Ravi Anand
Artist Statement
Ravi’s subjects are often quite routine and commonplace and remain frequently unobserved. Relying on his whim as well as careful visual editing in addition to his background as an architect. He tries to capture and depict shapes and forms, textures and colors, light and shadows, to find compositions that are simple, coherent and clearly legible.
He attempts to explore the elegant geometry in both the natural and the man-made world with his camera. He seeks to bring the observer into a visual world that is often inconspicuously familiar. The idea is to encourage the viewer to see our seemingly trivial everyday reality with a spirit of inquiry.
He attempts to explore the elegant geometry in both the natural and the man-made world with his camera. He seeks to bring the observer into a visual world that is often inconspicuously familiar. The idea is to encourage the viewer to see our seemingly trivial everyday reality with a spirit of inquiry.
Ravi Anand
Biography
Biography
Ravi Anand was born in Dehradun, India, and grew up in Calcutta (now called Kolkata) and learned a lot about art and photography through osmosis as his family surrounded itself with artists. He learned the basics of photography from his first teacher Prokas Roy, a master photographer and an acclaimed portrait artist in India. Incidentally, Roy also bought him and trained him on his first ‘real’ camera, which was a Yashicaflex 635, a twin-lens reflex camera that shot both 6mmx6mm and 35mm through the use of an adapter.
He attended Hindi High School for his secondary education and upon completion he joined Indian Institute of Technology to obtain a bachelor’s degree in architecture. Soon thereafter he moved to the US to find his future and pursue further studies and ultimately obtained a graduate degree from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York.
After traveling and working in Europe for many years he returned to the US and after a six year stint in Houston, Texas, where he practiced and taught architectural design, he decided to move to his favorite City, San Francisco which has been home to his wife and daughter.
He continues to practice architecture as well as maintains a passion for photography taking time off several times a year devoted simply to engaging in the art. His work has been published in photographic magazines and shown in many art galleries in the US and Mexico.
He attended Hindi High School for his secondary education and upon completion he joined Indian Institute of Technology to obtain a bachelor’s degree in architecture. Soon thereafter he moved to the US to find his future and pursue further studies and ultimately obtained a graduate degree from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York.
After traveling and working in Europe for many years he returned to the US and after a six year stint in Houston, Texas, where he practiced and taught architectural design, he decided to move to his favorite City, San Francisco which has been home to his wife and daughter.
He continues to practice architecture as well as maintains a passion for photography taking time off several times a year devoted simply to engaging in the art. His work has been published in photographic magazines and shown in many art galleries in the US and Mexico.