Annika Bansal

journalism becomes most effective when it prompts public awareness, inspires reflection and spurs dialogue.

You can't expect your subjects to open up to you if you don't open up to them.

You don’t want to make your photos too obvious. You want the viewer to work hard to come up with his or her own interpretation of reality. You do this by adding mystery and removing context from your images:

“A camera is a device for learning how to see without a camera.” —Dorothea Lange

Every image I take of a stranger is a projection of my own emotions and beliefs upon them. Each image I shoot of a stranger is a self-portrait.