Faces of the unknown

What's on your mind ?  Right now  i am thinking what should i write here . 

 Couple of years  ago i started my journey as a clicker . At that time I wasn't allowed to take my camera outside home .  I walked around the house with my camera and started capturing things in between four walls . I always try to  find stories in living and still things . That's how i learned how to handle a camera . As the legend said " your first " 10,000 pictures are your worst "  My first photos weren't that especial to be honest . But i felt i am learning something new everyday and after 3 years i still feel the same way . Somehow photography became a huge part of my life . I never realized how it happened . But it turned out to make a better person out of me .

Every child is silent dreamer . 

  So basically i  have learned photography from photographic failures but  i always had that  belief  i can do better everyday and that belief and that confidence became my legacy along the way . That legacy is everything that i stand for .People came to my life and they left me when i needed them most , but they will always remain in memory not as sorrow but as a reminder . " You must follow your legacy ,  find a path through the unknown and remember  you won't find anyone to hold your hands , the sorrow of rough life , the broken dreams and your broken heart will always keep those scars intact . The scars aren't there to show what you  have lost but its  there to  remind you of your legacy ".  

 Light 

  Life is the greatest teacher . It teaches us how to become from being practically nothing to being everything  we want to be . I was never a good student in the class . Never got any awards on school events but i always thought there must be something which is different about me . So as i said three years back i started my journey as a clicker and probably had no chance to be good in Philosophy or in finding the moments of life that has the ability to tell stories . But i always had that dream i that maybe one day i can achieve something that i can be proud of . Make my parents or my family proud . Well talking about family , you probably think my family supported me in this passion through out my carrier , then i must you got that one all wrong . I started taking photos with my brothers camera and wasn't allowed take it out side . I remember once i got a warning that they will break my camera in to pieces if i keep walking around with that .

Dreams  

   But as they never let go of things you love . Well let make this one a little more sufficient , never let go of the things that makes you proud  . Because i had to let go of many things that i loved , then again i realized that they never loved me . You better walk an empty road which may sound like a  path full of sorrow but trust me if you are chasing something which will never be never yours , you will only find yourself crying from inside at the end of the day .  

The Boy 

   So i kept walking and kept searching for stories . I am always on the run . Some say  the road you are walking is unknown and you will lose your way in the end . But i know i must hit the road of the unknown and keep walking . This is the only way i know and i know when i die people will remember my name not for the awards nor for my award winning photographs but for my legacy . 

Innocence 

     I am not looking back at what achieved , i am looking back at what i lost .Sometimes you feel the love that you lost wasn't worth of losing  , the heart that you broke wasn't worth of breaking . I am not sharing the story of my life with you . You will have to pick the pieces up of my life and join them one by one .  I have learned that sorrow makes a man stronger . Happiness and feeling of being loved makes  a man weaker . So i don't search for love anymore , i search for faces who tells me their stories without saying a word . 

Smile , smile and smile again ! 

I see faces who has nothing be happy about but yet they find a reason to smile , they find a reason to be happy . I learned how to smile for the moment from these people . They can be our greatest inspiration at times . I try to send a message with every singe photo i capture . 

Emotions 

We all feel lonely in this world one way or another . We might have everything or everyone we need but there is always that one person , Some memories or a broken dream we keep deep inside us . Yes this planet of 7 Billion is such a lonely world .

The everlasting smile .. 

People always tell there is no use of the things you do . I keep my mouth shut , never screamed back because i know these people have no idea about what they are saying and whatever i say they will never respect my legacy so i don't care . You can't beat the speed of it , because man my legacy runs faster than the light itself .  

Hide and seek 

Little Sunshine , August 2013 

Back to school 

The walk  

Brotherhood  

The Smiley face

2X Smile ! 

Eye Contact 

Smile for the moment

The End 

Personal Favorites of 2013.

It was a year full of memories , dreams , success , pain , sorrow , achievements and lessons for me . In the end  i realized the fact that in this world i have to walk alone . Moments will come along like strangers and  it will go with  scars in our hearts . I have met more people this year than my entire life . I learned to dream when i was a child and this year i learned how to make them true . Never got this many best wishes or congratulations letter before . I must be delighted with all those  letters or all the inspiration people gave me along the year . No man this year i learned a true reality of life . Life isn't easy , its not how it looks like . Life is a one way road . In this road of life we met strangers and sometimes we walk with them . Dream about a life with them . We fall in love with them but we never realize that hearts are never the same . Their destination is completely different from us . So when they realize they took the wrong way , they find their own way leaving us alone . We start walking again with a shallow heart that is broken into a thousand pieces , shattered dreams and lost faith . We have to walk our lifetime with the scars and pass the graves of the unknown knowing that the permanent stain will always walk with us . Different people has different stories ,  a different meaning of life . Don't try to judge anyone without being in their shoes . Life is not all about achievements and success . It is a book , it guides us through . I am walking alone a dream , scars , sorrow , a broken heart and stories deep inside . But i promised myself i will never stop walking . Maybe this is called legacy .  - Rizvee Imran

Triangle of life 

Don't just live , exist ! 

Portrait of an old farmer .  

Shallow Hearts .

If you have a cold heart that’s probably the greatest blessing you got but With a great heart you can win many people’s heart but your shallow heart won’t listen to any doctors advice when it will break 

My friend Shagor . We have something in common and it is a hidden shallow heart . 

This was my last year in school . I still remember the first day i entered the house of answers and last day isn't far away either . 

This boy teaches us how to smile for the moment . 

In your emptiness , you will find yourself .

My little cousin raisa . I captured many portraits of her this year . 

Forget the past full of sorrow and dream about a better future . I am saying but i know that i can never recover from the scars of yesterday . 

Life goes through changes . Just keep your pain locked in a box and carry on .

A 7 year old smile . 

The ones who push the limits, discover the limits sometimes push back.

                                                Happy New year .

Rain Stories

When i was a child my parents never allowed me go out in rain . Never had the chance to feel the rain and fall in love with it . Last year i have found a new love and yes it is the beautiful drops of water . My camera was the perfect companion in the rain as well . Rain is a gift , Sometimes it can wash your pain away . - Rizvee Imran 

" Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky. " 

Rabindranath Tagore 

" If you have a cold heart that’s probably the greatest blessing you got but With a great heart you can win many people’s heart but your shallow heart won’t listen to any doctors advice when it will break . " - Rizvee Imran 

" But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. " 

Jesus Christ 

" Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams. " 

Hosea Ballou 

" Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you. " 

Langston Hughes 

" Don't threaten me with love, baby. Let's just go walking in the rain. " 

Billie Holiday 

" Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet. "

Roger Miller 

" If you think it's going to rain, it will. " 

Clint Eastwood 

" Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams. " 

Ashley Smith 

"The drops of rain make a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling."

Lucretius 

" Healing rain is a real touch from God. It could be physical healing or emotional or whatever. "

Michael W. Smith 

"One can find so many pains when the rain is falling."

John Steinbeck 

"It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees. "

George Eliot 

"The rain began again. It fell heavily, easily, with no meaning or intention but the fulfilment of its own nature, which was to fall and fall."

Helen Garner 

" A poet is someone who stands outside in the rain hoping to be struck by lightning."

James Dickey 

"A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in."

Frederick the Great

Life is not a movie its a battlefield . You will go through changes .  You will fall , You will fail and You will suffer all alone in your misery . Maybe there will be no one you can share your misery with . All you have to do is PICK YOUR SELF UP AND LIVE . There will be times like this . No one can be forever eventually no one can be forever sad . Yes you can live on take your pain as part of your life . Like i said before
JUST PUT YOUR PAIN IN A BOX AND LOCK IT DOWN .
When u fall never look down . Get up fight , live . Life is a story . Don’t make it a sad story . you will have      your moments . Don’t wait for it to come . Live your present . Dont weep for something that is lost .

Light up the darkness !

Our life is all about let downs and heart breaks . I can't count how many times i was let down or my heart was broken but i still wake up everyday with a dream to reach my destination which is hidden in a far away land . You can break my spirit but you can never stop me from dreaming . Sometimes you just gotta get away from the darken rooms or the darken cell and start living your dreams . Keep believing yourself and keep dreaming . The glory awaits ! 


So these photos are all about darkness and light . In other words its all about black and white .

Forget the past full of sorrow and dream about a better future

Chase your dreams . Its waiting for you right there in the light ! 

Time passes , things change everyday but our memories remain the same ! 

Sometimes a little light of hope can change everything . 

“When he shall die,
Take him and cut him out in little stars,
And he will make the face of heaven so fine
That all the world will be in love with night
And pay no worship to the garish sun.” 
― William Shakespeare 

Where there is hope , there is light ! 

May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.” 
― J.R.R. Tolkien,

“There is a crack in everything.
That's how the light gets in.” 
― Leonard Cohen 

“There are darknesses in life and there are lights, and you are one of the lights, the light of all lights.” 
― Bram Stoker

“Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.”

Light should come . Let it come if it does ! 

People are like stained - glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.Elisabeth Kubler-Ross 

I fade away 

So I put 'em in a verse today 

“We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand, and it is no good moving from place to place to save things; because the shadow always follows. Choose a place where you won't do harm - yes, choose a place where you won't do very much harm, and stand in it for all you are worth, facing the sunshine.” 
― E.M. Forster, A Room with a View 

“The continuous narrative of existence is a lie. There is no continuous narrative, there are lit-up moments, and the rest is dark.” 
― Jeanette Winterson

“Stories are light. Light is precious in a world so dark. Begin at the beginning. Tell Gregory a story. Make some light.” 
― Kate DiCamillo

Curious Child 

“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.” 
― Plato

There are stories you can tell from a single look but there are stories that can't be described in words . A pain deep inside , the voice that always screams inside our head its called memories . Life is never easy . Sometimes we can let go of things very easily but sometimes we have to carry the pain throughout our life . We have to find the light ,  look at it and tell ourselves that it could have been worse .   You are living that means you will survive

 - Rizvee Imran 

The End 

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