The Mind's Eye

Visually-challenged photographers, who recently held an exhibition in Chandigarh believe that the real camera is in the mind while the hand just holds the tool.

- Sukant Deepak

IN the the realm of reality that exists between black and white at Hooghly in Kolkata, a train passes through a vegetable market. For the shoppers with bags, it is a worth ignoring intrusion, who would rather be negotiating the prices of vegetables. The ageing serpentine tracks suppress the rage reflected in the eyes of those around. you then see the back of a man having a conversation with the Ganga river. He must be smiling, there must be glimpses of images inside him. A young couple on the cycle is speeding. He is looking at the beloved. He is too fast for the comfort of those around.

In its stillness, the lotus pond has absorbed many secrets. In that image, there is no one tale, no one sentence but a jigsaw of whimsical thoughts. A mother is feeding a baby. She is looking elsewhere.