Travels in time
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Justin Rabindra frames the happy coincidences of his travels in a photo exhibition.
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Eye for detail Justin Rabindra’s exhibition is on till Sunday
The unexpected often results in the most beautiful. Serendipity, “an exhibition of unplanned travel photographs” by Justin Rabindra proves this. Taken over eight years, these 30 frames tell of places across the world in their minutiae.
More than soaring landscapes, his photos tell of the smaller details. His photos of doors and windows open a view into a city. The reflections and silhouettes in his work evoke the atmosphere of the place. Travelling with around 20 rolls of film, he still shoots on a manual and hasn’t “updated” to digital.
A senior professional at an ad company, Rabindra took to photography as a hobby. Not working on the creative side of advertising, photography and his work are unrelated. But he feels that his early interactions with highly talented photographers inspired him. With photography not being his livelihood, he explains, “So far I’ve just been giving my photos to friends and family, if they like something. I like the idea of my pictures hanging in places.”
With windows from Barcelona and doors from Olney all seeking attention at the exhibition, Rabindra says that he himself was taken aback at the number of door and window photos. He explains, “I realise I’d a fascination for them only when I was showing my body of work, over four-and-a-half years, to an architect cousin. She suddenly pointed out the number of doors and windows I had! Wherever you go, you find that doors are unique to a place.” He recounts that the windowsills of England are especially enchanting with their carefully tended blooming plants. He fondly remembers seeing a dilapidated window in Cyprus, on the Turkish side, “it was ruined but you got a sense of what it looked like”, he adds wistfully.
Are there any other shows on the roll? Rabindra laughs, “Depending on the response to this.” But he reveals he could consider a black and white show, or one on the theme of water or just landscapes.
The exhibition runs till Sunday at the IHC lobby.
NANDINI NAIR
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