‘I wanted to show children playing under the open sky – and the joy of Sundays’: Monojit Dutta’s best phone picture
In a chance encounter, the photographer captured a beautiful moment of freedom and spontaneity On the early morning train from Kolkata, Monojit Dutta arranged for
In a chance encounter, the photographer captured a beautiful moment of freedom and spontaneity On the early morning train from Kolkata, Monojit Dutta arranged for a large bundle of balloons to be waiting for him when he arrived at the station at Canning, a town in West Bengal on the banks of the River Matla.
It was a Sunday. “I usually visit new places on Sundays to explore and take photographs, and, on this day, annual school exams had just
finished,” he says. “I came across lots of local children playing in a field, shared out the balloons and asked three of them to run
and jump. I didn’t guide their movements beyond that, and their energy and expressions are all natural.” Continue reading...
