Manuel Focus

Solitude is a valuable practice. “Alone time” with God can allow God to examine us. It can be a time of knowing God more deeply, a time of strengthening, a time of refreshment, a time of sharing our deepest concerns with God, and a time of simply being with the One who formed us and loves us beyond our understanding.

Wrapping up 2023 with another valuable recognition from the Tokyo International Photo Awards .

P O R T R A I T S

The Old Gateway | Hyderabad, India.
10 years ago when I shot this at the Charminar with my humble workhorse the . This was one my first images that went global and was featured by and curated at an exhibition by gallery.

Everything is in motion. Everything flows.

RIPON BUILDING | Chennai Central.

Shot on

MOORE MARKET PT. 3 | An evening in Chennai. Shot on

MOORE MARKET PT. 2 | Chennai

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MOORE MARKET, Chennai. Photo walk with .saravanan. Shot on

📍Lusaka, Zambia

Honoured to receive this award for my portrait series from Lusaka, Zambia, shot for . Thank you for this recognition.

Excited to announce a win 🏅 at the Black Box Gallery’s juried competition on Composition. The winning photo was featured in the gallery during January and is available for sale. If you are interested to purchase you can check out their digital catalog (www.blackboxgallery.com) or visit their gallery in Portland, Oregon.

“Composition” is how a photographer arranges the visual elements within the frame. This photo was taken on top of the Charminar in Hyderabad overlooking the old bazaar and traffic.

Scenes from the FIFA World Cup 2022.

If you've got a thing for the old world, then this is your place. The Umaid Bhavan Palace will have you feeling like a time traveler.

There's so many different worlds
So many different suns
And we have just one world
But we live in different ones

Walking the streets of San José with

Walking around Costa Rica’s capital San Jose you’ll notice many people wear western clothes similar to you or me. In one of the inner city areas that I was working in, we had this wonderful opportunity to see young kids dressed up in their cultural clothes and danced to their traditional songs as part of an educational show for the community.

Costa Rican traditional clothing is full of both beauty and meaning. They reflect the country’s Spanish roots, economic history, and passion for fun and dancing.

Text: www.costarica.org

Choose Joy. In every circumstance. It is an attitude that I am constantly investing in. This is not an easy choice to make but definitely a healthy habit to pursue.

This is one of my favourite photos and I have it printed on my office wall. I took this photo in Zimbabwe, somewhere in the rural district of Zambezi. A group of women, inspite of their poverty, grief, sickness, sadness, anger & hunger choose to celebrate a win by their local all-women sports team. The joy that I could sense in this lady’s face, along with her children dancing around, is an image that is etched in my mind forever. I’m glad I was able to witness this moment and capture it.

Give thanks for every moment. It's a choice you make.

The immediate danger of the pandemic may have passed, but experts say the emotional toll could linger for a long time. Pay more attention to your mental health if you haven’t before. There are many resources available now and all you have to do is reach out.

This photo was taken last year when I was at a medical clinic in Zambia that helped women and young mothers get vaccinations and other medical help.

“Some people walk on the rain, others just get wet.” - Roger Miller

The Simple Life.

Happy Mother’s Day ❤️ Saluting the amazing and strong mothers around the world! We cannot thank you enough for everything that you do 🤗🙌 ———
@ Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother’s Day ❤️

Saluting the amazing and strong mothers around the world! We cannot thank you enough for everything that you do 🤗🙌

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@ Happy Mother's Day

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Women and children of Nenyunga village in the Zambezi province, celebrate after winning a women’s sports tournament held by a local NGO. They couldn’t hold back their joy as they paced up and down the field singing and dancing. It was such a fun celebration to be a part of and glad I was able to capture their joy! Zambezi is one of the poorest districts of Zimbabwe.
@ Zimbabwe

Light and Dark
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Dream Gate
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Recently I’ve been learning about Alternate Photography processes like and . It’s been an amazing experience to go back to photography roots. There is weird joy when you spend hours and hours of trying and re-trying to get the correct exposure for your images and then you finally get it right. Digital photography has made us saturated with the thousands of images we take so it was very fulfilling to just enjoy the magic of developing one picture at a time. An exhibiting of our prints is held in Chennai at the till March 17th. Please do come and check it out and support our work. In the process you may fall in love with vintage prints like the Van D***s or Cyanotypes 😊
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@ Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Chennai

Walking down the streets of San Salvador, I saw these two kids playing behind their iron gates. Love the lines and composition. For some reason, I have quite a few photos of children behind window/gate bars 🤷‍♂️
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One of the highlights of my visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art a few years back was this painting by Chuck Close. This photorealistic painting is entitled “Mark”.
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