Chadar

Photo Feature

Aditya Arya

Aditya Arya has been an explorer, trekker and a professional photographer since the 1980s. He devotes his energy to photographic conservation having honed his skills and knowledge on preservation, restoration and archiving.

He is the founder and force behind Museo Camera—the only Photography and Camera Museum in India. With more than 3000 rare and iconic cameras and other equipment, this museum traces the history of photography from the 1870s to the Digital Era.

In this photo feature, while on a much needed break, he walked on the Chadar, photographing her wearing lights of different hues, altering shadows of different sizes and playing hide and seek with light on the frozen landscape.

The feature underlines Bhushan Sethi’s cry for emergency measures to cover this spectacular river bed.