Ep #25 Varna Shashidhar (Landscape Architect), VSLA

In the Episode 26, Sreenag spoke with the great Indian sports photographer, VV Krishnan. This is an unedited segment from the full interview, where he describes in detail how he captured an iconic cricketing moment: Jonty Rhodes' famous "Superman" run-out. Krishnan talks in detail about how he setup the shot, the equipment he used, how the picture was processed and the impact it made on him and the zeitgeist. CREDITS Guest: VV Krishnan (Sports Photographer & Photo Editor, The Hindu) www.thehindu.com Host: B.R.S.Sreenag (Sreenag Pictures) www.sreenagpictures.com (www.instagram.com/sreenag) Post-production: GS Mohan (www.instagram.com/photosofmaf) Original Music: Aashray Harishankar (Escapist Music) www.instagram.com/escapistmusic Photo Credits: The photographs used in the video were provided by VV Krishnan. - - - Everything Comes Together is a podcast produced by Sreenag Pictures. On the show, you'll see interviews with people from the broader architecture, photography and design communities. They talk about their lives, challenges they overcame and the incidents along the way that made them who they are today. But every once in a while, Sreenag speaks with guests about Just One Thing.

My guest today is arguably India's most prolific cricket photographer, VV Krishnan. Over a long and storied career, he has captured some of the most iconic cricketing and sporting moments, on behalf of The Hindu. The photograph that brought his name to my attention was the legendary "Superman" run-out by Jonty Rhodes in 1992.    It surprised me that there was very information out there about VV Krishnan and the prompted me to talk to him about how he got started with sports photography, what it takes to make it in the business and how he has now transitioned into being a photo editor for a major national newspaper.   - -   Click the button above to Subscribe and click on the bell to be notified about new episodes. Watch full interviews or curated playlists with all our guests on our website: EverythingComesTogether.com CREDITS Guest: VV Krishnan (Sports Photographer & Photo Editor, The Hindu) www.thehindu.com Host: B.R.S.Sreenag (Sreenag Pictures) www.sreenagpictures.com (www.instagram.com/sreenag) Post-production: GS Mohan (www.instagram.com/photosofmaf) Original Music: Aashray Harishankar (Escapist Music) www.instagram.com/escapistmusic Photo Credits: The photographs used in the video were provided by VV Krishnan. - - - Everything Comes Together is a podcast produced by Sreenag Pictures. On the show, you'll see interviews with people from the broader architecture, photography and design communities. They talk about their lives, challenges they overcame and the incidents along the way that made them who they are today. But every once in a while, Sreenag speaks with guests about Just One Thing.

On the first episode of the new season of Everything Comes Together, Sreenag speaks with the talented landscape architect, Varna Shashidhar of VSLA. We talk about her process and philosophy as a landscape architect, the importance of training & experience in her journey and bringing creative professionals together. This episode is essential listening to young architects or architecture students. - -  Subscribe and click on the bell to be notified about new episodes: www.youtube.com/sreenagpictures Watch full interviews or curated playlists with all our guests on our website: EverythingComesTogether.com  CREDITS  Guest: Varna Shashidhar (Landscape Architect) (VSLA: www.instagram.com/vslalandscape) www.vsla.in (Design United: www.instagram.com/designunited_in_ Host:B.R.S.Sreenag (Sreenag Pictures) www.sreenagpictures.com (www.instagram.com/sreenag) Post-production: GS Mohan (www.instagram.com/photosofmaf) Original Music: Aashray Harishankar (Escapist Music) www.instagram.com/escapistmusic Photo Credits: The photographs used in the video were provided by VSLA. - - -  Everything Comes Together is a podcast produced by Sreenag Pictures. On the show, you'll see interviews with people from the broader architecture, photography and design communities. They talk about their lives, challenges they overcame and the incidents along the way that made them who they are today. But every once in a while, Sreenag speaks with guests about Just One Thing.

If you watched Episode 23 of Everything Comes Together, you would have heard Gayatri Nair, Shuchi Kapoor and Varun Gupta talk in depth about the 3rd edition of Chennai Photo Biennale. The 2021 Biennale launched just recently ago and is now up and running across venues in Chennai.  In Part 2 of my conversation with them, we talk about why they started the Biennale, how they’ve managed to grow their reach and where they feel they can improve the Biennale further. Donate to support the Chennai Photo Biennale Foundations programs: https://link.chennaiphotobiennale.com/donatetocpb - - Watch the full interview or curated playlists with all our guests on our website: EverythingComesTogether.com CREDITS Guest: Gayatri Nair (Director Education and Operations, CPB) Shuchi Kapoor (Director - Community Engagement, Programs and Partnerships, CPB) Varun Gupta (Biennale Director, CPB) www.instagram.com/chennaiphotobiennale www.chennaiphotobiennale.com Hosted by B.R.S.Sreenag, Sreenag Pictures www.sreenagpictures.com www.instagram.com/sreenag www.instagram.com/everything.comes.together Post-production: Thangaraj www.instagram.com/thangaraj9337 Production: Abdul Jeelani & GS Mohan Sreenag Pictures Location Courtesy Shreya Nagarajan Singh | Arts Development Consultancy www.shreyanagarajansingh.com www.instagram.com/shreyanagarajansingh Music: Aashray Harishankar, Escapist Music www.instagram.com/escapistmusic - - - Everything Comes Together is a podcast produced by Sreenag Pictures. On the show, you'll see interviews with people from the broader architecture, photography and design communities. They talk about their lives, challenges they overcame and the incidents along the way that made them who they are today. But every once in a while, Sreenag speaks with guests about Just One Thing.

The Chennai Photo Biennale has become one of the more important arts festivals in India and remains the only photography biennale in the country. The 2nd edition of the Biennale in 2019 expanded the scope of what was possible with excellent venues, international photographers and a series of skill building workshops. After the success of the first two editions, the organisers had to not only match expectations, but also had to work around the covid pandemic.  In part 1 of this conversation, my guests today are Gayatri Nair, Shuchi Kapoor and Varun Gupta, the core team behind CPB. As they gear up for the 3rd edition of the Biennale, they sit down with me to talk about this edition’s theme, what kind of work we can expect to see and their plans for photography scene in Chennai. Donate to support the Chennai Photo Biennale Foundations programs: https://link.chennaiphotobiennale.com/donatetocpb - -  Watch the full interview or curated playlists with all our guests on our website: EverythingComesTogether.com  CREDITS  Guest:  Gayatri Nair (Director Education and Operations, CPB) Shuchi Kapoor (Director - Community Engagement, Programs and Partnerships, CPB) Varun Gupta (Biennale Director, CPB) www.instagram.com/chennaiphotobiennale www.chennaiphotobiennale.com Hosted by  B.R.S.Sreenag, Sreenag Pictures www.sreenagpictures.com www.instagram.com/sreenag www.instagram.com/everything.comes.together Post-production:  Thangaraj www.instagram.com/thangaraj9337 Production:  Abdul Jeelani & GS Mohan Sreenag Pictures Location Courtesy Shreya Nagarajan Singh | Arts Development Consultancy www.shreyanagarajansingh.com www.instagram.com/shreyanagarajansingh Music:  Aashray Harishankar, Escapist Music www.instagram.com/escapistmusic - - -  Everything Comes Together is a podcast produced by Sreenag Pictures. On the show, you'll see interviews with people from the broader architecture, photography and design communities. They talk about their lives, challenges they overcame and the incidents along the way that made them who they are today. But every once in a while, Sreenag speaks with guests about Just One Thing.

This is Part 2 of the interview with Justine De Penning & Deepak Jawahar. Listen to Part 1 in Episode 21 in your podcast feed, where they interviewed Sreenag about his architectural photography practice and getting into podcasting.  Their firm, The Architecture Story, is an interesting practice that blends art, design and architecture into one harmonious whole. Today, we talk about their unusual journeys upto when they met, their approach to their design work and the importance of technology in the creative process. Just a word about the setting of today's interview: Justine & Deepak went to great effort to setup their installation for the Magnetic Fields Festival, just for the interview, and it acts as a unique backdrop to a unique interaction. You can see pictures of this installation on Instagram @sreenag or on the video interviews on our website. - - Watch the full interview or curated playlists with all our guests on our website: EverythingComesTogether.com CREDITS Guest: Justine De Penning: www.instagram.com/justinedepenning Deepak Jawahar: www.instagram.com/deepak.jawahar The Architecture Story www.instagram.com/thearchitecturestory / www.thearchitecturestory.com Hosted by: B.R.S.Sreenag (Sreenag Pictures) / www.sreenagpictures.com / www.instagram.com/sreenag Post-production: Thangaraj / www.instagram.com/thangaraj9337 Production: Abdul Jeelani & GS Mohan (Sreenag Pictures) Music: Aashray Harishankar (Escapist Music) / www.instagram.com/escapistmusic - - - Everything Comes Together is a podcast produced by Sreenag Pictures. On the show, you'll see interviews with people from the broader architecture, photography and design communities. They talk about their lives, challenges they overcame and the incidents along the way that made them who they are today. But every once in a while, Sreenag speaks with guests about Just One Thing.

The conversation with Justine De Penning & Deepak Jawahar took a delightfully unusual turn right from the start, when as soon as we hit record on our conversation, Justine and Deepak took the opportunity to ask me about how I got started in photography & podcasting and my approach to both architecture & photography. Just a word about the setting of today's interview: Justine & Deepak went to great effort to setup their installation for the Magnetic Fields Festival, just for the interview, and it acts as a unique backdrop to a unique interaction. You can see pictures of this installation on Instagram @sreenag or on the video interviews on our website. This conversation directly leads into my interview of Justine & Deepak in the next episode, when they open up in Ep #22. Listen to that episode in your podcast feed right now. - -  Watch the full interview or curated playlists with all our guests on our website: EverythingComesTogether.com  CREDITS  Guest:  Justine De Penning: www.instagram.com/justinedepenning Deepak Jawahar: www.instagram.com/deepak.jawahar The Architecture Story www.instagram.com/thearchitecturestory / www.thearchitecturestory.com Hosted by: B.R.S.Sreenag (Sreenag Pictures) / www.sreenagpictures.com / www.instagram.com/sreenag Post-production:  Thangaraj / www.instagram.com/thangaraj9337 Production:  Abdul Jeelani & GS Mohan (Sreenag Pictures) Music:  Aashray Harishankar (Escapist Music) / www.instagram.com/escapistmusic - - -  Everything Comes Together is a podcast produced by Sreenag Pictures. On the show, you'll see interviews with people from the broader architecture, photography and design communities. They talk about their lives, challenges they overcame and the incidents along the way that made them who they are today. But every once in a while, Sreenag speaks with guests about Just One Thing.

Photographers Sebastian Zachariah & Kunal Bhatia, along with other members of SAIP, have worked hard to identify as many Indian architecture & interior photographers as possible, and bring them under one roof, to talk about issues that specifically affect us.  And now that the systems and frameworks are in place, they’re looking to invite more people to join in and build a strong community for established pros and young photographers alike. Follow for more: www.instagram.com/everything.comes.together - -  Watch full interviews or curated playlists with all our guests on our website: EverythingComesTogether.com  CREDITS  Guests:  SAIP India www.instagram.com/saip.india www.saipindia.org Sebastian Zachariah www.instagram.com/sabz_phxindia President, SAIP India Kunal Bhatia www.instagram.com/studio.kunalbhatia Vice President, SAIP India Hosted by  B.R.S.Sreenag Sreenag Pictures www.sreenagpictures.com www.instagram.com/sreenag Post-production:  Thiruvikraman Srinivasaraghavan  www.instagram.com/vikramist Production:  Abdul Jeelani & GS Mohan Sreenag Pictures Music:  Aashray Harishankar  Escapist Music www.instagram.com/escapistmusic Montage Video Credits: The videos in the opening montage were courtesy of SAIP India. Bharath Ramamrutham @bharathram  Suryan/Dang @suryananddang Ira Gosalia @ira_phxindia Praveen Mohandas @praveenpmohandas Nayan Soni @nayansoni21 Jaideep Oberoi @jaideep.oberoi BRS Sreenag @sreenag  Prasanth Mohan @runningstudios Umang Shah @umangshahphotography Purnesh Dev Nikhanj @purneshdev - - -  Everything Comes Together is a podcast produced by Sreenag Pictures. On the show, you'll see interviews with people from the broader architecture, photography and design communities. They talk about their lives, challenges they overcame and the incidents along the way that made them who they are today. But every once in a while, Sreenag speaks with guests about Just One Thing.

Architect Niels Schoenfelder grew up in Germany, was exposed to art and architecture at a young age, moved to India through an internship, stayed back and built a successful career over the past 20 years.  During this interview, we explore his early years in Europe, the realities of running an architectural practice in India and we discuss the concept of experiencing architecture and creating an architectural experience. - -  Watch full interviews or curated playlists with all our guests on our website: EverythingComesTogether.com  CREDITS  Guest: Niels Schoenfelder (Architect) Mancini Enterprises ( www.mancini-design.com ) ( www.instagram.com/n_schoenfelder )  Hosted by B.R.S.Sreenag (Sreenag Pictures) ( www.instagram.com/sreenag ) ( www.sreenagpictures.com )  Post-production: Thiruvikraman Srinivasaraghavan ( www.instagram.com/vikramist )  Production: Abdul Jeelani & GS Mohan Music: Aashray Harishankar (Escapist Music) ( www.instagram.com/escapistmusic ) The photographs used in the video were provided by Niels Schoenfelder and were shot by Björn Wallander ( www.instagram.com/bjornwallander ) and Ricardo Labougle ( www.instagram.com/ricardolabougle ). The images were as shot for Architectural Digest ( www.instagram.com/archdigestindia ). - - -  Everything Comes Together is a podcast produced by Sreenag Pictures. On the show, you'll see interviews with people from the broader architecture, photography and design communities. They talk about their lives, challenges they overcame and the incidents along the way that made them who they are today. But every once in a while, Sreenag speaks with guests about Just One Thing.

It would not be overstating it to say that the name synonymous with architectural photography in India is that of my guest: Bharath Ramamrutham. Considering the variety of work Bharath has done over the years, it was important to talk  about more than just photography. We talked about his love of architecture, his mental preparation for a shoot, the importance of diversifying one’s work, the essentiality of travel and so, so much more. - - - Watch full interviews or curated playlists with all our guests on our website: EverythingComesTogether.com CREDITS Guest: Bharath Ramamrutham (Photographer & Publisher) ( http://bharathram.com/ | http://www.graf.co.in/ ) ( www.instagram.com/bharathram ) Hosted by B.R.S.Sreenag (Sreenag Pictures) ( www.instagram.com/sreenag ) ( www.sreenagpictures.com ) Post-production: Thiruvikraman Srinivasaraghavan ( www.instagram.com/vikramist ) Production Assistance: Abdul Jeelani Music: Aashray Harishankar (Escapist Music) ( www.instagram.com/escapistmusic ) - - - Everything Comes Together is a podcast produced by Sreenag Pictures. On the show, you'll see interviews with people from the broader architecture, photography and design communities. They talk about their lives, challenges they overcame and the incidents along the way that made them who they are today. But every once in a while, Sreenag speaks with guests about Just One Thing.