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Rose Garden, Chandigarh | The spring of 2015 was one of the most beautiful in living memory. I was out almost everyday at the break of dawn enjoying (and capturing) the benevolence of nature and the beauty of the city.
Sukhna Lake
“The founders of Chandigarh have offered this lake to the citizens of the new city so that they may escape the humdrum of the city life and enjoy the beauty of nature in peace and silence.”
-Le Corbusie
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@ the Rock garden, Chandigarh - I saw this wall with water flowing down and some figures built on top of the wall....
Rock Garden of Chandigarh, India.
How to go: India - Delhi - Chandigarh (Train, Bus or Air) - Chandigarh sector 01 or Rock Garden.
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Unfortunately I again need to post and run. I will be catching up with everybody's snaps this weekend...apologies..
Still in V&A this model made for Corb's 1987 exhibition by Cullinan's Office takes us to another age and an old master of Modern Architecture.
'Raj Bhavan' (1951) was never built and Corb's composition for Chandigarh was never fully realized.
Leisure Valley,Chandigarh
A camera allows you to dream. It allows you to focus on the things you like about the time and space you inhabit. In my recent work on Chandigarh, I have sought to capture the essence of the city for future generations who will live or pass through it. When I migrated here in the late seventies, Chandigarh was a relaxed, laid back town. Time moved languidly and slowly during those days. It is now a bustling, energetic city, which has fortunately retained the charm and beauty of its early years. There are very few cities in India, which can be compared with Chandigarh, because there are very few cities, which were entirely built according to a master plan by an architect of the stature of Le Corbusier. The complex interplay of shadows and light in Le Corbusier's architecture is particularly enthralling to me as a photographer. I view a camera as a receptacle of light. But imagining a great architect conceiving and building a city as a receptacle of light is an exhilarating vision for me. Presently I am working on documenting this light as it falls on the stirring straight lines and open spaces of Chandigarh.
Chandigarh has retained the rigid design and beauty of Corbusier's art. Human habitation and nature exists in harmony in the city. In the future this city, like every other city, will change in ways we cannot fathom at the moment. In my work I have sought to follow Leo Tolstoy's dictum: "In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you". I have stopped for a moment. I have ceased my work. I am looking around. I would like to share what I see through the viewfinder of my camera. The human eye has a 50mm angle of view. But photography offers multiple angles of view stretching from ultra wide to ultra telephoto. I view these photographs as my homage to the beautiful city, which has given me shelter for over three decades.
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