“Amour de Grey” – an unconditional love with Grey's monotony.

Welcome to my winter collection - an ensemble of 7 moods, all set against the backdrop of grey.

Now, as you may know, Grey represents a somewhat negative sentiment, a mood that does not exactly expound happiness but monotony or gloom. But for me, “Amour de Grey” is a challenge because it withholds 7 different moods of grey and tries to break all those orthodoxies about this beautiful mid-tone.

“Amour de Grey” minutely tries to showcase the poetic meaning of winter - the struggles, the confusions, the cold, and the clouded diversions we often come across in reality. But winter is also cozy. Winter promises a new spring and likewise this collection hints at new beginnings - the daily struggle coming to an end with positive hopes.

Also, “Amour de Grey” is a case study of the rural life of the people of Northeast India - their daily chores and their efforts to advance each day. Even amidst their hardship, their brave endeavours are what inspired me to launch this collection. I want to share it worldwide to give this "view of life" a universal platform, for people to know about them, for people to share their enthusiasm.

Also, all the snaps are titled uniquely with mythological references to certain emotions that these pictures hold. I hope your journey through “Amour de Grey” removes the grey sorrows your heart holds and places a refreshing introspection instead.

Amour de Grey

Please don't confuse the title for the Vampire Diaries. But this fall is indeed mystic.

Tirthamukh - the headwater spot for the largest river of Tripura, Gomati. Basically it's an artificial fall. What you are seeing here is the overflowing water of a dam but as they say, sometimes the natural components create mysticism in a way that exceeds the boundaries of artificiality. Particularly for this shot let me tell you a backstory...

This place is an approx 3 hours drive from my home. And I had heard that the best view of the place is achieved with fog. So one fine winter night, I set my journey towards it. It was 2 am.. I would reach by 5.. And here's the twist... I have visited this place for the last 5 winters only to witness the fog just one time. And thus I feel this fog is more mysterious than others!

In this fog I found solace. I found an exceeding amount of closeness to my own soul. Sometimes we visit places on hype and I am not judging but true gratification comes when that hype turns to peace without us knowing and somehow Tirthamukh is one of such places in North East India. I believe that my birthplace has a lot to do with my love for photography, it's naturally blessed and thus let "The Mystic Falls" be a special page in my book of memoirs.

The Mystic Falls

Creator

Ratnadwip Saha