A little about Vikram, in his own words, from his website:

Have been a photographer for as long as I can remember. Though turned professional 13 years back. Photography campaigns for a broad range of products and brands from Jewelry to Cars to Airlines. Specialise in Fashion and People photography. Always try and bring an element of fashion to all my shoots. Of late celebrities and film stars seem to be in my kitty. Have worked with most magazines in India. At last count 300+ odd covers across different magazines.
Directed and shot a couple of short films.
“Yahaan Gandhi Bikta Nahin’, a short film on Gandhi in present dat has been part of a traveling exhibition to art galleries in the country.
Published a coffee table  quarterly ‘Twisted Heads’
The first photographer in India to do 3D Photography and something I call disappearing photography.
Have won approximately 7 international awards other than honorable mentions.
Just won an international award for my campaign for Skoda Automobile and another international award with acclaimed artists from our country.
Also mentioned amongst the top 5 most important people in the photography industry in India since the last 4 years.

Why are you a photographer?
This is a tough one.. My standard line to everyone generally has been that ‘ I was unemployed’ but on a serious note, I don’t think I have a reason… guess it’s in my blood. Mum and Dad were very good photographers, but casual photographers, nothing serious, though they had some beautiful images to their credit. Somewhere around 15, I discovered my love for photography, which, by the time I was 23 had become an obsession, to a point where I carried my camera to the loo and actually still sleep with it beside me, just in case I get an idea. And at 26 i got a chance to do it full time.. so here i am.

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Kaushik, is a Bombay based photographer, who has a decade’s experience in photography. He began his photography career as a writer/photographer and later branched out on his own. He now works with corporate clients and advertising agencies. His long cherished dream is however to explore photography as an Art form.
Why are you a photographer?
Photography is an opportunity to see things differently. To hold moments. I like to see things differently. My parents too had a big role to play in my choice of career.
My father, who maintained a  strict veneer thanks to a military mindset, had a sensitive side that he passed on to me. I remember once when I was very young and strolling with him in a garden, he pointed to a leaf high above and  said, “even leaves have eyes.” I took his word for it. I think it since then I have been observing things very differently.
My mother being a trained classical singer, I was  introduced to music rather subconsciously. Music being a regular thing in our household a sense of rhythm was infused into me.
Balance, rhythms, aesthetics, space, repetitions, flow, simplicity and an element of surprise are few of the very important senses in photography, like in life. How you amalgamate them, is what its all about. That’s why I am a photographer.

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Sharad Haksar is an award winning photographer and founder/CEO of 1pointsize, “a unique ad agency” in Chennai. 

Why are you a photographer?
What else can I be? I’ve been hanging around with a camera since god-knows-when. I guess the joy of capturing a moment in its most glorious form, is what drew me to photography. As I am evolving, I realize my driving force is no longer the quest for a pretty picture. It’s the thrill of sharing what I see with my creative eye. That’s what keeps me going.

Do you remember any decisive moment when you felt ‘I want to be a photographer’?
I wanted to be an architect. I was in the process of applying to colleges. One day, I just shared my work with photographer Iqbal Mohamed. He just asked me to give up my college plans and join him. That was the most decisive moment.

Were there any particular role models for you when you grew up?
My role models keep varying with time. In my formative years, it was the venerable names in photography – the likes of Ansell Adams and Raghu Rai. After 20 years of shooting, I’d say, I don’t have one role model now. I feel there’s a lot to learn from so many talented people in photography, advertising and design.

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On herself: Confused. Curious. Daydreamer. Independent. Pigheaded. Love the smell of rain on mud. Love that my work lets me travel. Love my solitude and my sleep. Constantly amazed by the stuff life throws at me. Still find my happiness in the little things. Optimist. Over-sensitive. Love that I can laugh at myself (most times). Stupidity and incompetency irritate me. Love trying out new things. Like where I am at right now in life.

Why are you a photographer?
I love visuals. They speak to me a lot more than words. The colors, lines, splotches, and figures- I can look at a visual and always feel differently about it each time to interpret it in different ways…
Using photography to find my voice makes me happy and I can’t remember when I am more at peace as I am with a camera in my hand.

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