Festival Of Love

Festival Of Love: 

A photographers affair with the colours 

In Hinduism, Mathura is the birthplace and homeland of the Hindu God Krishna. The city is also one of seven sacred cities in India. Because of its importance, Mathura is also the best place to see and celebrate the colourful Holi Festival in a most traditional way. This religious city is full of history and amazing culture.

Holi is a Hindu festival that is celebrated each year at the beginning of Spring, mostly in March, and signifies love and the victory of good over evil. Although the dates each year change, the celebrations typically begin a few weeks before the actual date.

As a result of the magnitude of the event, it happens across three different villages over three days. A visit on any one of the three days is sufficient to experience this event, but many adventurous souls come for the full experience by participating in all three locations.

In the story, Lord Krishna and his friends went to Barsana, a village nearby that is believed to have the only temple in India dedicated to Radha - Krishna"s lover and companion - to play Holi and trouble the women. There, among all the merriment and gaiety, the women chase them out with sticks.

To defend their village, the men of Barsana travel to Nandgaon to play Holi and face a similar fate, wherein this time the women of Nandgaon "beat" the young men of Barsana with sticks. On the third day, residents of both villages head over to Vrindavan to play Phoolon ki Holi (Holi of Flowers), bringing this three-day festival to a close.

For centuries, this event has attracted photographers and keen viewers from across the world because of its uniqueness, drama, history, and a burst of colour. 

The struggle is real, this photograph shows the complete hard work and dedication of a photographer to get a beautiful shot irrespective of the situations they face like the dust in the sensors, dust in the eyes, the crowd push, water on the camera etc. This photograph is dedicated to every photographer who is documenting Indian Culture irrespective of situations. 

This particular photograph was captured during Lathmar Holi ( Beating with sticks ) in Nandagaon. 

Artist: Arun Kumar Nalimela 

Medium: Photography

Edition: 15

Location: Nandgaon, India

Shot in the year - March 2022


ABOUT THE ARTIST: Arun Kumar Nalimela, is a passionate Travel Photographer from India. His photographs have been published by National Geographic India, Apple, Sony Alpha and BBC Earth. In addition, his photographs were published in many News Paper and Magazines. He also got interviewed for a Yuva program as part of Inspiration to youth on one of the high-rated News channels, ETV in Telangana.

This picture was captured in Nandgaon, India and was shot on Sony Alpha 7Riii with a 35mm lens.

License: As long as the creator is credited, the primary NFT holder can use the NFT in advertising, to display privately and in groups, and to create virtual galleries, documentaries, and essays. Commercial merchandise, commercial distribution, or derivative works are not permitted. Ownership of the intellectual property remains with the creator.

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Festival Of Love: 

A photographers affair with the colours 

In Hinduism, Mathura is the birthplace and homeland of the Hindu God Krishna. The city is also one of seven sacred cities in India. Because of its importance, Mathura is also the best place to see and celebrate the colourful Holi Festival in a most traditional way. This religious city is full of history and amazing culture.

Holi is a Hindu festival that is celebrated each year at the beginning of Spring, mostly in March, and signifies love and the victory of good over evil. Although the dates each year change, the celebrations typically begin a few weeks before the actual date.

As a result of the magnitude of the event, it happens across three different villages over three days. A visit on any one of the three days is sufficient to experience this event, but many adventurous souls come for the full experience by participating in all three locations.

In the story, Lord Krishna and his friends went to Barsana, a village nearby that is believed to have the only temple in India dedicated to Radha - Krishna's lover and companion - to play Holi and trouble the women. There, among all the merriment and gaiety, the women chase them out with sticks.

To defend their village, the men of Barsana travel to Nandgaon to play Holi and face a similar fate, wherein this time the women of Nandgaon "beat" the young men of Barsana with sticks. On the third day, residents of both villages head over to Vrindavan to play Phoolon ki Holi (Holi of Flowers), bringing this three-day festival to a close.

For centuries, this event has attracted photographers and keen viewers from across the world because of its uniqueness, drama, history, and a burst of colour. 

The struggle is real, this photograph shows the complete hard work and dedication of a photographer to get a beautiful shot irrespective of the situations they face like the dust in the sensors, dust in the eyes, the crowd push, water on the camera etc. This photograph is dedicated to every photographer who is documenting Indian Culture irrespective of situations. 

This particular photograph was captured during Lathmar Holi ( Beating with sticks ) in Nandagaon. 

Artist: Arun Kumar Nalimela 

Medium: Photography

Edition: 15

Location: Nandgaon, India

Shot in the year - March 2022


ABOUT THE ARTIST: Arun Kumar Nalimela, is a passionate Travel Photographer from India. His photographs have been published by National Geographic India, Apple, Sony Alpha and BBC Earth. In addition, his photographs were published in many News Paper and Magazines. He also got interviewed for a Yuva program as part of Inspiration to youth on one of the high-rated News channels, ETV in Telangana.

This picture was captured in Nandgaon, India and was shot on Sony Alpha 7Riii with a 35mm lens.

License: As long as the creator is credited, the primary NFT holder can use the NFT in advertising, to display privately and in groups, and to create virtual galleries, documentaries, and essays. Commercial merchandise, commercial distribution, or derivative works are not permitted. Ownership of the intellectual property remains with the creator.

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NABU FACES

REVAEAL ON 3RD NOVEMBER 

THE NABU ERA WILL BEGIN...


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Grass is always greener on the other side.
Our desires have no limits. 
We often oversee what we have, and obsess with what others have. 
Leaving us alone with our unsatisfied lives. 

True, however, not the complete truth.
Life is not simple. It is a quest. 

We will not know what is the right path until we make mistakes. 
We will not know what we want until we taste difference forms of life. 
We will not find the answers until we take that risk to see what is on the other side. 

Life makes no sense and it is beautiful. 


Artist: Syed Kafeel Gillani


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Kulasai

Devotee dressed liked Hindu Goddess Kali is offering Camphor to the deity by burning it on tongue.  
Camphor Magnifies Positive Energy  
So, when you burn camphor, the fumes possess the power that redefines your surroundings by releasing healing energies. These healing energies uproot any negative energies present in your surroundings and bring in more positivity.According to local beliefs, burning camphor is a divine reminder to god that has a lot of symbolic value. In Hinduism, the burning of camphor is symbolic of human life.

ABOUT THE ARTIST: Arun Kumar Nalimela, is a passionate Travel Photographer from India. His photographs have been published by National Geographic India, Apple, Sony Alpha and BBC Earth. In addition, his photographs were published in many News Paper and Magazines. He also got interviewed for a Yuva program as part of Inspiration to youth on one of the high-rated News channels, ETV in Telangana.

This picture was captured in Kulasai, India and was shot on Sony Alpha 7Riii with a 35mm lens.

License: As long as the creator is credited, the primary NFT holder can use the NFT in advertising, to display privately and in groups, and to create virtual galleries, documentaries, and essays. Commercial merchandise, commercial distribution, or derivative works are not permitted. Ownership of the intellectual property remains with the creator.

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Medium: AI generated / Digital Edit

Size: 2106 x 2106

Format: PNG

Artist: Alex "AnG3L" Ftoulis

Date: September 2022

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Artist: Paschalis Serafeim

Medium: Photography

Edition: 1/1

Collection: STREETirana

 Specifications- 4998 x 3328

Composed in - 2022

About the piece:

Just close your eyes, let the light draw your face and enjoy the silence. Delete the bad thoughts and reset. 

License: Primary NFT holder is free to use in advertising, display privately and in groups, including virtual galleries, documentaries and essays by holder of the NFT, as long as creator is credited. Provides no rights to create commercial merchandise, commercial distribution, or derivative works. Copyright remains with creator.

#9 Meditation

THAT NIGHT

It was June 1989. It was the night you were gone, the night that the melody from your Saxophone was louder in our ears. The night you left us, but the sound of your music will always be alive in our hearts and ears. They were the most beautiful nights of our lives. Hearing you playing for us, only for us, just for pleasure, just because you always loved it. 

Let"s rewind the time. Every Summer on holidays, spent 4 weeks in the village, where my Grandparents lived. Every single summer for more than 15 years. My uncle, Cousin of my father, lived in France, and the family always gathered together first in the village. All Kids of the neighborhood waited desperately for him to touch and see his amazing saxophone. But mostly to hear these god-made melodies. We all waited the whole day for the night to come so we could hear his music gathered all together on the fields under the stars. It was magical. Every single night. 

After so many years I was asked by a friend to take some shots of the Saxophone of her father, who died many years ago, because she wanted to print it and hang it on the wall. The first time I opened the case with the dark red color coating, it brought tears to my eyes. The smell, the buttons, the body of the saxophone, and the case, were all so similar to one of my uncles. It was for me such a heavy duty to take on that challenge of capturing this amazing instrument. But I did it, overwhelmed myself, brought the best memories out of it, and did my work. 

The night after the shooting, we were working together in the hospital.  Another friend who loves music and photography was there too. We were sitting outside, talking, and then my eyes stuck to a corner with great light shining on the stone wall and I had this spontaneous idea to make a shot there, as a dedication to street musicians. We had the saxophone, I had my camera. I asked Ren if he would model for that shot and he immediately agreed. So this is how this shot came out, reminding us how amazing musicians, but especially street musicians are. 

Artist: Paschalis Serafeim

Model: Ren Engels

Captured on 31.07.2022 in Remscheid, Germany

Fujifilm X-T4 with Fujinon 35mm 1.4R

ISO 60, F1.4, 1/125sec using a flash at 1/64