In the exploration of seaside towns, there are always these moments of drift. They’re in-between moments—not quite part of the project, yet not entirely outside of it—natural pauses.
They occur at various times of day. Early in the morning, as I leave my hotel to walk towards the beach. When I take a break from the project to explore the surroundings. At lunch, over a coffee. Or during unexpected detours in my itinerary. These moments don’t fit the pace of classic street photography, but they feed the depth of my documentary photography work.
These are moments when I let go. When I surrender—physically and mentally—to the environment around me. My gaze shifts. I observe without searching for an image. I let myself be carried by the light, the colours, the compositions, the visual rhythms. The stillness. The emptiness. Everything and nothing at once. And gradually, that nothing gives way to a visual dialogue between photographs. This ordinary reality quietly reveals the environmental story of these seaside places.
These moments of silence, of stepping back and disconnecting, express through images a certain form of contemplation, of calm, and of complexity.
These intervals are essential. They allow me to recentre myself, to regain a sense of clarity before diving back into the core of the project. A suspended time—simple, almost invisible—but deeply rooted in my mindset and in the way I photograph.
Udupi, Karnataka, India
Kozhikode, Kerala, India
Colva, Goa, India
Colva, Goa, India
Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu, India
Murud Janjira, Maharashtra, India
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India