Ogilvy & Mather - Mumbai, India

I have just started my internship at Ogilvy & Mather and have the privilege of working under Sumanto Chattopadhyay, the group creative director of O&M Mumbai and creative director of the company's Kolkata unit. Infamous Sumo and his team have won many award winning advertisements, and I look forward to being a part of such a successful group.

Newspaper Hat

While touring around London, we also went to visit the Buckingham Palace where we witnessed the famous changing of the guards event. I couldn’t exactly see much because of the massive crowds of people (and because I’m short) but I did spot this newspaper hat, which I thought was quite creative and cute  It was an extremely hot day, and I’m sure that newspaper designed hat protected that man’s head.

Street Entertainers

Walking down the street, I was also entertained by, well..the street entertainers :) Similar to the entertainers at Convent Garden, I’ve always wondered how someone has the patience/ stamina to stand like a statue all day. Like this grey man for example; he stood so still that the pigeon must of thought he was actually a statue and stood on his head. I guess it’s an easy way of making money off gullible tourists, like myself, who want to see what happens when they move.

Mountains of Austria

Art = nature’s beauty; nature’s beauty = art. Austria’s mountain range; a beautiful site. The colours faded with distance, but their depth was just as intoxicating.

Shadows

So I know I was meant to start this GLOG a few months ago, and I know I’m off on a bad start, and I know my excuses don’t matter, but I’ve captured the design moments of my summer journeys so far which I’d like to share from this day onwards…

Shadows have always fascinated me. Their shapes and sizes in relation to what one would think to be the focal part of an image, actually capture the viewer’s attention first. Well, me being the viewer in these two cases at least…

I went to Australia in June 2007 to attend a Global Young Leader’s Summit (GYLS), in which students around the globe are invited to participate and voice their opinion on world issues as young leaders of today’s world. The photograph on the left was taken on the steps leading up to Sydney’s Opera House (one of the spots we visited during our free time). I thought it was quite interesting how our silhouette figures were put together, yet broken apart while we climbed down the stairs.

Notice the relation between the direction/ blockage of the light and the shadow distortions in the picture on the right as well. While holidaying in Austria the following month, my siblings and I are seen playing with our shadows on the pavement.