Sundar Photography

06/11/2024

Sunset in the backwoods of Pennsylvania, on the last day of our trip to the east coast... there was a brief spell of rain and around a corner saw the mist in this small slit of sunshine.

The trip brought closure to an old childhood friend, a great guy who fought with and succumbed to cancer, also a reminder of how cruel the disease Cancer could be. Visited a spiritual ashram where I could see some solace from the things happening around me. Also on the bright side .. the engagement of a young couple and wished them heartily. Saw so many of the people after a long time.

The scene was a perfect metaphor for the trip.

Love seeing the beauty in things around...

10/01/2021

Arangetram portrait photography of a talented young dancer, Ishwarya. Studio stylized photography.

05/04/2019

Getting back into the groove again after a break of about a year....

Had the opportunity to take pictures of some amazing Indian Singing and Indian Classical dance talents of San Diego. It was during the 12th annual Music and Dance festival of the San Diego Indian Fine Arts Academy. Here is a link to some of the pictures...

INDIAN FINE ARTS ACADEMY of SAN DIEGO. 12TH ANNUAL MUSIC AND DANCE FESTIVAL APRIL 8TH, 2019 Vocal Tributes & Episodes From ‘Jaya Jaya Devi’ 
In Memory of D.K. Pattamal, Pandit Ravi Shankar, Mahatma Gandhi, & Lalgudi Jayaraman
David & Dorothea Garfield Theater, Jewish Community Center, 
San...

04/30/2019

"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music."
~ Friedrich Nietzsche



Dancer's poise - Keerti Tadimeti

07/15/2018

A spectacular Arangetram was presented yesterday July 15th, by Natesha School of Bharatanatyam's student Taruni Manam, daughter of Ramarao Manam and Padmavathi Manam. Her fast and beautiful movements were artistic and flawless. Great songs selection and wonderful choreography. The fine event was at the Lincoln High School (San Diego)'s Performing Arts Center.

Her guru is the talented Suman Nayak, the artistic director of Natesha School of Bharatanatyam.

Nattuvangam was by Suman Nayak. The songs were sung by an orchestra from India. Vocals by Thiruveezhimizhalai S Kanaka, on the Mridangam was veteran Nagai Sriram and on the violin was Ganesh Kannan. The jathis were designed by Nagai Sriram.

The lighting was by B. Ganesh Bhat, Audio was by Sai Shankar. Master of the Ceremonies was Meera Kota. Video coverage was by Ravi Soordelu and Brochure design by Sundaresan TK. Make-up was by Keerti Tadimeti, decorations were by Krishna Tadimeti, Srividya Saishankar, Mamatha and Madhu Bollapragada.

Some pictures from the evening.

07/02/2018

It is always a pleasure to cover beautiful fine events such as Mahima Bollapragada's Bharatanatyam Arangetram on Saturday June 30th, 2018 at the Lincoln High School (San Diego)'s Performing Arts Center.

It was a wonderful event and based on the performance one couldn't believe that it was Mahima's Arangetram ! She is a student of Guru Suman Nayak, Natesha School of Bharatanatyam, San Diego.

The choreography and Nattuvangam were by the talented Guru Suman Nayak. The songs were sung by Thiruveezhimizhalai S Kanaka, on the Mridangam was veteran Nagai Sriram and Ganesh Kannan was on the Violin. The lighting was by B. Ganesh Bhat, Audio was by Sai Shankar. Master of the Ceremonies was Rashmi Savgur. Video coverage was by Ravi Soordelu and Brochure design by Sundaresan TK. Make-up and backstage management were by Keerti Tadimeti, decorations were by Krishna Tadimeti and Srividya Saishankar.

Some pictures from the evening.