If there is one photographer who makes objectivity look amazingly beautiful, its August Sanders. A master of portrait photography, his work has a feeling like no other. His approach normalizes his su...
Prints & Poems For those who are wondering how I fund my projects, well this helps. Stray birds is where you can acess images which I put up as prints, all limited edition. Most of them are singl...
Seems that the primary shop which used to sell film in Delhi is now no more. The fellow shut down shop about 2 months ago due to low sales. Now the only way to acquire films in Delhi is to go through...
Catalog Number : 017 Reviewed By : Akshay Bhoan, ME! Film Name : Lomography Lady Grey 400 Format : 120 / 135 / Instant : 135 (Lomography does produce BW 120mm too but its just called Lady Grey B&...
In latest news, after being pushed by a dear friend (who’s a LA / Bombay based director) I now have a fancy website (well its started atleast). I think soon enough Constellation Cafe will have ...
I had about 15 shots remaining at the end of my film roll. So I decided to walk about in the city and take some pictures before giving the film to the lab. Because I had no mind space to think of som...
Page 69, Ken Ohara’s Close Encounters with Photography “As soon as he received a shipment of ONE from his Tokyo printer in early April 1970, the twenty-eight year old Ken Ohara presented ...
I don’t believe that equipment, lenses and technical stuff about photography is very important when it comes to the craft but when I come across something new, really can’t help but be fa...
Lomography India & Constellation Cafe, along with Humped Mag & Little Black Book Delhi are holding a contest which can give you a chance to win a brand new Lomography La Sardina! We’ve ...
Iconic, French and Classically Romantic, is how I would describe work by Robert Doisneau. One of the pioneers of street photography, he and Henri Cartier Bresson made what we see of classical photogr...
Catalog Number : 016 Reviewed By : Akshay Bhoan, ME! Film Name : Kodak Ektar 100 Format : 120 / 135 / Instant : 120 / 135 Speed (ISO) :100 Color / Slide / BW : Color Processing (C41 / E6 / BW) : C41 ...
Seems vintage has really caught up again this season, as clearly announced by my favorite stylist friend Lesly. But what seems to be really in style is retrofitting actually, taking the old, re innov...
Brand new things happening on Constellation Cafe. Firstly I’ve changed the branding a bit, now a new logo! The Brand New Logo Also Constellation Cafe is now on facebook. So you can keep connect...
The first time I used a toy camera was when I got a Holga 135 from a friend in US. Gates - Shot on Holga 135BC, on a winter morning in New Delhi So many people end up spending much of their money on ...
Casual photographs sometimes revel a state of mind more clear than a meditative state can. Recently I shot with two of my dear friends. And just like that, these pictures were almost an extension of ...
Robert Frank is most widely known for his work on “The Americans”, an iconic book which changed the landscape of American documentary photography. Even thought that remains his most influ...
There is a very specific characteristic softness in the portraits by Bresson. Technically its easy to see that the softness comes from his Leica lens but its really important to understand that he ch...
So we were suppose to jump to more serious posts, with Max Pinckers but I’ve been slacking off, reading books and watching movies (and not typing the interview as its in audio form and needs to...
Firstly, Constellation Cafe has been featured as the Blog of the month on Viewfinder Photography Gallery. Woohoo for this! I’m going to be launching a small contest / a special feature soon cau...
This has been a constant question with so many people, I thought I should just write a basic explanation for everyone on buying and storing film. So you got film, now where to store that? So lets fir...
I picked up quite a lot of books from the Jaipur Literature Festival and one of them was a photo book by Richard Bartholomew. Titled “A Critic’s Eye”, the book showcases work by Ric...
Bombay at night from my desk, inspiring some posts Thank you for visiting Constellation Cafe. I’m looking for some feedback to work on the newer interviews and articles. So please take 2 mins a...
Sublime, beautiful and poetically attentive is what I think of her work. Her water colors are full of life yet never chaotic. Curious as a child, she’s always traveling, making notes and sketch...
Helmut Neuton could make any woman look desirable. Blunt, bold but never vulgar, his work is the epitome of sexuality and style. Hardcore, not just superficial, his work is just brilliant unlike any ...
Last I went to Hongkong, I took along a small book of photographs by Raghu Rai, as a gift for my friend. In an effort to tell me about photographers of that region, my friend introduced me to Nobuyos...
Some time ago I posted some images from my recent experimental shoot. I thought I should also show you what the finals look like. I showed these pictures to a friend who said that she needed to know ...
Jaipur Literature fest was all that it promised to be and more! But don’t get all excited, there were too many problems along with all the fun there was. The good part was that there were inter...
The real value of a camera is not in a collectors cabinet but in a photographers hands, out there in the field. I don’t think anyone should buy cameras just for the heck of keeping them locked ...
I had been contemplating on getting a book by Mary Ellen Mark for such a long time, ever since I saw her work at a friends place. And finally its here! Mary Ellen Mark : Phaidon Books The legendary p...
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