Best Indian Photographer of the Year 2011

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For many people taking picture is as simple as photocopying, but frankly speaking photography is a very serious art, it is a play of passion, colour and emotions. A subject can be viewed from various angle, right kind of moments can be captured by observing for n number of minutes a. That is why a photo speaks a lot like a story. 

Better Photography magazine has taken the challenge of finding best out of a photographer, organising 'Photographer of the  year 2011 contest. I am watching this contest from last few years, gradually it is becoming bigger in scale as well as pomp and show. This year Canon joined the magazine as co sponsor. 

Years' Themes

This year the competition was divided in eight categories. Eight different themes were chosen  to find the best talent in different genres of photography. Each of the eight themes were open to interpretation.

Choosing the best entries was not easy. Each image was a potential winner. Yet, the ones that finally made it to this list had one thing in common—they were photographs that managed to amaze the judges. And finally,the theme winners were  flown to Mumbai, they were asked to capture essence of the city going to different part  for the Final Face-off.
 S.L. Shanth Kumar, a Chennai based photographer   was declared the Canon-Better Photography Photographer of the Year 2011 at a glittering function last night at Hyatt Residency near International Airport . Kumar works as a press photographer with Times of India, Chennai.

 Kumar's effort is commendable in a way,  he is not from Mumbai, in fact visited the city  for the first time in his life after receiving a call from the organisers , his keen and investigative eye captured the mood of city in such a way that won the heart of judge Raghu Rai, who himself is a photographer par excellence and master of creating photo essays on cities:

We give below pix took by Shanthkumar done during 3 days on the basis of the pix he was declared Photographer of the year :


Individual Photographs:
Photograph/S L Shanthkumar
Photograph/S L Shanthkumar
Photoseries:Mumbai is the city that begins life of joy, happiness, hard work and the mixture of vibrant colours, which follows from your power of imagination, suddenly like a rainbow in the rainy season. Mumbai is the heart of every person who is carrying his own aspirations to become something, from every part of the India. Most of the people who travel across India with big aspirations live in the city for their survival. Mumbai Meri Jaan.
Photograph/S L Shanthkumar
Photograph/S L Shanthkumar






creating image out of nothing



winners with judges

Kumar, Photographer of the Year sharing his emotions with ace photographer Raghu Rai


You may see some of the entries shortlisted by judges under various categories photo credit  BF:

Theme No.1: The Joy of Colour

Winner: S L Shanthkumar
Photograph/SL Shanthkumar
Photograph/S L Shanthkumar
A Few Honourable Mentions:









Theme No2: Still Life: Obvious Things

Winner: Nilesh Bhange
Photograph/Nilesh Bhange
Photograph/Nilesh Bhange
A Few Honourable Mentions:





Photograph/Nirvair Singh
Photograph/Nirvair Singh
A Few Honourable Mentions:









Theme No.4: Reflections

Winner: Gokul Mudambile
Photograph/Gokul Mudambile
Photograph/Gokul Mudambile
A Few Honourable Mentions:









Theme No5: Landscapes: Play of Light

Winner: Neelima Vallangi
Photograph/Neelima Vallangi
Photograph/Neelima Vallangi
A Few Honourable Mentions:









Theme No.6: Wildlife: Animal Behaviour

Winner: Baiju Patil
Photograph/Baiju Patil
Photograph/Baiju Patil
A Few Honourable Mentions:









Theme No.7: Life on the Streets

Winner: Sudipto Das
Photograph/Sudipto Das
Photograph/Sudipto Das
A Few Honourable Mentions:














Theme No.8: Photo Essay: Song of the Road

Winner: Vinit Gupta
Photograph/Vinit Gupta
Photograph/Vinit Gupta
Here are the images from Vinit’s series:
A Few Honourable Mentions:



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