Marziya Shakir Youngest Street Photographer Bandra

Marziya Shakir Youngest Street Photographer Bandra
Marziya Shakir

Goodbye Uncle Rajesh Khanna Babumoshai

Goodbye Uncle Rajesh Khanna Babumoshai
Goodbye Uncle Rajesh Khanna Babumoshai

Saturday, February 26, 2011

Marziyas Father Shoots Us Both

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This was shot by Marziya Shakirs dad , as I took my grand daughter in my arms , actually I was wanting to fetch her from Dadar Railway station , but than I had an invitation from Pablo Bartholomew for his exhibition at 6.30pm at Sakshi Art Gallery Wodehouse Road and I knew I would not be able to reach Dadar anyway as the talk got over at 8pm, but I was meeting Pablo after almost 20 years , and I had to meet him anyway.

We share some unique rare memories and meeting him was a journey taking back into my past.

Marziya Shakir Returns Home After a Month

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This was shot by Marziya Shakirs dad , as I took my grand daughter in my arms , actually I was wanting to fetch her from Dadar Railway station , but than I had an invitation from Pablo Bartholomew for his exhibition at 6.30pm at Sakshi Art Gallery Wodehouse Road and I knew I would not be able to reach Dadar anyway as the talk got over at 8pm, but I was meeting Pablo after almost 20 years , and I had to meet him anyway.

We share some unique rare memories and meeting him was a journey taking back into my past.

Marziya Shakir Shoots The Barefeet Blogger On The Nikon D 80

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Being superstitions I did not let anyone know that Marziya Shakir was away in Lucknow visiting her maternal grandparents , she returned this evening at 8 pm and I too returned a few minutes later having attended the photo exhibition and talk of Pablo Bartholomew ace photographer , the best among the best.

While I was leaving he told me merely taking pictures does not make you a photographer perhaps he is right but than a 3 year old child merely takes pictures and captures the poetry and drama of a 58 year old barefeet blogger of Mumbai.. that I am her grand father has nothing to do with her being the worlds youngest street photographer from Bandra.

Marziya was away for a month and it was hard on me but she learnt to shoot pictures blindfolded from the age of 2 so in a way the camera has given birth to a child...from the womb of its inner consciousness.

This is Marziyas first shot and she gave it back to me not before checking what she had shot on the Nikon D80 s monitor.

The Camera Gives Birth To Marziya Shakir

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Marziya Rocks No 1

Observation The Greatest Tool Of Street Photography

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In all humility without trying to over reach my singular aspiration of making Marziya a good photographer I have shown her life as I would see it through a camera lens.

And because Marziya is an observant child with great creativity of mind it is a pleasure and an added learning experience playing the role of her Guru.

Even child needs a Guru , Marziya is stuck at two and a half years old and in November will hit 3.

We walk the roads she watches everything, she is not afraid and I took her to the butchers shop to see her reaction it was beyond her she has been to the fish market and already seen fish being cut and cleaned.

I have of course kept her away from the actual butchering that takes place of the live goat during Bakra Idd.

Because I make her shoot what I would be shooting , she realizes situations that we call street photography.,

Street photography according to me is creativity at its highest level shooting the soul of mans surroundings documenting his moves and his street emotions.

His laughter his yawn his sleep his tears all form part of this huge tableau of humanity.

Here Marziya is observing the local cobbler at his work, repairing soles is creativity too , however mundane the task my sound, a stitch in time saves nine.


And I dont overdo it , first I was excited not anymore we both are pros and we go about it as clinically as possible.

And how can you shoot what your inner soul never saw the difference between a picture and hurriedly clicked snap shot....though some of my pictures are hurriedly clicked snap shoots ..because you read them differently they become poems shot as visuals.

Basic knowledge of photography is important but than the human soul and practice takes care of the ensuing nitty gritty of street photography.

And here I shall shock all of you I would like my grand daughter not to shoot like me but like Roland Luthi, Randy Der Joel Tom Andrews Akbar Simonese Jeff Lamb some of the photographers who have influenced me in one way or the other.

I dare not ask her to shoot like Glenn Losack MD it is an impossible uphill task and she is far too young to reach such a stature due to her diminutive size.

And not just photography from photographers I would want her to learn Humanity from Benn Bell Anthony Posey Fred Miller Linda Schaefer Sukhi Hontu and many others friends bloggers photographers on Facebook and Flickr.

But I also know because she loves Art and creativity she might end up like Drunken Gekko, Jean Marc Gargantiel.

I would not want her to shoot Hijras Rafaees or the hardcore pictures I shoot , I would want her to shoot the Muslim beggar woman in a hijab, two children and her eyes searching for hope beyond the horizon of humanity.

Yes I would want Marziya to shoot a drop of tear as it rolls down a cheek into the gutters of despair.

What Marziya would want to shoot you will have to wait and watch, but if you see a girl in hijab covered from head to toe you know that she is carrying the inheritance of her grandfather the barefeet blogger of Mumbai..Photographer No1.

I am too embarrassed to write my own name here ...

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Marziya Shakir Takes A Break From Street Photography

The Worlds Youngest Street Photographer Is Defiant Too

Dont Shoot My Imam Zaman Grand Pa

Worlds Youngest Street Photographer Is Human Too

Worlds Youngest Street Photographer Dares To Be Different

Worlds Youngest Street Photographer In A Pensive Mood

Marziya Protected By Imam Razas Imam Zaman

Worlds Youngest Street Photographer In A Pensive Mood

Marziya Shakir And Ya Hussain

Marziya Shakir And Ya Hussain

Marziya Shakirs Hideout At Home

Marziya Shakirs Hideout At Home

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Marziya has gone on leave for an holiday , a much deserved holiday with her maternal grand parents.. so our home has lost its sheen ..

Sunday, February 6, 2011

The Dagger Girl of Mumbai

Marziya Shakir The Dagger Kama Zani

Marziya Shakir

The Dagger and Marziya Shakir Kama Zani

Marziya Shakir Mask

Marziya Shakir Mask

Marziya Shakir Mask

Marziya Shakir Mask

Marziya Shakir Mask

Friday, February 4, 2011

Marziya-Shakir 10 Days Old

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looking at her
can you tell
she is a street
photographer
only 3 year old
beautiful and bold
on the nikon d 80
she has a magic hold
watch and behold
in pictures a story
she molds
on flickr it unfolds