LOVE MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND

In a heartwarming feature for Bazaar India, five photographers share their most cherished snapshots that define this most precious of feelings... love.

- SHAMBHAVI DUTTA

PRANOY SARKAR

New Delhi

"I believe love remains constant even as the years pass by... It is our definition of love that evolves with time. It begins as attraction, and once comfort sets in, your partner starts feeling like home to you. This journey of knowing and understanding someone is filled with its own set of complexities-which I find mysterious and beautiful. This is what makes the journey of love adventurous.

I have always been intrigued by the idea of being in love. It is fascinating to witness how the emotion evolves, and capturing that passage of time is one of the most compelling factors behind it.

These photographs are a part of my ongoing personal project titled 'Love'. As part of this series, I have captured my partner Devanshi over the past few years. To me, this project is a personal diary that documents the dynamism of love.

During the initial stages, it is fascinating to discover one another, and as you delve deeper, you become their extension, in many ways. While photographing my partner, I also experimented with impressionist forms of photography; Devanshi and I were deeply inspired by organic forms, and the body. In this case, it was the hat that she really loved.