Pranlal patel biography of mahatma
A street photographer who celebrated Indian women - Deccan Herald!
At ,countless memories in black and white
I started out as an outdoor photographer in ,with funds from friends,self-taught at a time when photographers were a rarity, Patel,born ,says at his Ahmedabad home.
I would cycle across Ahmedabad with my box camera,sending my photographs to dailies in Mumbai,Delhi,Kolkata,Chennai.
Pranlal patel biography of mahatma
I started being paid handsomely by editors,who would fill pages with my pictures.
He belongs strictly to the old school. He stresses the virtues of black and white,and is so uncomfortable with the digital age that he gave up professional photography in
I like to click people and history is important to me, he says.
I got great joy from not knowing which of my photographs would make it to the papers. I would dwell on the subject,make notes of events. Photojournalism today has become easier,but has left no scope for my kind of photography to flourish. That is why he gave it up,says his son,Anand Patel.
His frames from across so many decades include varie