Can you tell me a little about the work of a young photographer you saw recently, or are looking forward to? I have been watching Chandan Gomes work from the time that he was a second year student at St. Stephen’s college, Delhi. Chandan’s work has been divided between documentary, fine art and experimental photography. He once brought me a photograph of some sound frequency that was mapped by a Cathode Ray Oscilloscope that is invisible to the naked eye! He’s been doing a lot of documentary work for NGO’s to fund his photography too.
What do you know about him and his work? Which photograph of his do you particularly like?
Chandan is un-conventional in his photography and is yet to define his style which has been constantly evolving in the last few years. A photograph he took when he was still in college of the horizon through the wheel of a cycle has been one of my favorites.
How would you qualify his style?
Chandan has still to develop a style, he’s constantly experiment with different styles and will need a few more years for his photography to mature and forge a style of his own.
Which particular details usually hold your attention in his work?
The boldness in his work has been something that I have admired, when most of us begin shooting in-keeping with the usual rules that one associates with photography, ever since I have seen his work I have noticed that he has had the courage to break away from the set norms to create striking images always keen to experiment.
