Ashish Shah

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New Delhi, India

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Ashish Shah

Born in the Himalayan foothills, Ashish Shah is an Indian Photographer and filmmaker known for his bold and evocative imagery of New India. His craft focuses on the intricacies: the subject’s natural form and posture.

Shah’s work illuminates South Asian talent in its natural, raw form, along with beautiful fashion imagery that is empowering and sensitive.

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Kumbh Mela festival

Kumbh Mela festival

The Sacred Confluence of India’s Massive Kumbh Mela Festival Kumbh Mela, held along the banks of India’s sacred rivers, draws millions of Hindu pilgrims in their pursuit of spiritual liberation.

Art & Culture Identity & Community

The Line of Sherpas Saving Lives and Glaciers in the Himalayas

The Line of Sherpas Saving Lives and Glaciers in the Himalayas

The Line of Sherpas Saving Lives and Glaciers in the Himalayas High altitude communities face an existential threat to their way of life—and they’re doing everything they can to adapt.

Identity & Community Science & Nature

Trans Joy Persists Amid India’s Growing Climate Crisis

Trans Joy Persists Amid India’s Growing Climate Crisis

Trans Joy Persists Amid India’s Growing Climate Crisis Koovagam Festival and other trans-celebratory spaces are under threat as the country’s sweltering temperatures continue to rise.

Identity & Community Movement Building

Vandana Shiva on the Wisdom of Biodiversity

Vandana Shiva on the Wisdom of Biodiversity

Vandana Shiva on the Wisdom of Biodiversity We are but one strand in the web of life. To keep the web whole, activist Vandana Shiva argues that we must honor the wisdom of biodiversity

Deep Ecology Science & Nature

Foraging for Wisdom with Story mfg.

Foraging for Wisdom with Story mfg.

Foraging for Wisdom with Story mfg. With more awareness for sustainability, tending to one’s wardrobe means sifting through glades of greenwashing. Look to Story mfg. first.

Ethical Fashion

The Ganges River in India by Ashish Shah

The Ganges River in India by Ashish Shah

Like a River Runs Water can be passive. But it can also be a force to be reckoned with, when it decides to be.

The Overview

People bathing in Ganges river India by Ashish Shah

People bathing in Ganges river India by Ashish Shah

Holy Water Photographer Ashish Shah offers a portrait of life, celebration, and death along the Ganges River.

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Alone Together

Alone Together

Alone Together “I hold this to be the highest task of a bond between two people: that each should stand guard over the solitude of the other.”

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Freedom: India

Freedom: India

Freedom: India We asked creators around the world to interpret the meaning of latitude through the ultimate language of self-expression.

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