The blades of the iris dilate, the shutter blinks and the relative spaces of light and dark are exposed onto the film to record a fleeting moment of time and space. We exist in a deeply visual culture, amidst an unending rainfall of images to which we are instinctively and irrevocably attracted as a source of understanding and meaning. We are conditioned to the devices of mass-consumed images to such an extent that seeing no longer comes naturally and it becomes necessary to learn to see what is in front of your eye, because this in its purest form is what the camera sees. The camera may never lie, but the images it produces are interpreted in as many ways as there are pairs of eyes to see them, each focusing on different details, different colours and different meanings for their own version of the truth.

I do not have a digital camera which means that I only shoot with film and this is the way I like it! I have a fully manual SLR and get kicks from setting up each shot to get the best results. I like light and colour and try to make my pictures a little different and interesting.

For high-res images, prints, posters and books, and if you want to use my images on the net, just drop me an email at lilacindia@yahoo.co.uk or a Flickr mail. Ta x