Akshay Bhoan : Documentary | Fashion | Lifestyle

Country Of Bodies

akshaybhoan — Sun, 19 May 2013 14:30:14 +0000

Five sequences run through the video, each representing a different relationship between the characters and the city, interweaved and intercut with the others to create a seamless portrait of life and living in the city of Bombay through dance.

Directed by Puneet Rakheja
Produced By Aditi Anand

More about the film here

A Summer’s Day

akshaybhoan — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 06:32:34 +0000

A Summer’s Day – Featuring Norah Jones

Credits
Director: Puneet Rakheja
Director of Photography: Puneet Rakheja
Producer Aditi Anand
Second Unit Camera: Akshay Bhoan
Art Director: Puneet Rakheja
Stylist: Ranjunee
Music: Your Chin
Offline: Allen /OML
Online: Sahil/ OML
Stills: Akshay Bhoan
Concept: Puneet Rakheja
Production Company: Little Red Car Films in collaboration with: WHITEandBLACKandRED
Client: Only Much Louder
Special Thanks: Lomography India.

See the Directors Cut Here

Vrindavan : Grey Notebooks

akshaybhoan — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 17:08:45 +0000

Vrindavan is a small town in Uttar Pradesh, about two and a half hours from New Delhi.

According to Hindu mythological tales, Vrindavan is the hometown of Radha Rani, the one true love of Lord Krishna. The Bhagvat Gita also mentions this is where Lord Krishna spent his childhood and adolescence. Since the early 19th century, it’s been home to thousands of women who have lost their husbands, as a sanctuary, where they would find peace and liberation.

The project seeks to find the true Vrindavan through the lives of women there, how they interpret loss, love, devotion and sexuality. Moving though conversations, the project dives deep into core human emotions, emerging in the real Vrindavan, a place deep inside all of us.

Note :

The Vrindavan project needs your support. I’m currently raising money for the project to move ahead and you can help. Please click here for more information.

Blog

akshaybhoan — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 06:47:46 +0000

The name “Constellation Cafe” is borrowed from a tiny coffee house in Kasauli, Himachal. Over the years its settled in my mind as a source of inspiration and calmness.

You can see more of the blog on “www.constellationcafe.wordpress.com” which includes snapshots from wip projects or behind the scenes, interviews with other artists, notes on photography films, cameras, books and photography in general.

Artist Bio | Email

akshaybhoan — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:42:56 +0000

About the artist :

Akshay Bhoan
Born 1986

I am a documentary and editorial photographer based in New Delhi. Highly inspired by classical art, my work explores domains of beauty, loss and the transient nature of life. Educated as an engineer and self-trained as an artist, my images study the delicate balance of visual aesthetics and technical understanding of the medium. Currently I’m also involved with developing content for Lomography India, the Austrian analog camera chapter for India.

Client List : BBC Good Homes, Barcadi, Greenpeace, Wendell Rodricks, Big Dance Center, IFBC, Penhaligons London, Black&White&Red Films.

Links
Email : abhoan@gmail.com
Blog : Constellation Cafe
Flickr : akycamera
About Me : akshaybhoan
Interviews :
- Pool Magazine (2012)
- Film & Grain Magazine (2012)

The Disappearing Act

akshaybhoan — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:34:53 +0000

Charles Blanc, “Le Cabinet de M.Thiers,” Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 1st ser, 12(1862):304-305: “Il y a, parmi les trésors de l’art et de la curiosité, des richesses qu’il faut avoir toujours sous les yeux pour entretenir le feu sacré dans son âme… Mais il est des choses qu’il importe de ne pas voir à touteheure, de matin au soir, parce qu’on finirait par se blaser sur le plaisir qu’elles font. Une collection de dessins et d’estampes est mieux placèe, par example dans des portefeuilles que sous verre.”

“There are, among the treasures of art and curiosities, riches that one must always have visible to keep the scared fire going on one’s soul… But there are things that it is important not to see at every moment, from morning till evening, because one will finish by becoming indifferent to the pleasures they give.”

Models : Reeya Niar & Panchami Ghavri
Fabric Of Inspiration : Wendell Rodricks
Assisted by : Anushree Gavas

The series has also been published in Pyrta Journal

Snapshots Without Time

akshaybhoan — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 10:48:13 +0000

This is the golden era of the snapshot culture. Everyone has a camera and everyone takes pictures. But does a snapshot exist in a place where there is no time? If nothing changes, will taking a picture still be the same? How would it matter if you took the picture now, 10 minutes later, or 10 years later, if life was still, without movement, without time?

The true snapshot is a instant picture; a polaroid. The medium in itself is decaying, fading as soon as it is shot and the chemical characteristics of the film ensure that it creates more than just a picture—it creates time. The instant picture is the closest a snapshot comes to being what it really should be: “a living moment experienced”.

Also published in Helter Skelter

Prima Ballerina

akshaybhoan — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 10:40:45 +0000

Backstage in annual showcase, 2012
With Imperial Fernando Ballet Company (IFBC)

Beneath The Bed Of Roses

akshaybhoan — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 10:35:41 +0000

With Karan Kumar
For Big Dance Center, New Delhi

Fancy That Cat

akshaybhoan — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 10:30:48 +0000

With Lazymanxcat Aka Leslie Lobeni