मेरे लिए तस्वीरों की सच्ची प्रामाणिकता यह है कि वे कैमरे के सामने मौजूद दृश्यों के साथ भले ही अक्सर हेरफेर करती हैं और झूठ बोलती हैं, लेकिन कैमरे के पीछे छिपे इरादों के मामले में वे कभी झूठ नहीं बोलतीं।

The true authenticity of photographs for me is that they usually manipulate and lie about what is in front of the camera, but never lie about the intentions behind the camera.

The true authenticity of photographs for me is that they usually manipulate and lie about what is in front of the camera, but never lie about the intentions behind the camera.

Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Mixed Type: Observation 90%

मेरे लिए एक अच्छा पोर्ट्रेट किसी व्यक्ति की नाजुकता और विनम्रता को दर्शाता है, और साथ ही उसमें छिपी ताकत और आत्म-स्थिरता को भी उजागर करता है।

For me, a good portrait shows the fragility and humility of the person, and at the same time a strength, a resting in themselves.

For me, a good portrait shows the fragility and humility of the person, and at the same time a strength, a resting in themselves.

Topic Art Photography Creativity & Expression
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Positive Type: Observation 88%

मेरा काम एक ऐसी दुनिया का निर्माण करना है जिसमें मैं रहना चाहता हूँ। नतीजतन, यह यथार्थवादी तकनीकों की मदद से आदर्शों को गढ़ने के बारे में है। मेरी सबसे बुनियादी प्रेरणा एकता, जुड़ाव और सामुदायिक भावना की चाह है।

My work is aimed at creating a world in which I wish to live. Consequently, it is about creating ideals with the aid of realistic techniques. My most fundamental motivation is a desire for unity, fusion and sense of community.

My work is aimed at creating a world in which I wish to live. Consequently, it is about creating ideals with the aid of realistic techniques. My most fundamental motivation is a desire for unity, fusion and sense of community.

Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Positive Type: Philosophical 88%

मुझे लगता है कि चीजों को तोड़-मरोड़कर उन्हें विद्रोही रूप देने के बजाय, जैसी वे दिखती हैं, वैसा ही देखना और दिखाना कहीं अधिक क्रांतिकारी है।

I think it's much more radical to see and show things as they look instead of making them somehow subversive through alienation.

I think it's much more radical to see and show things as they look instead of making them somehow subversive through alienation.

Tone: Defiant Sentiment: Neutral Type: Philosophical 72%

बड़े विचार अपने आप में बड़े होने का दावा नहीं करते। वे छोटे-छोटे, बेतुके विचारों से शुरू होते हैं जिन्हें ज्यादातर लोग खारिज कर देते हैं। मैंने जितनी भी सफल तस्वीरें बनाई हैं, वे वास्तव में एक बहुत ही कमजोर, पल भर के छोटे से विचार को पकड़ने और उसे गंभीरता से लेने पर आधारित हैं।

Big ideas don't make them selves known as big. They begin with the little, ridiculous ideas that most people would discard or reject. Every successful picture I've done has really been based on taking a very flimsy, fleeting little idea, grabbing hold of it, and taking it seriously.

Big ideas don't make them selves known as big. They begin with the little, ridiculous ideas that most people would discard or reject. Every successful picture I've done has really been based on taking a very flimsy, fleeting little idea, grabbing hold of it, and taking it seriously.

Topic Creativity & Expression Creative Process
Tone: Wise Sentiment: Positive Type: Aphorism 92%

खुद को हमेशा गंभीरता से लें... इसका मतलब यह नहीं कि आप आडंबरपूर्ण या अति-आत्मविश्वासी बन जाएं, बल्कि यह समझना जरूरी है कि आपके दिमाग में आने वाले छोटे-छोटे विचार अक्सर एक बहुत बड़े प्रोजेक्ट की नींव होते हैं। कोई भी महान कला महान कला के रूप में पैदा नहीं होती। सबसे पहले उसे खुद कलाकार द्वारा पहचाने जाने की जरूरत होती है। उसमें अपने विश्वास के माध्यम से ही वह सच बनती है।

Always take yourself seriously... it's not the same as being pompous, or overly self-assured, but it is important to understand that the small little ideas that creep up in your mind, often contain the germ of a much larger project. All great art wasn't born as great art. It first needed to be recognized by the artist him/herself. Through his or her belief in it, it became true.

Always take yourself seriously... it's not the same as being pompous, or overly self-assured, but it is important to understand that the small little ideas that creep up in your mind, often contain the germ of a much larger project. All great art wasn't born as great art. It first needed to be recognized by the artist him/herself. Through his or her belief in it, it became true.

Topic Creativity & Expression Creativity
Tone: Inspirational Sentiment: Positive Type: Aphorism 92%

मेरी दिलचस्पी जीवन की त्रासदी की पूरी समझ के साथ मिलने वाली खुशी में है—वह संभावित त्रासदी जो हर कोने में छुपी रहती है और वह त्रासदी जो वास्तव में जीवन है।

What I'm interested in is happiness with a full awareness of the tragedy of life, the potential tragedy that lurks around every corner and the tragedy that actually is life.

What I'm interested in is happiness with a full awareness of the tragedy of life, the potential tragedy that lurks around every corner and the tragedy that actually is life.

Topic Happiness Contentment Emotions & Inner Life
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Mixed Type: Philosophical 88%

मैं अपने काम को चित्र-निर्माण के रूप में देखता हूँ। जो कुछ भी उपलब्ध होता है, मैं उसका उपयोग करता हूँ।

I see my practice as picture making. Whatever is available, I use.

I see my practice as picture making. Whatever is available, I use.

Topic Creativity & Expression Artists
Themes #Imagination
Tone: Passionate Sentiment: Positive Type: Reflection 90%

दुनिया को आकारों, पैटर्नों और रंगों के रूप में देखना जिनमें कुछ अर्थ होता है, एक नकारा न जा सकने वाला सच है क्योंकि सतह पर जो दिखता है वही असल अनुभव होता है। गहराई को सतह से कभी अलग नहीं किया जा सकता, और सतह के प्रति इस गहरी दिलचस्पी को उस बेहतरीन कला से अलग नहीं किया जा सकता जिसकी हम सराहना करते हैं।

There is this looking at the world as shapes and patterns and colors that have meaning, and you can't deny the superficial because the superficial is what meets the eye. The content can never be disconnected from the surface, and this active interest in surface can never be disregarded from the good art that we admire.

There is this looking at the world as shapes and patterns and colors that have meaning, and you can't deny the superficial because the superficial is what meets the eye. The content can never be disconnected from the surface, and this active interest in surface can never be disregarded from the good art that we admire.

Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Positive Type: Philosophical 90%

बिना किसी डर के देखना एक बेहतरीन क्रांतिकारी जरिया है, जो दबी-कुचली रूढ़ियों को चुनौती देता है।

To look without fear is a good subversive tool, undermining taboos.

To look without fear is a good subversive tool, undermining taboos.

Topic Courage Fearlessness Adversity & Resilience
Tone: Defiant Sentiment: Positive Type: Aphorism 85%

मेरी दिलचस्पी किसी एक व्यक्ति के नजरिए में नहीं है, बल्कि छवियों और अर्थों के ऐसे ताने-बाने बुनने में है जो किसी विषय की जटिलता को पूरी तरह दर्शा सकें।

I am interested not in individual readings, but in constructing networks of images and meanings capable of reflecting the complexity of the subject.

I am interested not in individual readings, but in constructing networks of images and meanings capable of reflecting the complexity of the subject.

Topic Art Expression Creativity & Expression
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Neutral Type: Thought-provoking 90%

मैंने यह बेहद खूबसूरत बात सुनी थी—"सिर्फ बहादुर लोग ही अपने प्यार का इजहार करते हैं।" किसी के पास जाकर यह कहना कि आप उसे देखना चाहते हैं, बहुत झिझक भरा हो सकता है। लेकिन उस जोखिम को उठाए बिना कुछ भी हासिल नहीं हो सकता, इसलिए मुझे खुद को थोड़ा संवेदनशील बनाना ही पड़ता है। मुझे लगता है कि जिन लोगों को मैं पसंद करता हूँ, उनमें एक बात समान होती है कि वे अपनी संवेदनशीलता से वाकिफ होते हैं, और मैं उस बात से जुड़ाव महसूस करता हूँ।

I heard this wonderful quote - "Only the brave show what they love." It's so-embarrassing to approach somebody and say you want to look at them. But without that risk taking, nothing can happen, so I have to make myself vulnerable. What I think is the unifying aspect in people that I like is that they have a sense of their own vulnerability, and I respond to that.

I heard this wonderful quote - "Only the brave show what they love." It's so-embarrassing to approach somebody and say you want to look at them. But without that risk taking, nothing can happen, so I have to make myself vulnerable. What I think is the unifying aspect in people that I like is that they have a sense of their own vulnerability, and I respond to that.

Topic Adversity & Resilience Bravery
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Mixed Type: Reflection 90%

यह निरंतर सह-अस्तित्व ही जीवन को रोमांचक बनाता है। हमारी आँखों में यह कमाल की खूबी होती है कि वे पलक झपकते ही किसी दृश्य को बदल सकती हैं—कभी किसी चीज़ को एक साधारण वस्तु के रूप में देखती हैं, तो कभी एक डिजाइन के रूप में। यह अहसास बेहद आज़ाद करने वाला है, और मैं अपने काम के ज़रिए यही जताना चाहता हूँ कि आपकी आँखें स्वतंत्र हैं और उनका इस्तेमाल करने के लिए आप पूरी तरह आज़ाद हैं।

This ongoing coexistence which makes life sensational. The eyes have this ability to flip around what they see from one second to another, to see something as an object, and then as a design. That's really liberating, and I try to convey that in my work, that your eyes are free and you are free to use them.

This ongoing coexistence which makes life sensational. The eyes have this ability to flip around what they see from one second to another, to see something as an object, and then as a design. That's really liberating, and I try to convey that in my work, that your eyes are free and you are free to use them.

Topic Art Aesthetics Creativity & Expression
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Positive Type: Reflection 88%

फ़ोटोग्राफ़ी का इस्तेमाल करने वाले ज्यादातर कलाकारों को यह साबित करने की ज़रूरत महसूस होती है कि वे गंभीर हैं और सिर्फ स्नैपशॉट नहीं ले रहे हैं। किसी चीज़ पर कैमरा तान देना भर आपको कलाकार नहीं बना देता, क्योंकि यह काम तो हर कोई कर रहा है।

What most artists using photography feel that they need to do is to show that they are serious, that they are not taking snapshots. To point a camera at something does not qualify you as an artist because everybody has done that.

What most artists using photography feel that they need to do is to show that they are serious, that they are not taking snapshots. To point a camera at something does not qualify you as an artist because everybody has done that.

Topic Art Photography Creativity & Expression
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Neutral Type: Observation 92%

मुझे लोगों से प्यार है, और इंसानों की तस्वीरें खींचना एक ऐसा काम है जिससे मुझे उम्मीद है कि कभी बोरियत नहीं होगी।

I love people, and photographing people is something I hope I never get tired of.

I love people, and photographing people is something I hope I never get tired of.

Tone: Passionate Sentiment: Positive Type: Reflection 92%

मेरा गढ़ा हुआ काम इतना असली लगता है कि लोग उसे सचमुच डॉक्यूमेंट्री मान लेते हैं। लेकिन असल में, मेरा मक़सद ही यही होता है कि उसके कृत्रिम होने के अहसास को छिपाया जाए। मेरा आधा काम, या शायद उससे भी ज़्यादा, पहले से नियोजित और मंचित होता है।

My staged work looks so real that people actually take it for documentary. But, in fact, that is my intention, to disguise the manufacturedness of it. Half of my work, or probably more than that, is staged.

My staged work looks so real that people actually take it for documentary. But, in fact, that is my intention, to disguise the manufacturedness of it. Half of my work, or probably more than that, is staged.

Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Mixed Type: Reflection 93%

मुझे लगता है कि अंतरिक्ष में खुद को खोया हुआ महसूस करने के साथ-साथ यह अहसास होना कि आप ज़मीनी हक़ीक़त से जुड़े हैं, और यह देखना कि यह सब इस ब्रह्मांड की किसी बड़ी घड़ी का एक हिस्सा है, बहुत सुकून देता है।

I think there is something very consoling in feeling lost in space but also feeling grounded, and seeing that all of this is part of a bigger clockwork

I think there is something very consoling in feeling lost in space but also feeling grounded, and seeing that all of this is part of a bigger clockwork

Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Positive Type: Philosophical 88%

मुझे हमेशा लगता है कि हम आज जितना जानते हैं, उतना शायद ही पहले कभी कोई जानता होगा। पर मुझे नहीं पता कि यह बात वाकई सच भी है या नहीं।

I always think that we know so much more than one would have ever known before. But I don't know if that's really true.

I always think that we know so much more than one would have ever known before. But I don't know if that's really true.

Topic Knowledge Understanding Knowledge & Learning
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Mixed Type: Reflection 85%

मैं चाहता हूँ कि मेरी तस्वीरें दोनों तरफ़ से काम करें। मैं इस बात को स्वीकार करता हूँ कि वे मेरे बारे में बताती हैं, फिर भी साथ ही, मैं यह भी चाहता हूँ और उम्मीद करता हूँ कि वे देखने वाले और उसके अनुभवों के नज़रिए से भी काम करें। इन अमूर्त तस्वीरों में, हालाँकि आँखें इन्हें पेंटिंग की बजाय फ़ोटोग्राफ़ी के रूप में पहचानती हैं, फिर भी वे इन्हें वास्तविकता से जोड़ने की कोशिश करती हैं। दिमाग में हमेशा यह जुड़ाव बनाने वाली मशीन काम करती रहती है, और इसीलिए मेरे लिए यह अहम है कि वे असल में फ़ोटो हों, पेंटिंग नहीं।

I want the pictures to be working in both directions. I accept that they speak about me, and yet at the same time, I want and expect them to function in terms of the viewer and their experience. With these abstract pictures, although the eye recognizes them as photographic rather than painted, the eye also tries to connect them to reality. There's always this association machine working in the brain, and that is why it is important to me that they are actually photographic and not painted.

I want the pictures to be working in both directions. I accept that they speak about me, and yet at the same time, I want and expect them to function in terms of the viewer and their experience. With these abstract pictures, although the eye recognizes them as photographic rather than painted, the eye also tries to connect them to reality. There's always this association machine working in the brain, and that is why it is important to me that they are actually photographic and not painted.

Topic Art Photography Creativity & Expression
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Neutral Type: Reflection 92%

आँखों की यह गतिशीलता हमारे पास मौजूद एक अनमोल खता है, जो हमारे संवेदी अनुभवों के साथ चलती है। डांस फ़्लोर पर आप पूरी तरह से हक़ीक़त में होते हैं, साथ ही बदलते रंगों और पसीने से चमकती त्वचा के सपनों जैसे दृश्यों को भी महसूस कर रहे होते हैं। कभी यह स्ट्रॉब लाइट में किसी की परछाई का आकार होता है, तो कभी किसी की कांख का क्लोज़-अप जिसे आप देख रहे होते हैं। मैं हर वक्त तस्वीरें नहीं खींचता, लेकिन मैं असल में यह सब हर वक्त देखता हूँ, और सिर्फ डांस फ़्लोर पर ही नहीं।

The mobility of the eye is such a fundamental treasure that we have, and that coexists with sensation. On the dance floor, you are totally in reality, while also experiencing this dream imagery of changing colors and wet surfaces of skin. Sometimes it's the shadow outline in the strobe light, and in another moment it's the closeup of an armpit that you're looking into. I'm not photographing all the time, but it's something that I actually see all the time, and not just on the dance floor.

The mobility of the eye is such a fundamental treasure that we have, and that coexists with sensation. On the dance floor, you are totally in reality, while also experiencing this dream imagery of changing colors and wet surfaces of skin. Sometimes it's the shadow outline in the strobe light, and in another moment it's the closeup of an armpit that you're looking into. I'm not photographing all the time, but it's something that I actually see all the time, and not just on the dance floor.

Topic Creativity & Expression Photography
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Positive Type: Observation 90%

अस्सी के दशक में पले-बढ़े होने के कारण, स्टाइल, संगीत और युवा संस्कृति से जुड़े सवाल स्वाभाविक रूप से राजनीतिक लगते थे—जैसे समलैंगिकों के अधिकार, सजने-संवरने, मेकअप करने और हथियारों के खिलाफ प्रदर्शन। कपड़ों के ज़रिए कई तरह के रवैये और विचार व्यक्त किए जाते थे, और उन सबका अपना मतलब होता था। इसलिए उस लिहाज से, मैं अपनी निजी ज़िंदगी और राजनीति के बीच के इस जुड़ाव को लेकर बहुत उत्साहित रहता था—कि मैं किसे चूमता हूँ, मुझे कैसे नाचना पसंद है।

Growing up in the '80s, questions of style and music and youth culture all seemed inherently political - like gay rights issues, dressing up, wearing makeup, arms protests. A lot of attitude and opinions were expressed through clothes, and they all were meaningful. So in that way, I was so excited about the connection between our private lives and politics - who I kiss, how I like to dance.

Growing up in the '80s, questions of style and music and youth culture all seemed inherently political - like gay rights issues, dressing up, wearing makeup, arms protests. A lot of attitude and opinions were expressed through clothes, and they all were meaningful. So in that way, I was so excited about the connection between our private lives and politics - who I kiss, how I like to dance.

Topic Self & Identity Individuality
Tone: Passionate Sentiment: Positive Type: Reflection 88%

अब हालात से भटक जाना बहुत आसान हो सकता है। बात सिर्फ किसी मक़सद के लिए कुछ हासिल करने या महज़ तस्वीरें खींचने की नहीं है। बल्कि सोच-समझकर फैसले लेने और चुनाव करने की है, जिसमें यह लगातार खुद से सवाल करना भी शामिल है—मैं तस्वीरें क्यों खींच रहा हूँ? क्योंकि सचमुच, इस दुनिया में... पर्याप्त तस्वीरें हैं। मेरा मतलब है, बाहर पहले से ही बहुत सी तस्वीरें मौजूद हैं।

It would be so easy to lose the plot now. It's not about achieving something for its own sake, and taking pictures for their own sake. But to make conscious decisions and choices, and it includes this constant questioning - Why am I taking pictures? Because really, the world is... it has pictures enough. I mean, there are enough pictures out there.

It would be so easy to lose the plot now. It's not about achieving something for its own sake, and taking pictures for their own sake. But to make conscious decisions and choices, and it includes this constant questioning - Why am I taking pictures? Because really, the world is... it has pictures enough. I mean, there are enough pictures out there.

Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Mixed Type: Reflection 90%

फोटोकॉपी मशीन अपने आप में एक पूरा कैमरा है। मैं बहुत भाग्यशाली था कि मैं ऐसे समय और संस्कृति में बड़ा हुआ। मुझे यह समझ विकसित करने की अनुमति मिली कि जो कला वास्तव में मुझे अंदर तक झकझोरती है, वह असल में किसी मूल छवि पर आधारित होती है।

A photocopier is a camera in its own right. I was fortunate to grow up in the time and culture that I did. I was allowed to develop an awareness that the art that really moves me is actually based on an original image.

A photocopier is a camera in its own right. I was fortunate to grow up in the time and culture that I did. I was allowed to develop an awareness that the art that really moves me is actually based on an original image.

Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Positive Type: Reflection 90%

कुर्सी पर पेशाब करते हुए उस आदमी की तस्वीर एक ऐसी चीज़ थी जिसे खींचना मेरे लिए लाज़मी था। मेरे मन में शौचालय या ज़मीन पर पेशाब करने के बजाय एक कुर्सी पर ऐसा अजीबोगरीब काम करने का विचार आया, और यह छोटा सा काम भी कितना विद्रोही लग रहा था, भले ही इससे किसी को कोई बड़ा नुकसान नहीं पहुँचा था।

The picture of the guy pissing on the chair was a picture I had to do. I had the idea of this absurd act of pissing on a chair rather than in a toilet or on the ground, and this minimal act being so transgressive, even though no major harm is done.

The picture of the guy pissing on the chair was a picture I had to do. I had the idea of this absurd act of pissing on a chair rather than in a toilet or on the ground, and this minimal act being so transgressive, even though no major harm is done.

Topic Creativity & Expression Expression
Tone: Playful Sentiment: Neutral Type: Observation 82%

कभी-कभी किसी तस्वीर को आकार लेने में काफी समय लग जाता है। और जब भी मैं ऐसा करता हूँ, तो उसका फल मुझे हमेशा की तरह काम करने पर मिलने वाले परिणाम से कहीं अधिक बड़ा होता है। इसलिए जब भी मैं थोड़ी कोशिश करता हूँ और अपनी आलस भरी दिनचर्या से बाहर निकलता हूँ, तो यह देखना हैरान करने वाला होता है कि उसका कितना बड़ा इनाम मिल सकता है। यह आपके मन के दरवाज़े पर दस्तक दे रहे उन छोटे-छोटे विचारों को सुनने जैसा है।

Sometimes it takes a long time for a picture to incubate. And every time I do that, the rewards are so much bigger than what I would have gotten if I had only done the same as I always do. So each time I make an effort and I get out of a lazy routine, it's amazing how big the reward can be. It's listening to those little ideas knocking on the door in your mind.

Sometimes it takes a long time for a picture to incubate. And every time I do that, the rewards are so much bigger than what I would have gotten if I had only done the same as I always do. So each time I make an effort and I get out of a lazy routine, it's amazing how big the reward can be. It's listening to those little ideas knocking on the door in your mind.

Topic Creativity & Expression Creative Process
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Positive Type: Reflection 90%