Abhishek Scariya

food photography travel

If your grandmother thinks it’s food…

When I trace back my visits to Kerala; once a year from Calcutta during our summer vacations and now more often as an adult in Bangalore married to a fellow Malayalee, there’s one thing that catches my fancy always. The kitchen and everything that comes out of it. There’s something about traditional practices… fresh produce and well used and often worn out vessels and who could ignore the classic wood fire? Although I don’t have the scientific expertise to demonstrate how tastier and healthier they are, one needs little evidence to concede. Which brings to my next point.

My grandmother’s food….

 
photo festival travel

Tall, White, Bald and Inspiring – Visiting the first ever Hyderabad Photo Festival

The photo festival scene in India is still in it’s infancy. There are times when one regrets missed opportunities for not just the individual but for the whole fraternity. This is usually followed by rants of personal and collective struggles but then, a time comes when you smack yourself in the head, pack your bags and leave. A few weeks ago, along with fellow photographer Nishal Lama, I went to the inaugural Indian Photography Festival – Hyderabad. Though our trip was very brief we intended to make most of it by attending talks and discussions and a photowalk with the likes of Ben LowyBarbara Davidson and others. Given below are the pictures I made along with some observations and inspiration that I got in the process.