Category: Weddings

My blogs on documentary wedding photography

Embedded Wedding Photography in Postnoon Newspaper

Captured For Life : Article in Postnoon that showcased my Embedded Wedding Photography

My Embedded Wedding Photography work was featured in Postnoon, an English daily newspaper in Hyderabad.

Wedding photography by an embedded journalist

A bride reaching out to her mother, while the latter is slowly being pulled away from her by their relatives. A Bidaai Scene, Bangalore, 2010. © Nishant Ratnakar

There is one particular moment during Hindu weddings that can get emotionally charged. It is the time of Bidaai, or the ritualistic farewell given to the bride by her family. If most rituals of Indian marriages are about joy and celebration, then Bidaai is about shedding tears, and more tears. This is especially true in… Continue reading Wedding photography by an embedded journalist