Photographer of the Year
Contest - 1 Contest - 2 Contest - 3 Final
Photographer of the year Contest 2025 - Contest - 3
Raju Ponaganti ( Rank : 1 )
This photo series portrays one of nature’s most beautiful transformations—the journey from caterpillar to butterfly. Silent struggle, gradual growth, and the final emergence into light and freedom form the core essence of these images.
The Beginning
The Stages of Life
Emergence
The Moment Life takes Flight
The First Flight Begins
Photographer of the year Contest 2025 - Contest - 3
Happy Mukherjee ( Rank : 2 )
Where children breathe smoke instead of dreams - Born into fire, childhood in the slums of burning city Jharia coal mines begins amid smoke and smouldering earth. Tiny hands learn survival before play, eyes reflect resilience forged by heat, hunger, and hazard—where innocence grows surrounded by burning seams, poverty, and an unending struggle to breathe, dream, and endure.
Childhood forged in Fire and Smoke
A Cry lost in the Smoke
When Playgrounds turn to Ash
A Gentle hold amid the Flames
A Generation Shaped by Coal and Smoke
Photographer of the year Contest 2025 - Contest - 3
Manasi Deb Sarkar ( Rank : 3 )
Charak festival is a story of human faith, suffering and endurance. This centuries-old ritual bears silent testimony to the underlying emotions, psychological conflicts, and unseen feelings hidden in the throngs of social festivities. My photographic exploration had tried to portray the feelings, pain and devotion across the participating devotes.
Pigeon offering in a pit for the Charak Tree
Placing the Charak Tree into the Pit
Hook Piercing
The Charak Ascetic is being Suspended
Spirit of Charak Festival