I type I see that there is a sense of accepting things that were previously unacceptable. But in the interest of what?

I hope to ask these questions through the visuals. Hopefully shake us up from our MATRIX like sleep.

Light in Sydney /  by Satyajit C P

Firstly, thanks for beginning to read this blog. I am new to writing blogs. When the new website template included a blog section, I thought to myself, why not?

            So here I go…. starting with a fairly safe and simple subject inspired by a recent holiday trip to Australia. Sydney in particular.

As we approached the Australian Continent from its north western side, I peered out of the window to spot the great australian dessert. Much to my disappointment there was a thick cottony layer of cloud covering the entire 5 hour flight across.

            As we started our decent, probably over the blue mountain hills, there was a dramatic clearing of the clouds. Thus began 16 days of pure magical light.

            As a photographer, especially one been tutored by the great Iqbal Mohamed, its but natural to ogle at light in its different renditions. Taking pictures on clear haze free day is a privilege we photographers in a tropical, haze and pollution ridden zone dream off everyday.

The sun-light at this time of the year has a very sharp quality. Much like the light we get at hill stations when the atmosphere is clear.

Being an automotive specialist and having done most of my work outdoors, I noticed the overall contrast appears to be much greater. This is very natural. The surprise was that despite the contrast there was a large fill of soft light filling in. This came from the open sky which had enough light left to act as a fill. This had got to be the car photographer paradise, I thought to myself.