Ordinary person. Born Rubel Roy on January 2nd, 1986, Sylhet, Bangladesh As a child he went by Ruby." As an adult he is known as "Rubs" for his graceful moves and attractive personality. He is a just common man. "Everyone is born with a debt and he dies with a debt too. In between birth and death, a good man strives to repay every debt and every favor bestowed upon him by others"

Two of my great passions in life are travel and photography. I believe that travel broadens one’s view of the world. Experiencing other cultures, meeting people from other communities and other countries and seeing the beauty, and sometimes ugliness, of the world has helped me understand that all of our lives are at once interconnected and individual. It has made me better appreciate my own home and culture, as well as that of the people I’ve met and the lands I’ve seen and I, have become a much more tolerant person as a result. Through my photography, I seek to document my own personal experiences, to capture scenes and events as I see them and to share with others the beauty and diversity of the world I’ve seen. As the images of other photographers have inspired me to explore the world, I hope my own contributions will inspire others to do the same.

I view the art of photography as a subtractive process, a distilling of reality into a personal vision. As such, I often use the tools of modern photography – different film stocks, filters, digital enhancement – to try to capture in an image the emotions I felt at the moment I tripped the camera’s shutter.

Though originally trained as a Database and website developer, I have been involved in photography since childhood. I experienced a renewed enthusiasm and appreciation for photography after taking a basic photography course online…