Location: Singapore
Ranjan Ramchandani (Olympus Visionary & Brand Ambassador) is a Singapore based published photographer focusing on travel and wildlife. He calls himself a life long student of photography who does not like being categorised in any one genre. Ranjan has recently accepted the position of Asia/Africa Editor for the recently launched magazine in the United States - The Wild Lens.
He has honed his skills through photography expeditions around the globe including major wildlife destinations. He is also a graduate from the New York Institute of Photography.
To Ranjan photography is an art - A true medium of self-expression. After his visits to Ladakh in India he was inspired to do his first coffee table book, “Swades: Ladakh: The Land of Splendour in September 2010.
Ranjan has thereafter been covered and published in various media in India and the US - Sanctuary Asia, Green Leaf, BanyoPran, Outdoor Photographer and recently The Wild Lens.
He’s got recognition and awards at competitions from MIFA (Moscow International Foto Awards), PX3 (Paris), IPA (International photography Awards), OneEyeland awards, World Photo Gala Association, The Charles Dodgson Award and the Pollux Awards etc.
Ranjan’s works have been shown by private galleries in India and Singapore; And was curetted for the 3rd Biennial of fine art and documentary photography at Malaga, Spain in 2014, the 4th Biennial of fine art and documentary photography at Berlin, Germany in 2016 and the 5th one which was held in Barcelona, Spain in 2018. His next exhibition would be at Barcenola in October 2019 where he has been curetted as a part of a groups show along with photographers from around the globe.
These images are a part of a series I am presently photographing in Asia. While on my travels I have decided to start a collection of images where I can paint with light on a canvas or metal. COVID has brought a pause to my project, but am hoping to continue with it soon.
Children playing at a waterfall in a river on the resort Island of Bali in Indonesia
This image was captured on the Island of Jawa in Indonesia where they hold the Pacu Jawi (Bull Race). This is actually not a race but a way for the owners to show off their cattle which is up for auction. The event draws allot of local crowns and is pure raw energy.
I made this frame of the Basket fisherman of Myanmar at Inlay lake where some people still follow the century old tradition of fishing by trapping fish in these baskets you see on the boat.
A girl of the Kayan tribe (Long necked women) weaving scarves for sale to visitors of inlay. It is said that elongating their necks is a mark of beauty and has been passed down by generations.
The blue boy was made in the township of Pushkar, Rajasthan, India on one of my visits during the traditional fair where people from all over come to trade their camels and horses. ON one special day they have a procession through the narrow streets of the town where I found this boy who was dressed up as a deity and collecting alms.
“Circle of life”
“The bull race”
“The basket fisherman”
“The traditional weaver”
“The blue boy”
