Featured here are some portraits and musings by Merin Paul, a former Content Manager based in Bangalore. She captured these scenes while travelling within the country- some photos evoked a chain of thoughts or an epiphany and some just spoke for themselves.
Merin also enjoys writing in her free time, when she is not capturing people with her camera.
From a Locus of Power
Describe ‘Alone’
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Kids Ain’t Kids Anymore
I know we’ve all thought about it. Our Instagram scrolls constantly remind us that the spell of innocence in a child is short-lived these days.
Remember the good old pictures with braces, clothes that didn’t make sense, and desperate attempts of parents to make us look presentable with makeup….ahh, the embarrassment.
Strolling the posh street of Tagore’s native, I ran into her. And like any wannabe photographer, I sneaked a click, but she saw me. Caught me, to be accurate because as soon as she did, she paced towards us and ‘told’ us to buy her balloons.
“I saw you taking my picture, and I want you to pay for it. Give me a hundred or buy my balloons.” Her wit was commendable. We asked her name. She went blue, her eyes became wild with fear, and she said – “Fast, they’re coming.”
I don’t know if it was another play, or if her eyes spoke the truth. But she was young; so young that at her age, I was busy mining boogers and dumb as a rock.
Speckle of Yellow
It’s never black and white, life has always been about the grey. Only that, some hold a darker shade of obscurity.
But once in a while, you come across that speckle of yellow in the twilight, and it’s like finding a needle in a haystack – you just have to look close enough. That spurt of pure high shoots up your dopamine through the roof, and it could be anything from a puppy video to being the reason for someone’s smile.
He stood there with a graceful smile and what I presume to be hope in his eyes for a better tomorrow. Now, even if it wasn’t, I think that’s the way to look at it because – “Hope is good.” Right?
The Eyes that Smile
The Green Lady of the Greens
The Gaze
Sharing the Load
Water Games
Lost in the Length of Time
Capture My Smile
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