Ankush Jain Photographs
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Photographs by

Ankush Jain

A small collection of moments — fields, faces, mountains, light. From Punjab and wherever the road leads next.

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Shepherd watering his dye-marked flock at a village pond near DorahaNihang rider standing astride two galloping horses at Kila Raipur Rural GamesGujjar dera with resting buffaloes beside the Satluj at Khaira Bet, misty morningSevadar in saffron turban watching dawn break over Harmandir SahibTaj Mahal framed by the great gateway arch on a March sunriseKite in flight at dusk over the stony banks of the Satluj near LudhianaWorker stirring a steaming cauldron of milk for a street sweet in a Varanasi alleyWoman beside a wood fire at dusk at a Gujjar camp, Mahaveer Enclave, BarewalPainted stork fishing at the water’s edge beside a basking marsh crocodile, RanthamboreTiger padding down a paved jungle road past a bilingual “Do not get down from the vehicle” warning sign, RanthamboreThe Spiti river snaking through the valley near KazaKey Monastery clinging to its hilltop above the valley roadStakna monastery silhouetted on its mound at sunset, the Indus winding pastSheep herd traced in long zigzag lines across a barren Changthang slope near Tso Moriri, shepherd at the centrePandit holding a tiered diya lamp at the Ganga aarti, Dashashwamedh GhatSelective colour: a red boat on the Ganga as seagulls swirl around it, ghats receding in monochrome behindLong-exposure of the Ottawa skyline across the river, Parliament and the Peace Tower under streaked cloudsThe Mill cottage and stone bridge at Hobbiton, thatched roof and waterwheel mirrored in the pondFamily sledging down a snowy slope at Coronet Peak near QueenstownUpside-down puddle reflection of Wenceslas Square, the National Museum dome at the far endLone figure with a red umbrella in Old Town Square, the Old Town Hall tower rising under a grey skyLucerne’s Chapel Bridge at blue hour — the covered wooden walkway and octagonal water tower lit against an overcast sky, the Jesuit Church glowing across the ReussWorkers in orange suits roped onto a rocky outcrop near the Jungfraujoch summit, the wind-sculpted snow slope falling away to the right

The Work

By category

Each section is a slow build — I add photographs as I find them worth showing.

Taj Mahal framed by the great gateway arch on a March sunrise

Golden Hour

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Light at the edges of the day.

Sevadar in saffron turban watching dawn break over Harmandir Sahib

Golden Temple

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Light, water, and devotion at Sri Harmandir Sahib, Amritsar.

Shepherd watering his dye-marked flock at a village pond near Doraha

Rural Punjab

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Fields, faces, and quiet rhythms from the villages of my home state.

Worker stirring a steaming cauldron of milk for a street sweet in a Varanasi alley

Street

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Moments found in passing, on streets I had no business being on.

The Spiti river snaking through the valley near Kaza

Travel

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Places I went, framed through what I noticed there.

Painted stork fishing at the water’s edge beside a basking marsh crocodile, Ranthambore

Wildlife

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Patience, distance, and luck.

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