Photographer in decline. Human being in failure.https://bsky.app/profile/chiragwakaskar.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/chiragwakaskar.bsky.social/post/3mucfylyj4225Wrote on @medium.com on how @worldpressphoto.bsky.social & Outlook India magazine misrepresented a civilian death by shielding a state actor in their 2026 world press photo contest. https://medium.com/@chiragwakaskar/trading-truth-for-trophies-how-world-press-photo-and-outlook-india-misrepresented-a-civilian-death-e88930ecc9fe30 Aug 2026 12:40 +0000at://did:plc:il33htsvb22y5si43udcol6g/app.bsky.feed.post/3mucfylyj4225https://bsky.app/profile/chiragwakaskar.bsky.social/post/3mroaeojhm22gMy best friend runs this newsletter and she’s an incredible writer from New Delhi, India. Please sign up!! Thank you!! the-long-view-letters.kit.com/7fbb44d0ab [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Jul 2026 01:16 +0000at://did:plc:il33htsvb22y5si43udcol6g/app.bsky.feed.post/3mroaeojhm22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/chiragwakaskar.bsky.social/post/3mrhzclw3i22nI've this bad boy for a while now but havent used it. Going to run through a roll of HP5 400 that's expired couple of years ago. New battery in the light meter which is working! Pentax K1000 / Pentax SMC 35/3.525 Jul 2026 13:53 +0000at://did:plc:il33htsvb22y5si43udcol6g/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrhzclw3i22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/chiragwakaskar.bsky.social/post/3mblkqnryps23At a local Mexican restaurant (San Miguelito on Oregon Ave, Philadelphia). Hole in the wall places always have the best food + run by a family.04 Jan 2026 09:00 +0000at://did:plc:il33htsvb22y5si43udcol6g/app.bsky.feed.post/3mblkqnryps23https://bsky.app/profile/chiragwakaskar.bsky.social/post/3magyzxoqnk2kWrote an article on being blocked by National Geographic DOP Alex Pollack blocking me on Instagram for asking questions on representation. Also some experiences in visual journalism industry. https://medium.com/@chiragwakaskar/national-geographic-and-the-twin-ghosts-of-lytton-and-pollock-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-5e1b37e33fcf20 Dec 2025 20:07 +0000at://did:plc:il33htsvb22y5si43udcol6g/app.bsky.feed.post/3magyzxoqnk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/chiragwakaskar.bsky.social/post/3m3a3cvmcls24Prime Numbers separated by digital roots. 9x12 Canson Black + POSCA markers. Generated in python, phyllotaxis form visualizes the prime numbers between 1-10000 (1229) #penplot #math15 Oct 2025 10:54 +0000at://did:plc:il33htsvb22y5si43udcol6g/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3a3cvmcls24https://bsky.app/profile/chiragwakaskar.bsky.social/post/3m33cq53o7s25Deep dive into the archival failures & lies of photojournalism's gatekeepers @magnumphotos.bsky.social & @worldpressphoto.bsky.social https://medium.com/@chiragwakaskar/stewards-of-secrecy-inside-the-archival-failures-of-photojournalisms-gatekeepers-eb23d088c61413 Oct 2025 13:23 +0000at://did:plc:il33htsvb22y5si43udcol6g/app.bsky.feed.post/3m33cq53o7s25https://bsky.app/profile/chiragwakaskar.bsky.social/post/3lywaodfh5s23MathArt. Kaprekar number (sum of square split up is original number) & Harshad number (divisible by sum of it's digits) as Phyllotaxis. This is a physical convergence of mathematical theories & science of nature. Red (Harshad), Blue (Kaprekar), Green (Both), White (none). 9x12 Canson + POSCA16 Sep 2025 02:12 +0000at://did:plc:il33htsvb22y5si43udcol6g/app.bsky.feed.post/3lywaodfh5s23https://bsky.app/profile/chiragwakaskar.bsky.social/post/3lvcfvchxe22iMumbai city elevation map that was generated by code in Python using elevation data and then plotted onto a transparency sheet using a CNC Pen Plotter and contact printed on mixed media paper coated with cyanotype chemicals.01 Aug 2025 00:37 +0000at://did:plc:il33htsvb22y5si43udcol6g/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvcfvchxe22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/chiragwakaskar.bsky.social/post/3ltexq2s6b22fWrote on "Terror of war", disappearing embargo message and a Chilean President. @worldpressphoto.bsky.social https://medium.com/@chiragwakaskar/an-autopsy-of-accountability-world-press-photos-exercise-in-institutional-obfuscation-60731128d5eb07 Jul 2025 14:11 +0000at://did:plc:il33htsvb22y5si43udcol6g/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltexq2s6b22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/chiragwakaskar.bsky.social/post/3lrer6xm7fs22Changes DP to come across more friendly. Hope it works.12 Jun 2025 01:24 +0000at://did:plc:il33htsvb22y5si43udcol6g/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrer6xm7fs22https://bsky.app/profile/chiragwakaskar.bsky.social/post/3lliamg3l4k2eBy awarding photojournalist from an agency that is a propaganda arm of the state (the reason Getty & Reuters cut ties with TASS) WPP has betrayed its commitment to press freedom, legitimized state-controlled disinformation and compromised its own credibility as a champion of ethical photojournalism [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Mar 2025 02:07 +0000at://did:plc:il33htsvb22y5si43udcol6g/app.bsky.feed.post/3lliamg3l4k2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/chiragwakaskar.bsky.social/post/3lcdraodqak2zWhere are the folks of photoland? I'm here now 🙏 https://media.tenor.com/cDP4ObjWTjwAAAAC/moises-diez-manadamientos-moses.gif?hh=278&ww=49802 Dec 2024 18:34 +0000at://did:plc:il33htsvb22y5si43udcol6g/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcdraodqak2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/chiragwakaskar.bsky.social/post/3laup2zwxoe23@shotbyshaun.bsky.social https://media.tenor.com/UiAZdB_cSJcAAAAC/waddup-bro-wassup.gif?hh=280&ww=49814 Nov 2024 01:20 +0000at://did:plc:il33htsvb22y5si43udcol6g/app.bsky.feed.post/3laup2zwxoe23