Photo Country - Inspiring Stories of Photographers Around the World

Hello beautiful people! Welcome to Photo Country and I am your host Rajeev. This is Episode 36 and I have a very special guest for you. He is none other than Kavi Arasu, an old mate of mine from Madurai, my hometown.  He is a story teller and using stories he helps organizations become better at what they do. Both of us pretty much grew up together right from school and I don’t think both of us im...

Photo Country Episode 35: Exploration of Photography with Sanjeev Hirudayaraj In this episode of 'Photo Country,' host Rajeev discusses the photographic journey with photographer Sanjeev Hirudayaraj. Originally from Madurai, Sanjeev is currently in New York state but works and resides mainly in London. He expresses his fondness for capturing events, festivals, wildlife, and people from around the...

Hello, beautiful people. It's great to be back with the new season for a brand new year 2023. Welcome to photo country. And I'm your host Rajeev. I brought in the new year at an iconic, and historic location in Tamil, Nadu. My home state in India. It was at Gangaikonda Cholapuram, the temple built by King Rajendra Chola, The First, to commemorate his conquest of the river Ganges. It is here that I...

Hello, beautiful people. Welcome to episode 33 of photo country with Rajeev. This is usually the podcast, where I chat with photographers from around the world. And then occasionally I do talk to artists who straddle different mediums. One such artist is Manuela Mendonca Gomes. She is an artist from Goa India. I met her when I was working there. Her work is full of nature. It's very reflective of...

You're looking at something within, within a box, and what you see is what you get, right? So if you want to be thinking differently, then look within that lens and see how you can see something different that nobody else has seen. That is the only thing. Otherwise, there's nothing else. It's all about kindness. It's all about love for the world which gives you happiness. -Ravi Solo Hello, beautif...

Before I start my day, I go around taking photographs and then again I have a favorite cafe there called Mirror by the river. A river. And I sit there, start editing the photographs I took in the morning by Sun Rice. Now I find using the Lightroom to edit them is very therapeutic. I'm editing, I'm also preparing my day, I'm thinking about the things that I want to do and so on. So I find taking ph...

Hello, beautiful people! Welcome back to photo country with Rajeev.  You're listening to episode number 30.  It's been a while since the last episode. My last episode was in September. I took a month’s break to catch up on a few things. I've been hard at work, refreshing my website. Now both my photography folio and my workshops all have one common home. So do visit www.photocountry.co Get on my e...

Hello Beautiful People! Welcome to Episode 29 of Photo Country. And I am your host Rajeev. This is a very special edition of Photo Country. For the first time in I am talking to an art historian and author about another photographer. This episode is about the iconic photographer Ansel Adams and his early work. I had the privilege of talking to Dr. Rebecca Senf, the author of the book - Making a Ph...

Hello beautiful people, Welcome to episode number 28 of Photo Country with Rajeev. As photographers, we have all heard of the zone system but I have always wondered how to implement it in the digital age. As I was researching this subject, I stumbled on a video by a photographer called Gary Ray Rush. Gary is based out of Toronto, Canada. He is not only an accomplished portrait and commercial photo...

Hello, beautiful people. Welcome back to photo country with Rajeev. I took a bit of a break for this set of new episodes. I have a great new group of photographers, curators, and artists that I will be talking to over the course of the next few weeks. And I can't wait to share those conversations with you. The first amongst this new set of artists that I spoke to is Ivo Ivanov. A commercial a...

Hello beautiful people. How's it going? This is your host Rajeev with episode 26 of photo country. What a journey it has been. I have met so many wonderful artists who have been so generous with their time, sharing their journey with me. I feel truly honoured to bring their story to you. For this episode, I met with a French photographer, Valentine De Villemeur based in Dublin, Ireland. Valentine...

Hello, beautiful people. This is Rajeev and welcome to episode number 25. It's been a hectic few weeks with work and school. So I took a bit of a break between episodes. Anyways, we're finally here and I'm stoked to bring you this conversation with one of my favorite artists, Matt Herring. He's a mixed media artist based out of London. His work is a mix of photography, illustration painting, gold...

Hello, beautiful people. It's great to be back once again on photo country. This episode has taken forever to complete. Things got really busy at work and going back to school means far less time for editing this episode. But here we are. And I can't wait to share this conversation with you. I met with Parag Gopale. A photographer who travels between Mumbai and Paris. He's the founder of The Momen...

Hello, beautiful people. I am back with episode 23 of photo country. What a journey it has been so far. I never thought I would reach this many number of episodes and meet so many wonderful artists from around the world. For this episode, I had the pleasure of talking to Kunal Kumar, a landscape and action photographer based in Auckland. He's also a long distance trail runner, and combines his pas...

Hello, beautiful people. Welcome back to photo country with Rajiv. So photography. Podcast for photographers, where we talked to image makers and artists every week, trying to pick their brains on why they do what they do. I'm really interested in how they approach their craft. So for this episode, I had the privilege of talking to Alisha Lovrich, one of the few women photographers who specialize...

Hello, beautiful people. This is episode number 21, of photo country. And I have a very special guest for you. Tor Eigeland. A veteran photojournalist whose work has been published, on the Life magazine, National Geographic, Aramco, and many other international publications. He was there in Havana when Castro made his victory speech after winning the revolution. He has traveled with the Bedouins o...

So, after a break, I am back with Ep. 20 and the first episode for 2022. I had great fun talking to Annupam Singh, an editorial, fashion and portrait photographer from Auckland, NZ. Interestingly, he is from one of my favourite cities, Goa, India. His images are classic and timeless - a style that echoes the inspiration of the masters like Peter Lindbergh and Steve McCurry. You can see his work on...

Hello, beautiful people. I had taken a bit of a break and now I'm back with the last episode for the, year. Thanks for supporting this podcast for the past year. I appreciate all those who have tuned into this podcast. You guys really keep me going. And this episode, I had a chat with Matt Evans - a film and solar can photographer from Wellington, New Zealand. Solar can photography is a very exper...

In this episode, I caught up with a good friend of mine from back home, Devang Singh Thukral. He's one guy who wears many hats photographer, filmmaker, director. Creative entrepreneur. I like to call them a photo preneur. If there's ever a word like that, I just invented it! An ex-marketing professional from Dell, he followed his passion for photography and co-founded Studio Fry ( www.studiofry.co...

On this episode of The Photography Podcast, I sit down with Auckland-based photographer Tom Williamson, who captures gritty, in-your-face images inspired by legends like Irving Penn and Juergen Teller. We discuss Tom's unique, NSFW style that goes against stereotypes and can be a bit abrasive and controversial. As Tom puts it: "I don't like upsetting people. It's not like that, but you know, it's...

In episode 16 of The Photography Podcast, I have a fascinating conversation with Christchurch-based visual artist Paul Petch. As Paul describes, "Being outside amongst nature is my biggest inspiration. I’m an analogue photographer/visual artist motivated by societal influences, our interactions with digital technologies, and the environment. My work is bipolar in nature exploring both negative and...

For this episode, I caught up with Auckland-based film photographer, Kieran Lowe. He is passionate about shooting portraits on his 4x5 large format camera. He has recently started a new Instagram feed - @the.redlight.district to showcase the process of taking photos on film and darkroom printing. He is old school with a love for classic watches, cars, and bikes! Kieran shares about his journey int...

Kalpesh Tailor - Storyteller | Photographer This is Rajeev and you're listening to photo country. This is the show where we talked to image makers who are making a difference here in New Zealand and around the world. That's one thing I love is talking about photography and to photographers. For this episode I met up with Kalpesh Tailor. An Auckland based graphic designer who loves telling stories...

Ep. 13 - Jess Wawatai In this episode, Rajeev interviews photographer Jess Wawatai, who specializes in capturing slice-of-life moments. They discuss Jess' journey in photography, from starting with a phone camera to transitioning to film photography. Jess also shares her love for documenting small towns and the impact of gentrification on communities. They delve into the importance of natural ligh...

Insights from Travel Photographer Susan Blick: An Interview with Rajeev on Photo Country In this episode, Rajiv interviews Susan Blick, a travel and landscape photographer originally from Australia and New Zealand but currently based in Istanbul, Turkey. She shares her experiences in the field pre and post onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, touching on challenges, transformations, and future perspect...