Writings on PhotographyButterfly Effect & Connecting the dots24 Oct 2018Mahesh BhatWhen you have lived long enough, you can connect the dots. When you do so, the butterfly effect becomes apparent.…
Writings on PhotographyCelebrating the Extraordinary Grandeur of Smallness @ Serendipity Arts Festival, 2017 – Goa23 Dec 2017Mahesh BhatSometime in the beginning of this year Dinesh Khanna called me asking if I would work on the 3rd volume…
ThoughtsOn World Environment Day – June 5, 20175 Jun 2017Mahesh BhatI have been travelling between Bangalore and Mangalore for several decades now. The road passes through the Western Ghats, one…
StoriesThey built a barrage across river Krishna5 May 2016Mahesh BhatIt was 1988.. a year after I had moved to Bangalore. I wanted to shoot for India Today. Their office…
StoriesLakshmi25 Apr 2016Mahesh BhatThis is a story from three decades ago. I had just begun doing photography, in my hometown, Mangalore. My father…
Stories1992 : Reporting from Silicon Valley26 Feb 2016Mahesh BhatIt was 1992. I was going to the United States to attend a workshop by Hans Neleman at Santa Fe…
ThoughtsSpeaking of Conflicts17 Feb 2016Mahesh BhatNear Vakkarai, Sri Lanka, 2007- A Unicorn armoured vehicle that was escorting us. Kalashnikov has been one of the most…
Writings on PhotographyLIGHT13 Nov 2015Mahesh BhatLIGHT was a magazine that I had started in 1996. I was doing a lot of advertising photography then and…
StoriesThoughtsAjja’s House4 Oct 2015Mahesh BhatLast Monday on 28th of September, I was driving from Mangalore, the city of my birth to Bangalore, where I…
ThoughtsUs and Them8 Sep 2015Mahesh BhatOn 30th of August, a Sunday, I drove from Bangalore to Goa. The 600 Km drive was pleasant. The first…