About Me:
I am a photographer based out of India. My passion lies in capturing images of people I’m intrigued by—their faces, the stories behind them, their lifestyles, cultures, and traditions. I like endlessly roaming around the streets, wherever I go, and spend time learning and understanding my subjects. Also, as is apparent from my blog, I do have a soft corner for portraits and images in black and white! If you would like to work with me for assignments and commissioned works, get in touch with me here.
About This Photoblog:
On August 1, 2008 I started this photoblog to showcase the images of people that I shoot and creating images for this photoblog has always been an exciting and fulfilling challenge. As a mark of my fondness for black and white, this site uses only different shades of grey for all its elements.
Awards:
- 9 GoPro awards: Rowing a shikara in Dal Lake (2 awards), A tea shop in Kashmir (2), Kashmiri sled puller (1), Vespa ride in Mallorca, Spain (1) and Across the water (1), Floating vegetable market (1) and Banana time (1).
- Best PhotoBlogger at The Indian Blogger Awards 2017.
- 2015 BlogAdda award in the ‘Photo & Video‘ category.
- Mahouts bathing an elephant won a Prize in the ‘Kerala God’s Own Country’ category of the FEFKA Mohanlal Photo Contest 2014.
- 2014 BlogAdda award in the ‘Photo & Video’ category.
- Unaffected traditions won the HTC Candid Shot award in the Nat Geo Moment Awards 2012.
- Roadside Barber won the Vodafone presents India 9-5 Contest, which was held from 1st July to the 31st July 2009 by MiD DAY Infomedia Ltd.
Mentions:
- A heart melting smile came in the Top 50 in Series #3 of the India Is Photography challenge 2012 in the category INDIA IS…UNFORGETTABLE.
- Finalist in the Most Popular Photoblog and Best Asian & Oceanian Photoblog categories in the 2011 Photoblog Awards.
- Finalist in the Best Asian & Oceanian Photoblog category in the 2010 Photoblog Awards.
- The Image Reflection came in the Top 500 category in the Nat Geo Moment Awards 2011.
- The image Traditional pottery making came in the top 10 in the ‘Altered Images’ category of the Smithsonian magazine’s 7th annual photo contest from more than 60,000 entries they received from all over the world.
- My entry Monsoon wait was amongst the top 20 finalists for the Nikon-Better Photography Photographer of the Year 2009 Awards from 40,000 plus entries. My entry was nominated in the Landscapes & Cityscapes theme.
Listed:
- The top 500 sites on the web | Photoblogs
- The best Photography blogs from India
- The Directory of Best Indian Blogs
- Top 40 Indian Photography Blogs and Websites To Follow in 2018
- Top 100 Photography Travel Blogs and Websites to Follow
- Follow These 15 Indian Photographers On Instagram To Feed Your Wanderlusting Soul
- 10 Incredible Indian Photographers You Should Be Following On Instagram
- Top 25 Indian Travel Bloggers
- 5 Indian Instagrammers you need to follow
- Travel Photographers You Have to Follow
- 7 Indian Photographers You Should Follow on Instagram
- 8 Indian Photographers You Should Follow on Instagram
- Top Photo Bloggers in India all travel lovers must follow
- 7 travel bloggers to look out for in 2015
- India’s 7 Most Influential Photo Bloggers Who Inspire You To Go Click-Happy
- Top 10 Travel Blogs in India
- Best photoblogs of 2012
Featured:
- Technology and Pros – Asian Photography September 2018
- Pascale-menetrier-delalandre.com
- Visual Q&A
- Best of January’18 | #inspiroindia
- Nine years of Photoblogging on WordPress.com Discover
- In the Spotlight
- Portraits on WordPress Discover.
- Perspectives on Street Photography.
- WordPress.com User Showcase of the best customizations.
Collaborations and Assignments:
GoPro • Google Pixel • Skoda • Daniel Wellington • Philippines Tourism • Ministry of Tourism of Indonesia • Garuda Indonesia • Dream Cruises • WirtschaftsWoche • Brussels Airlines • Forsyth Lodge • Victorinox
Social Media Followers:
Instagram: 46k+ • Twitter: 24k+ • Facebook: 10k+
28mm Portraits Project:
I’ve been working on my 28mm Portraits Project since June 2017. Click here to take a look at this project.
Exhibitions:
Exhibited my images at the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival 2011, held in Mumbai under the theme ‘Faces’.
Archive:
Click here to view the entire thumbnail Archive of 627 images posted over the last 11 years.
Yearly Archive → •2023 (4) •2022 (5) •2021 (5) •2020 (4) •2019 (36) •2018 (66) •2017 (52) •2016 (66) •2015 (66) •2014 (48) •2013 (49) •2012 (52) •2011 (42) •2010 (51) •2009 (43) •2008 (32)
Statistics:
- Most viewed image (82K views)
- Most commented image (446 comments)
- Followers: 38K
- Blog Stats: 2.5M views
- Total comments: 64K
Prints:
If you would like to buy a print of any of the images, get in touch with me here.
Inventory:
I mostly use Nikon DSLRs, Apple iPhones and GoPro to capture images. I occasionally shoot with film.
Copyright Information:
All photographs found on this site are copyrighted to joshi daniel. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of photographs without express and written permission from joshi daniel is strictly prohibited.
your work is just astonishing!!! love them so much~~~
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Your blog is wonderful-and I look forward to seeing more of your work-Thank you too for visiting Move the Chair-I appreciate you taking the time to look-
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Thanks for visiting my site – your photography is wonderful!
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Mr Daniel, I am humbled to have been liked by a photographer of your calibre. Kind regards,
Gellarasen.
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Got you note. Anytime. Cheers!
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Hi Joshi Daniel,
How are you doing, I am Gowardhan Editor of readitt.in
was highly impressed with your photography,,
I want to purchase a camera under rs 15k,, want your suggestion .
regards
Gowardhan
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Given the number of comments you receive, I just hope you see this one :-)
Your work is distinctive, and requires a deeper, longer look. Wonderful!
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Wow, you have a lot of portraits and documentary photography. Good work!
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I understand you are using Triton Lite as the template. I am too. I hate the “fogging over” effect used unless the curser is over the photo. What did you do to eliminate that?
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I found your blog through indiblogger and what a wonderful discovery it makes for! Being an amateur photographer n blogger (www.pixelvoyages.wordpress.com), I can see the beauty in your pics and the level of skill it would take to get there. Do you take photography classes by any chance? If you do, please let me know via a reply to this message and I will gladly enroll.
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Well done!
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Beautiful photography! You definitely know how to capture the beauty of every moment. Thank you for sharing!
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Hey Joshi Daniel
Firstly, your photographs are truly incredible, thank you for posting such beauties.
Secondly, could you please do me a massive favour and check out my album review, I’m sure you’ll just love the music:
I’ll be eternally grateful if you like, comment, tweet or share it <3
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Thanks for the like on my post of photos today. I admire your work so to have a “like” from you has made my day.
You do a magnificent job of capturing the faces and feelings of humanity. I think that’s noble work – as noble as the greatest novels ever written. Cheers.
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Please send me your contact
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Hi Daniel,
I came across your blog and found it very captivating. I am launching a new website and I would like to share the link of your blog on our website.
Website : http://www.focalphotographs.com/
All the content and images will be under your copyright.
Thanks
Aditi
:
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Hi
My fiancé and I are getting married in January in Bangalore with a reception in Kerala. We were wondering if you could do us the honour of covering our reception. It’ll be in Trivandrum on the January 5th night. It’ll be an eclectic group of ppl considering my wife is gharwali and I’m tamil keralite. We are expecting around 300 ppl but we are looking for candid artistic shots. Please let us know your availability and rate.
Thanks
Anand and Tanu
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Beautiful, beautiful work! Thanks so much for stopping by my little corner. I’ll be popping in, this is an inspiration!
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Hi Joshi, Amazing photos. keep exploring bro.
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What a beautiful and emotional blog! You are very talented!
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Amazing portraits……
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Dear Joshi,
While looking for an appropriate picture on the net on CHAI (Tea), I came across a picture with great aesthetics value, which is clicked by you.
http://chaiwithlakshmi.in/chaitime/hot
We would like to use the picture as the poster picture for a small literary gathering called GARMA GARAM CHAI.
The objective of the event is to celebrate the writings of established writers and bring the new writings in the forefront by doing their dramatised readings for the audiences. This is a free event.
Would you be kind and give us the permission to use this picture of yours as our poster picture?
This is the profile of Museum Theatre on facebook and its artistic director Kamal Pruthi
https://www.facebook.com/MuseumTheatre
https://www.facebook.com/kamal.pruthi
You can also see how the last picture was used
https://www.facebook.com/events/159877410882556/?ref_dashboard_filter=calendar
Best regards,
Abhishek Misra
Assistant to the Artistic Director
Museum Theatre
Bangalore, India
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Hey you! My Liebster Blog Award Nominee! :D I am glad to tell you that , I have nominated you for a Liebster Blog Award on my blog.:) Please check out the following link & go through the rules & guidelines for accepting the award.:) http://silentdrizzle-parvathy.blogspot.in/2013/11/my-first-award.html
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I just skimmed through your work and your pics are so cool! Good job!
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Hi, and thanks for the like. I appreciate it. I also admire the skills it takes to really capture people in photos.
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some of your photographs are simply awesome :)
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hello
and thank you for visiting my blog!
your work is beautiful
incredible eye…
thank you for sharing such beauty
wishing you all good things
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Excellent photography! Your wonderful portraits are outstanding.
Dina
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Judging by some of the other posts I see here, I think I may regret reaching out through these comments. However, here goes…
1) love your work.
2) I’m about to do the dumbest thing I’ve ever done and quit my nerd job to focus on my personal photography and my dream to open an atypical gallery (not of my work) in Boston.
3) I’d like to chat with you regarding my personal photography and pick your brain a little regarding equiptment since I admire your style.
Hope this reaches you amongst all the b.s.
-Bianca
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I am humbled. just amazing! Thanks for dropping by the very very amateurish blog, “Honey.”
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Hi Joshi,
Hi,
We are pleased to invite you to join the League of Bloggers. The League of Bloggers is an invitation-only program of the best bloggers across genres as follows:
ABOUT LEAGUE OF BLOGGERS
This is a grouping of the best bloggers across genres.
WHO IS A BLOGGER? Anyone who publishes content on user-generated interactive media. This includes WordPress, Blogger, Tumblr, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, Flickr, Twitter, YouTube, Vimeo and other similar platforms.
WHO MAY BE A MEMBER? Membership is open to quality bloggers only. An annual review will decide who is in and who is not. And a badge will be provided for the year to select members. There is no cap on the number of members though.
WHAT WILL WE ALL DO? Lots of stuff. Engage with brands and companies collectively. Promote one another. Learn from each other. Have meet-ups. Make a joint pitch to advertisers and sponsors. And have a lot of fun together.
SIGN UP AT https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1qEP3BWv2wTz4QGkFXip7lL5H6qOaFYDaQHVpLufib3M/edit
JOIN US ON FACEBOOK at https://www.facebook.com/groups/blogleague.
The idea of the League is to proactively engage with one another. We would like all of you to share suggestions and ideas to make the most of this initiative.
Look forward to having you on board.
Cheers…
Ajay Jain
http://kunzum.com
+91.9910044476
Join us for coffee at the Kunzum Travel Cafe, T-49 Hauz Khas Village, New Delhi 110016. http://kunzum.com/travelcafe.
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Love your photographs..Do you do food photography? Would love learn some beginner tips from you..
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Congratulations on being number I in TopIndianblogs
http://www.topindianblogs.com/ in Fashion category
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Joshi, two reasons to celebrate: 1. Start of the weekend, 2. I’ve nominated you for the Semper Fidelis Award. For more details just hop on over to my blog at http://meticulousmick.wordpress.com/2013/11/15/semper-fidelis-award/
Have a great weekend, MM 🍀
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Your images are stunning, and each has such a strong point of view.
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Hi Daniel
Loved your photography. I am into the same genre of photography that you work upon. Therefore, i was just wondering if i could get in touch with you and share some of my work as well as i am also a Mumbai based guy. Please let me know whatever you think about it.
My e-mail id is rjvtobu@gmail.com
Awaiting your reply
Cheers
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Hi Joshi. Thanks for visiting my blog. Had a look at your’s, awesome !!!. An inspiration.
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Absolutely stunning! Your work is amazing and I hope to be just as accomplished one day. Your photos are most definitely worth more than a thousand words, they speak volumes.
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:) you’ve got mail, thank! hope you can oblige.
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Really great pictures, would love to see more of your work :)
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Joshi, your work is stunning and beautiful. Thanks so much for stopping by my blog and for the ‘like’. I look forward to more of your posts!
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Hey Joshi, thanks for browsing my photos. Your photos are amazing, I am inspired by the depth of your work, keep going, as will I.
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Your photos are very powerful. Thanks for the ‘like’ on my photography blog!
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So much talent man. Keep up the great work.
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Hey,
My name is Sahil Bhagat, and I’m the Founder of Vebbler.com, a new personal social network launched in India. Here’s a look at the Site promo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slWQdNZzNQI. Vebbler is now in 66 countries and 440+ cities, making it a great platform to connect with like-minded people in India and abroad.
We have recently launched a new Twitter-like feature on the Site called ‘Interesting People To Follow’ and are connecting with several bloggers in areas of fashion, literature, entertainment, photography, satire, sports, technology and causes promoting them and their content on Vebbler and enable them to connect with their Fans. The feature was launched 25 days ago and we have received an overwhelming response from 40+ bloggers across the country and we would love to have you on board too.
If this is something that interests you, we will create a promoted profile for you which will be promoted in the following ways:
Twitter-Style tab on the Web Application: The homepage of Vebbler will have a tab on the right side recommending users to follow you. Users who follow you will get all your public updates.
New User Suggestions: Every time a new user enters Vebbler, he/she will be directed to a middle page before the homepage where he/she will be given a suggestion to follow your profile. Whoever follows your profile will receive all your public updates.
Mobile: Vebbler’s mobile Site is also launching the ‘Interesting People to Follow’ feature in which follow suggestions will be displayed.
If you’re interested, I’d be happy to connect with you. My number is +91-9820433731 or you can email me back.
Look forward to hearing from you.
Sahil.
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I’m speechless. Your work is simply great. Thanks a lot for passing by, I’ll keep being inspired by all this.
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Great work man well done
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Great pictures!
It’s nice to meet you over here.
Cheers!
TTP
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An award for you Joshi: http://jmnartsy.com/2013/12/21/wordpress-family-award/. Merry Christmas! :-P
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Just checked in because you were so sweet as to be the only vote for my blogs many times and am stunned at this blog and feeling a little inadequate.I have zero visual sense so i am going to follow your blog to develop visual sense.
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Sooo Impressive !!! Very great shots… Good luck :)
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awesome pictures
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Your photos are truely amazing. I really want to click LIKE on every single one but that would just take me entirely too long. I admire those who can photograph people in this exact way that you can….a way that tells a story, shows struggle, and makes you wonder what is happening in that subjects life. You have an outstanding talent.
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Just wanted to say thanks for stopping by my photography blog! You are very talented with portraits.
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awesome work joshi!!! Love looking at your work!!!
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Joshi, thank you for the visit at Petals Unfolding. Looking at your work, it is indeed a great honor. ~Amy~
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Your blog and your photography are on another level. Really really talented.
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Hey,
I really like your photoblog! The pictures are awesome! I also have a photoblog but my blog isn’t as professional as yours ;-)
http://www.unserewunderschoenewelt.blogspot.de
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Lovely portraits!
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Love your pictures.
By chance found your blog and fascinated by the pics!!
Well, I love taking pictures too and definitely people… faces like you do..
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Absolutely stunning work! I have a friend who loves your country more than anything, and she is soon traveling there for the 8th time. I will forward your blog to her. she will love it.
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Hi Joshi. Thank you for liking my post, I appreciate that. I am so glad because it led me to your blog – what an amazing blog you have! So many beautiful pictures. All the best, Irene :)
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wonderful!
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Dear Joshi Daniel,
You are doing a great job with your blog and best wishes for the same.
I run a digital and social media marketing agency and undertake assignments from several marquee clients including Ameriprise, DlF, Lufthansa, ITC, The Lalit etc.
Very recently, a client of ours (in the luxury travel space) wants us to promote a certain video online and maybe get bloggers to blog about them. They are a very reputed brand and we need to help them with this objective. We can even run it through a contest and right now looking at opportunities of aligning with great bloggers like yourself.
Can you please advise me on whether you would like to be a part of this campaign? What are (reasonably) your commercial considerations for the same?
We have already reached out to more than 100 odd bloggers in the category of travel, Lifestyle, Luxury, Hospitality etc and would like to add you to our aligned partners.
Looking forward to your response,
Regards
Anivek Abrol
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you have a wonderfully diverse body of work. It is inspiring.
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Loving your work. Some incredible shots.
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Thanx for sharing the photos and info regarding Introspective. Peace.
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AMAZING photographs. I love your work. I personally find that photographing faces and the raw emotion of people can be so difficult so I respect you for your beautiful photos even more.
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and I am very flattered that you liked my Project 365 post! :)
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Your photography is amazing, thank you for taking the time to look at mine :)
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Thanks Joshi for liking my post. Your portraits are incredible, you captured them so well and of humanity. I’ll be admiring more of your work.
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Thanks for taking the time to look at my pics..yours are otherworldly!
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Joshi, love your abstract nudes! Would appreciate a comment on mine:
http://molinabarrios.wordpress.com/photos/four-nudes-4/
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Hie, My name is Sharada Iyer). I am a journalist for a newspaper based in Mumbai. You may have read a few of my articles published on Indiblogger.in (I contribute there under the pen-name of Rohini Iyer). I wanted to request an interaction with you for our newspaper Afternoon Despatch and Courier’s Education and Career beat on photography as a career. Please do let me know.
Regards
Sharada
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Your photo captures of people are amazing. I can’t wait to see more!
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I saw your portfolio and they’re very beautiful. Are you looking for a model, by any chance, for your portraits?
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Great blog! I’m looking forward to following you!
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Thanks for your response to my post. I took a look at your blog and your work is fantastic. I would love to see it in a gallery. If you ever get a show in NYC make sure you let me know. Lara
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Thanks for the ‘like’ on my blog, Joshi, and your photos are great!
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I am not at all surprised by your long list of awards. You consistently create intelligent, powerful images. I am very deeply impressed.
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Hey!!!
Nice work with black and white mate.
Keep doing good.
Cheers!!!
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hi dear,
i m 27 yr old indian white skin chubby female model at kolkata, here i m lokin for some good assignment with talented, lovely and decent photographer . i m ready for any type of photography including nude art photography too. requested for your kind co-operation to feature me with good assignment.
regards
sagrika
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Hey buddy.
I am an amateur photographer from India.
I want to know where in India,I could find workshops of nude photography?
As in India,it is like a taboo and people even many artists asked me to shut up when I asked them about this.
Please reply via E-mail.
Thanks in advance.
and btw nice photographs.:)
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Fantastic Street portraits Joshi. How easy do you find approaching strangers and engaging them? Its something I still struggle with in terms of street photography.
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well… The photographs are awesome … needless to say…only that .. i am a charcoal artist .. and would like to refer to some of the photos while owrking .. for the study of light…
would you permit me?
thankful
asha
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I have gone through your blog. It is really interesting to see some really wonderful photographs.
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Hi Joshi! I just wanted to say your photographs are wonderful! I am a photographer, although, not as pro as you :) Check out some of my stuff if you have time http://www.ashleydalephotography.com – i’d like your feedback on some of the people I’ve been photographing so far from my stay here in Rwanda – African people are amazing, but especially Rwandans – it seems that they ALL have a story to tell, one that has deep, deep emotion (maybe because of the recent history of the country, maybe not – I am still trying to figure that out).
Never stop shooting – your work is amazing.
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Your blog is very impressive! Love visiting :-)
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Joshi,
Thanks for reading and looking through my Rwanda blog! The photos on there are really just to go with whatever I’m talking about – my MUCH better photography is on my photography website, which i previously left the link for so I won’t again :)
Thanks for your support!
Ashley
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Hi Joshi,
You know i really feel pleasant on your blog and love your photography. I find your blog through indiblogger, and thanks to this great directory that they help me to know about a great photographer. All your portraits look live and amazing.
And the amazing facts is you are one of the most active indiblogger member . None of my indivine post has completed without your vote. So thanks for such a lovely photography blog.
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Hi Joshi, thanks for dropping by my blog, and for the like. Your photos are wonderful!
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Amazing work. I look forward to seeing more.
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Amazing photos!!
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I have been following your Photoblog for a long time. I am inspired by your Photographs. I would like to work under you. Can you please send me your mail id. I will send my Photographs to you. Looking forward to your reply.
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Hi there! Thank you very much for liking my blog!!! Just let you know that I’m also into photography but unfortunately i’m not as professional as you are lol! I liked your works very much and hoped that maybe next time we can corporate to work out something together! Keep on with the good works!
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I would like to invite you to Kerala Travel Mart 2014 coming up in Kerala Travel Mart 2014 coming up in
September 18,19 and 20th in Kochi,Kerala,India.This is a mega biennial event showcasing Kerala to the rest of the world.Kindly let me have your mail id to give you all the information about KTM. Plese visit the site: http://www.keralatravelmart.org
Thank You,
Asha Bonney
KTM PR-Media co-ordinator
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beautiful portraits and work!!!
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Its sooo amaizing, a unique kind of Art, bound by creativity!!!
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Hi Josh, it is an absolute delight to visit your blog and as is rightly said A Picture worth a thousand words.
On behalf of Suryagarh, Jaisalmer,I would like to invite to you to stay with us at Suryagarh. With this tour, we wish to showcase the unseen Jaisalmer to you bringing together some unforgettable experiences that are singularly unique to Suryagarh.
Request you to contact me as early as possible and I would share further details with you.
Regards
Radhika
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URGENT: Please help us out with your contact detail… need to talk to you regards to a very important project.. Need to close the same by today itself.. plz revert asap
Regards
Govind Mahadevan
Bloggers Outreach Programme Head
+91-8447027399
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