Artist: Sammya Brata

Medium: Photography

Price: 0.25 ETH

Edition: 1/1

Radiating Revolution, a photograph out of many stitched on the Streets of Calcutta, India in collaboration with some amazingly talented sports personalities and movement artists of the city, is a true manifestation of the use of natural light to create a magical environment inside a closed space. In this photograph you one can see an ace cyclist performing a daring cycle stunt which created ample opportunities for light to sneak through. In case you are wondering, the source of natural light is a little window on the top of the warehouse were the shoot was executed and we used yellow-coloured smoke-bombs to accentuate the impact of “God rays”. This image has so much of action embedded in it, my friends refer to it as a screenshot from a high voltage action drama.

Image specifications- 4016 × 6016

Shot in year - 2018

Device- Nikon D750

About the collection: Chasing light or "finding light" has been quite a fascination for me right from the childhood days. Not just because of the sheer visual delight that it brings on to the table, but the way it adds a strong element of story-telling to your otherwise mundane photographs. I have been shooting "God-light" both early in the morning during winters as well as late afternoon but one thing is in common- these "dramatic" images often end up inducing the feeling of "enlightenment" and contentment in the entire process.

This is the first series called "Enlightenment" and has 15 images shot across India primarily during the winter season when the impact of sun-rays is the maximum. You can connect with me on Instagram @Deckle_Edge for better understanding.

About the artist- Sammya Brata is an award winning street and documentary photographer, who has won the Canon Photo Marathon India in 2019 and has been an established educator, mentor and a TEDx speaker.