Holi Colors by Poras Chaudhary
May 8, 2009
Images captured at a Holi. Holi, also called the Festival of Colors, is a popular Hindu spring festival observed in India, Nepal,Bangladesh, and countries with large Hindu diaspora such as Suriname, Guyana, South Africa, Trinidad, the UK, Mauritius and Fiji. (wiki)
Born in a small city of Northern India, Poras Chaudhary is a freelance photojournalist and a documentary photographer. Ever since he was a child, Poras has been intrigued by the visual moments, but his passion for photography began in 2005 when he started looking for a good camera and came across the work of Magnum photograhers which inspired him to take on photography. Poras is a completely self-taught photographer. He is best know for his color work and unique compositions.
Having started photography in only mid-2005, He won a number of awards including the Digital Camera Magazine’s ‘Photographer of the Year’ award in 2006, National Geographic Traveler’s photo contest Merit Award winner in 2008 as well as being a Runner Up in ‘Epson Color Imaging Contest 2008′. (text from his website)
http://www.poraschaudhary.com/
Now, I live you with some Holi happiness so yo can colorfully hit the floor.
Song-Aaj na chhodenge (Kati Patang 1970) Singer-Kishore Kumar, Lata, Lyrics-Anand Bakshi, MD-R D Burman. This song was easily the most popular Holi song for the earlier years of 1970.
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