It's easy to make a 'good' picture of something. It's harder to do it twice. Or thrice. Or say, fifty times. That's what any photographer who wants to pursue the art as a profession has to come to realize. A collective of images, a tight woven net of photographs, is one that takes on meaning. It tells a story, it has weight, it becomes a narrative. Pursuing a story, phenomenon or thesis is by no means an easy undertaking. It involves constantly expanding your horizons, broadening your views and chasing your images one after the other ; then editing it into something meaningful, all the while dealing with bouts of failure, (which is very much a part of the process).

The things closest to you (almost) always churn out your best work. I don't mean that in physical terms. I mean it in the emotional sense. Something you care about will create work that you care about.

I started documenting the rustic taxis of Bombay and ended up doing so for three months. They will soon dis...