Found Footage
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Photographer
Nyay Bhushan
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Biography
A self-taught photographer and film-maker, I have always strived to celebrate both the moving and the still image in my visual expressions.
My film-making activities have included four short films (and some commissioned films) made for Filmaka.com.
My photography has featured in promotional material for the Swiss Arts Council's India office.
Since 2010, I have won over 30 honors at the International Photography Awards (IPA), the Prix de la Photographie Paris Awards (PX3) and the Photography Masters Cup.
www.nyaybhushan.com
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Awards
I See You
Fine Art-Other_FA
Non-Professional IPA 2010
Tangled
Special-Moving Images
Professional IPA 2011
The Unmoving Center
Special-Moving Images
Professional IPA 2011
The Unmoving Center
Fine Art-Abstract
Professional IPA 2011
The Unmoving Center
Fine Art-Abstract
Professional IPA 2011
The Unmoving Center
Fine Art-Other_FA
Professional IPA 2011
T3 to the Future
Special-Moving Images
Professional IPA 2011
T3 to the Future
Architecture-Interiors
Professional IPA 2011
Anil Kapoor
Editorial-Personality
Professional IPA 2012
Toons to the Future
Editorial-Other_ED
Professional IPA 2012
Toons to the Future
People-Other_P
Professional IPA 2012
F1 to the Future
Editorial-Other_ED
Professional IPA 2012
F1 to the Future
Deeper Perspective-Deeper Perspective
Professional IPA 2012
Lady Gaga's Delhi Durbar
Fine Art-Portrait
Professional IPA 2012
Tripping the Light Fantastic
Fine Art-Abstract
Professional IPA 2012
...Because They Take Themselves Lightly
Fine Art-Other_FA
Professional IPA 2013
E-2 the Future
Deeper Perspective-Deeper Perspective
Professional IPA 2013
Ethereal
Special-Other_S
Professional IPA 2014
Found Footage
Deeper Perspective-Deeper Perspective
Professional IPA 2014
Story The magic of cinema is fading.... literally. In existence for over a century since the first moving images mesmerized the world, the film format is now being replaced with digital systems – both for shooting and projection. The digital revolution has also swept India where cinemas are fast replacing 35mm projection with digital systems. As a result, film labs are shutting down in the face of harsh financial realities. 2014 is considered the year when 35mm film prints and projection systems will most likely disappear completely across the world, save for some antiquarian appeal for the medium.
I set out to document the last days of 35mm film in a country which is home to the biggest film industry in the world (in terms of volume). My journey took me to projection rooms and derelict cinemas while in Old Delhi's Chandni Chowk film distributors district, the manual transportation of prints (in decaying film cans) to old cinemas still running 35mm projectors offered a historic closure to a fading legacy: not the first time the ancient alleys of Old Delhi have witnessed the end of an era, from the Mughal Empire to British colonialism.
Film reels being shredded to scrap, rusty film cans, unspooled footage lying in a dusty heap, the flickering light of a projector as it runs its final round: these are images of a transition in time. The spool of life at 24 frames per second.
