Shashank Shekhar

India

Shashank Shekhar is a fashion and wedding photographer based in New Delhi India. His work has been described as Classic, romantic and clean. These are three qualities that make up a perfect image and Shashank nails it every time.

Born in Ayodhya he picked up his first camera at age 16. It was a Yashica fix focus reel camera. Bought with the money he saved from his pocket money, Shashank began photographing the beauty that surrounded him in his hometown of Ayodhya Village Uttar Pradesh, India. At present he is live in Noida. In graduation he began to take interest in the beautiful American, Indian and European Photography that he saw in fashion and travel magazines such as Vogue, lonely Planet, National geographic, Harper's Bazaar, Marie Claire and Femina.

He then began P.G. In still photography and visual communication from Jamia Millia Islamia in 2012. It was during that period, Shashank honed his technical skills in photography. What resonated with Shashank the most in the experience, was how he learned to direct and communicate with his subjects. A lesson that stayed resolute, with the result laying in the perfect expression or emotion shashank draws from a subject in his photographs. This dynamic combination of experience and connection reflects in all the images he creates today. Their friendship continues as they remain close friends. Each having the great fortune to have found their profound passions in their craft.