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Avishek Das is an Indian documentary photographer, who is currently associated with International News Photo Agency, SOPA Images Limited (Hong Kong) as a photojournalist. His photographs and writings have already been published on different websites and exhibited in national and international photo competitions. He has won more than 480 awards from 45 countries including some prestigious awards like National Geographic Photo Contest 2018 (People Category - 3rd Prize) , National Award (2nd Prize), Sony World Photography Awards 2017, Ariano International Film Festival Italy (Grand Winner), Photographer of the Year from Federation Of Indian Photography. Sarthak Jain from Chiiz is in talks with him. Here are the excerpts:

- Avishek Das

You work as a photojournalist as well as a documentary photographer, both of which don’t allow much room for creativity in a way that it restricts the photographer to capture only what is in front of him/her. How much do you agree with this and why?

Photojournalism is a tough genre and yes there is no scope of manipulation; whatever you see, you shoot at sight and represent to the viewers. If we concentrate on creativity we might miss the moments which are precious in journalism.

What has your journey in the field of photography been like?

I am working for International News Photo Agency where our target is to capture images which are beyond regional thought and comprehensible to the global audience. The most interesting part is that we have to shoot daily which helps us to develop strong perspective and storytelling ability.

Different people define abstract photography in different ways. What, according to you, is abstract photography and what are the elements you see in a good abstract photograph?