In my last post there has been heated discussion via comments about the current terror attacks on Mumbai. There is in depth first person account + analysis, a word of advice and some very strong words.

(Still seething with anger) in wake of a bit inflammatory situation arising between India and Pakistan I want to say something albeit differently (i.e. design way)!

A flower for

Rawalpindi

New Delhi

And Lahore

from Designflute  (because these are my views) and

By Meera Sethi (as these are her creations)

I think an artist becomes immensely successful when a common man is able to express his/her views through an artist’s versatile work.

Here I am expressing my geopolitical views through artist Meera Sethi’s beautiful geometric patterns.

Make no mistake → this flower is only for people of Pakistan and India and for all peace loving beings! THIS IS NOT For politicians of these two countries or for that matter any country!!

Now about the artist whose work is so voluble.

Meera Sethi is a talented multi-disciplinary artist living in Canada and New Delhi.

Her design studio misc. (meera sethi creative) specializes in digital and print communications, branding, photography and illustration.

Meera talks of creating positive changes through her work.

Continue Reading for a glimpse into Meera’s work…

A few images from Meera Sethi’s photography portfolio↓

Arch.i.tecture (series), 2005

Arch.i.tecture (series), 2005

Arch.i.tecture (series), 2005

Her art work↓

Nataraj, oil pastel on mylar

Nataraj, oil pastel on mylar

 Begging Bowls, 2005, ink on paper

Mix Master, 2007, ink on paper

And last but not least: xoxo→ Meera Sethi way ↓

Check her work hereand via her blog here.

After a long unexplained absence I am happy to post something so superbly fresh and beautiful!

Photographer: Jennifer Squires

Jennifer Squires of jennifer squires productions has one great talent – photographing everyday life honestly! So what you get to see is simply captivating with the essence encompassed!

A professional photographer based in Ontario, Canada Jennifer Squires has new set of photographs captured in Greece.

See more of her work here and here.

Unmistakable simplicity of Greece

A church in Oia on the island of Santorini, Greece.

Perched

The town of Thira on the island of Santorini, Greece.

Gateway to the past

A blue door on the island of Paros, Greece.

Blue Bird

(Does it matter where this blue bird was captured! A fine artwork indeed!)

(All images copyright: Jennifer Squires)

caught the sun

Photographer (novice): Design Flute

Gathered a little courage today and clicked with some novice phone camera!!!

illusion

Making faces is striktly prohibited here!

illuminated

Grimacing tresspassers would be punished and would have to write 10 comments in praise each!

( Hey I saw YOU grimacing!! Now sitdown and write 10 times I love …. )

golden happy waves in ocean of life

by bovinacowboy

What colour is the happiness? How it looks like? Where does it hide or flourish?

In pursuit of happiness I went to flickr and found these 10 brilliant faces of happiness.

I don’t want to name this anything but pure happiness

by Harraz

hearty hug

by Moranga

candle light

by Cvalentine

radioactive happiness – it is! -face it!

by netsrot

just kidding yaar! 

 (in Hindi-slang ‘yaar’ means friend)

by daphnakadabra

let the sun shine in

by crazee-loki

lawful enlightnment

(it has beautiful meaning, go to the link and read it)

by cloudman82

wheels of life

(just adore this rich, old, spinning patina of life)

by Linee

the end of the garden, anyone?

 by Zalita

Excellent photography and brilliant moments -I don’t want to miss any of these! When you click these links see their other photographs too. I promise you won’t be disappointed!

Bahai, Lotus Temple, New Delhi,  India

If you were a bird or a kite or a camera perched on a kite in the sky, how the world would look according to you? Kite aerial – French photographer Nicolas Chorier‘s earth from up above!

Buland Darwaza, Fatehpur Sikri, India

Practising Kalaripayattu on the Beach of Kozhikode, India

Qutub Minar in New Delhi

fisherman at Mahabalipuram, India

Nicolas Chorier’s book on India

No fancy helicopters, nothing to worry about prohibition to aerial photography; a simple innovative and cost-effective solution. From Laos to Paris, he has toured a lot with his kite and lense. I definitely want to fly with his kite!

                                                      …………

kite and kite aerial photographs by Katsutaka Murooka

Katsutaka Murooka, based in Japan is a maker and developer of modern kites and also a kite aerial photographer. See a little more about him here.

↑For no reason this is my mood today ↓! What design is drawn?

This beautiful photograph is courtesy lens of Sunder Iyer. A post on his amazing talent a little later.

It so happened that an interiors store Yamini asked Indian photographer Pallon Daruwala to do some work for them. Pallon went to a place called Cannanore (South India). The images he came back with made people at Yamini sit back and think. They drew inspiration from his images and created a whole new line of products!

Interiors spaces from the lens of Photographer -

His black and white beauties first:–

The photographer says – every space is truly unique.

                  Hey breeze! You disturbed me so beautifully!

                                       cozy in or go out?

Please donot use or copy these images without photographer’s written permission.

                          but he was here a moment ago! 

Don’t miss sepia toned landscape series on his website (it is an altogether different experience).

Want to see few more interiors images. See here.

Related post : photoart architecture.

Along with the camera, Bengaluru based Indian photographer Pallon Daruwala uses light and space as his tools. His love for the uncluttered and clean lines is evident in his work.

A leader in his own right he is dubbed as an advertising or industrial photographer. But I refuse to agree. I call him documentative photographer of architecture and interiors. In fact he has done lot of fashion photography too.

What I find enduring about his work is that his images are intimate and distant at the same time!

I simply love his interiors and architectural images.

And his architectural images are pieces of art!

I have wasted 4 days deciding which images to put and which ones too leave out. I can’t do justice to his work if I put everything together.

So here is Pallon Daruwala’s work in two posts- 1^st on architecture and 2^nd on interiors.

Please donot use or copy these images without photographer’s written permission.

When Pallon was in school he wanted to be an architect. He became a photographer but you can’t miss an architect in him! Do you?

Le Corbusier creations meets a photo artist from Chandigarh

He was trained to be a graphic artist and painter instead he picked up camera. His is conceptual photography. Without delving into technicalities I call him one of the best Indian photo artists.

Diwan Manna freezes us with his black and white creations. He photographs kitchen workers who work endlessly inside hot dark four walls. 

He is from Chandigarh, a city designed by Le Corbusier. So one fine day he went to France to capture Le Corbusier creations. Here is the result:

Above images are from Le Corbusier Firminy and Le corbusier-Master of light series.

                         all images from Wheels of time series

                                        alienation series

                                  dhaba- kitchen workers

                             Rooh Punjab di (soul of Punjab)

                                       Varanasi series

                               Borobudur, Indonesia

Click to enlarge all thumbnails.

You can use his photo creations as greeting cards from his website.

                                                   I can see! ?

                                                                All knowing! ?

Statements on life, today, tomorrow and yesterday :that’s what I think of this artist-photographer’s work from Saudi Arabia– Manal Al-Dowayan.

(I like her work so much that I think I would do one more post on her.)