People - Professional

Delhi

Girish Menon
India

Nominee

"Delhi"
It was cold and had started to drizzle but I'm glad that I managed to photograph these kids playing cricket before the rains got steadier. This was at the Mehrauli Archaeological Park in Delhi. My primary purpose of visiting the park was to look at an ancient step well. The park houses one hundred odd monuments of historical significance.

Biography: Girish Menon has been an editorial fine art photographer since 2002. A solo-backpacking trip from Mumbai across the Southern tip of India way back in 2003, turned life around for Menon. Having set off with a camera and 30 rolls of film, this I.T. programmer discovered a world he didn�t know existed; an organic world � simple, pristine and beautiful. As an explorer, Menon �saw strange places and met stranger people�. Life was never the same again. Formal training in photography immediately followed. The young lens man travelled through Maharashtra, publishing numerous photo essays...

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