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JAI THAKUR
HOME
PERSONAL PROJECTS
Parallel life (ongoing)
My Friend Ritu (ongoing)
Yamuna - Water & Life (ongoing)
In search of my India (ongoing)
COMMISSIONED WORK
Navdurga: Reflections of Maa Durga
Role of Military Band in RD Parade
Potters Community of Delhi
Digital India
The Long March
Atal Canteen
PORTRAITS
NON-FICTION FILMS
PUBLISHED WORK
ABOUT
CONTACT
HOME
PERSONAL PROJECTS
Parallel life (ongoing)
My Friend Ritu (ongoing)
Yamuna - Water & Life (ongoing)
In search of my India (ongoing)
COMMISSIONED WORK
Navdurga: Reflections of Maa Durga
Role of Military Band in RD Parade
Potters Community of Delhi
Digital India
The Long March
Atal Canteen
PORTRAITS
NON-FICTION FILMS
PUBLISHED WORK
ABOUT
CONTACT

As a photographer, mostly my mobile phone (camera at times) often becomes a quiet companion at every family gathering and party, passed to me with familiar smiles and the same request “Can you take our photo?” Over time, this constant asking has shaped the way I see and photograph the people closest to me including friends, family, and relatives. Because I know their stories, their silences, their jokes, and their moods, its easy for me to make photos of our relationships. Each portrait becomes a conversation, built on trust and shared moments. Through these repeated moments, I try to bring out their true personalities as I perceive them gentle, chaotic, shy, playful, documenting not how they want to be seen, but who they truly are in those fleeting, familiar moments.

© Jai Thakur 2026 | Photographs may not be reproduced in any form without prior permission.

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