Hyper-culture: Merging Bengal and Africa. Part II.
As promised, I present the Photo-shoot pictures... It took us 8 hours to get everything done! And it was a pretty nostalgic time for us too considering that it was the final lap in our assignment. This is what it all came down to:
Photographer: Soumen Halder
Model: Meghana Nyayapati
Hair: Radhika Prashar & Surabhi Singh
Make-Up: Anurag Paul (Guest-Appearance, haha!)
Lights and Settings: Sandipan Das & Snigdha Seksaria.
Photographer: Soumen Halder
Model: Meghana Nyayapati
Hair: Radhika Prashar & Surabhi Singh
Make-Up: Anurag Paul (Guest-Appearance, haha!)
Lights and Settings: Sandipan Das & Snigdha Seksaria.
And so, this trip came to an end. It was one of the best times for me. Made me realize that there is SO much to learn. We cannot live in our comfort zone forever and expect to become better. We need to come out, slowly... Maybe we'll fall a million times, but the feeling when you finally come out and stand by yourself on your own kinda erases out all the bad times and hardships you've face.
Our work is done, yet our work will live on forever. Because your creations never die. :)
Love :]
Hyper-culture: Merging Bengal and Africa. Like Never Before.
If music would play during epic moments of my life, it would be playing right now. (I can so imagine Somebody New by the Amplifetes. Dunno.) Maybe because I'm writing after 7 months after desperately trying to pull myself out from work, and if not work, out of my bed! *pleads guilty of being excessively lazy*
But then again, I have nothing else in life except my love for fashion and friends. And what better way to kick-start writing again than the trip to the hub of Bengal handicrafts? With friends. And a heavy dose of fashion.Shantiniketan is a small town in West Bengal, a 3 hour train journey from Calcutta. Here you get artisans who know ANY Bengal craft-work, special mention of the Jute artifact making, different embroideries and dyeing techniques. The market places are filled with amazing local craft-works. And oh, you would LOVE the haat which is basically a small fair where all the artisans exhibit their crafts. In between a forest. YES! It's beautiful with the Baul singers singing and the faint hint of monsoon lingering in the air.
Photo Courtesy: Arnab Paul. |
The tracing of one of the neck-pieces onto the Cotton Fabric. |
Surabhi working on the beading of one of the neck-pieces. |
Soumen trying his hand at Kantha. |
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