CONTEMPORARY TRENDS IN BEAUTY- Diana H. Bloomfield & Christina Z. Anderson > Honorable Mention: Mohan Bhasker ‘Traditional Indian Dancers’
Honorable Mention: Mohan Bhasker ‘Traditional Indian Dancers’
Mohan Bhasker/Traditional Indian Dancers
HONORABLE MENTION
HONORABLE MENTION
MOHAN BHASKER
Mohan Bhasker is a photographer, alternative process printer, workshop instructor, photography tour instructor, and author based in Los Angeles, California. He has created two books, instructs at prestigious institutions such as Bostick & Sullivan and Santa Fe Workshops to name a few.
Mohan shoots both black & white as well as color images for his landscapes and portrait work, utilizing his large and medium format cameras, panorama medium format 6 x 17 Horseman camera and Leica M series for his 35 mm images. He has worked professionally as a photographer since the late 1990s and for the last 15 years truly enjoys teaching the craft of the historic alternative processes in his studio.
Mohan specializes in TriColor Gum Bichromate, Platinum Palladium and Silver Gelatin processes. This required building two new darkrooms, separate from his conventional darkroom where he does all his own film and print processing and enjoys experimenting to fine tune his techniques.
Artist Statement
"I analyze my images carefully to determine the best printing process to use for each photograph that I am printing. I enjoy TriColor Gum, Silver Gelatin, & Platinum Palladium processes. My favorite film is Velvia ISO 50 because of the richness, bold and vibrant colors that this film yields from the moment that I click my camera. I also gravitate to the painterly and less photographic look of the TriColor Gum prints printed only using pigments and not having cyanotype or Platinum Palladium as a base. Moreover, I find it more challenging and extremely difficult to just use pigments to make a full color print that at the end will reward you with a good contrast and a strong dynamic range image. With each layer of pigment that I brush, the image gradually takes shape allowing me for creative control over tonality, texture, tone, contrast and mood. It takes an average of eight (8) to eleven (11) layers of the TriColor Gum process for the image to evolve and present itself to me in my darkroom. This tedious and rewarding process is worth the effort because it allows for expressive, hand-on interpretation of a photograph, blending photography with fine art.
I selectively chose each image being presented for your consideration because the costumes of the dancers were vibrant, rich, bold and colorful which worked in complete harmony with my TriColor Gum printing process. In India, dancing holds immense cultural and spiritual significance, serving as a powerful means of communication, storytelling, and religious expression. Through my extensive travels to India, I was fortunate and blessed to capture the essence of the people in their true element of festivities, celebrations and happiness as they danced with such passion, intensity, expression and tradition."
Images for Sale-
Indian Girl in a Lighting Ceremony to Commemorate an Indian Dancing Event
8” H x 12” W”
Hahnemuhle Platinum Photo Rag Paper
$450 unframed
Limited Edition of 15
Signed on back
Traditional Indian Dancers.
8” H x 12” W
Hahnemuhle Platinum Photo Rag Paper
$450 unframed
Limited Edition of 15
Signed on back
Jaipur Dancing Festival
8” H x 12” W
Hahnemuhle Platinum Photo Rag Paper
$450 unframed
Limited Edition of 15
Signed on back
Gypsies Girls Dancing in Thar Desert
8” H x 12” W
Hahnemuhle Platinum Photo Rag Paper
$450 unframed
Limited Edition of 15
Signed on back
Holi Festival Dancing
12” H x 8” W
Hahnemuhle Platinum Photo Rag Paper
$450 unframed
Limited Edition of 15
Signed on back
Ghungroo Dancin Anklet Set for Indian Classical Dance
12” H x 8” W
Hahnemuhle Platinum Photo Rag Paper
$450 unframed
Limited Edition of 15
Signed on back
Contact: Mohan Bhasker at tennismohan@aol.com
www.mohanbhaskerphotography.com
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Mohan Bhasker is a photographer, alternative process printer, workshop instructor, photography tour instructor, and author based in Los Angeles, California. He has created two books, instructs at prestigious institutions such as Bostick & Sullivan and Santa Fe Workshops to name a few.
Mohan shoots both black & white as well as color images for his landscapes and portrait work, utilizing his large and medium format cameras, panorama medium format 6 x 17 Horseman camera and Leica M series for his 35 mm images. He has worked professionally as a photographer since the late 1990s and for the last 15 years truly enjoys teaching the craft of the historic alternative processes in his studio.
Mohan specializes in TriColor Gum Bichromate, Platinum Palladium and Silver Gelatin processes. This required building two new darkrooms, separate from his conventional darkroom where he does all his own film and print processing and enjoys experimenting to fine tune his techniques.
Artist Statement
"I analyze my images carefully to determine the best printing process to use for each photograph that I am printing. I enjoy TriColor Gum, Silver Gelatin, & Platinum Palladium processes. My favorite film is Velvia ISO 50 because of the richness, bold and vibrant colors that this film yields from the moment that I click my camera. I also gravitate to the painterly and less photographic look of the TriColor Gum prints printed only using pigments and not having cyanotype or Platinum Palladium as a base. Moreover, I find it more challenging and extremely difficult to just use pigments to make a full color print that at the end will reward you with a good contrast and a strong dynamic range image. With each layer of pigment that I brush, the image gradually takes shape allowing me for creative control over tonality, texture, tone, contrast and mood. It takes an average of eight (8) to eleven (11) layers of the TriColor Gum process for the image to evolve and present itself to me in my darkroom. This tedious and rewarding process is worth the effort because it allows for expressive, hand-on interpretation of a photograph, blending photography with fine art.
I selectively chose each image being presented for your consideration because the costumes of the dancers were vibrant, rich, bold and colorful which worked in complete harmony with my TriColor Gum printing process. In India, dancing holds immense cultural and spiritual significance, serving as a powerful means of communication, storytelling, and religious expression. Through my extensive travels to India, I was fortunate and blessed to capture the essence of the people in their true element of festivities, celebrations and happiness as they danced with such passion, intensity, expression and tradition."
Images for Sale-
Indian Girl in a Lighting Ceremony to Commemorate an Indian Dancing Event
8” H x 12” W”
Hahnemuhle Platinum Photo Rag Paper
$450 unframed
Limited Edition of 15
Signed on back
Traditional Indian Dancers.
8” H x 12” W
Hahnemuhle Platinum Photo Rag Paper
$450 unframed
Limited Edition of 15
Signed on back
Jaipur Dancing Festival
8” H x 12” W
Hahnemuhle Platinum Photo Rag Paper
$450 unframed
Limited Edition of 15
Signed on back
Gypsies Girls Dancing in Thar Desert
8” H x 12” W
Hahnemuhle Platinum Photo Rag Paper
$450 unframed
Limited Edition of 15
Signed on back
Holi Festival Dancing
12” H x 8” W
Hahnemuhle Platinum Photo Rag Paper
$450 unframed
Limited Edition of 15
Signed on back
Ghungroo Dancin Anklet Set for Indian Classical Dance
12” H x 8” W
Hahnemuhle Platinum Photo Rag Paper
$450 unframed
Limited Edition of 15
Signed on back
Contact: Mohan Bhasker at tennismohan@aol.com
www.mohanbhaskerphotography.com
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BEST SERIES:
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EXHIBITION:
https://laphotocurator.com/contemporary-trends-in-beauty-diana-h-bloomfield-chris-z-anderson/exhibition/1
