Basit Fazili: Kashmir's young photographer who tell stories through his lens

Basit Fazili

Meet 24 years old Professional Photographer Basit Fazili.

Since, my abode is the foothills of the Himalayas, Ganderbal Kashmir. I grew up in the lap of modest nature. As a child, I was inclined to trek to the alpine pastures and a gamut of aesthetically appealing landscapes. Fortunately, it was March 2017 that for the first time I accompanied one of my friends to visit a local meadow called Mohadmarg for the collection of Himalayan butterflies for his project/assignment.

Basit Fazili

After reaching the pinnacle of the mountain, I could see the landscape replete with rivers, valleys, and mountains of various sizes in a single view. This trek stirred and invoked something into me!

When I look back and realize, I feel this trek alone transitioned my approach to appreciate nature to a new level. Though there are various approaches to appreciating nature like poetry and painting Photography was the first thing that strikes my mind. My passion for appreciating nature via photography couldn't materialize immediately given I was not having a camera available beforehand.

After some time, I managed to buy a camera and learned photography and editing skills through tutorials on YouTube and other platforms.

Meanwhile, I visited various places for nature photography and the amount of love and appreciation that I received from people after uploading my work on social media platforms was overwhelming. Seeing the people's response encourages me to bring new stuff to the light. Besides trying my hands in Photography, I'm a full-time radiology student.

This is the short story of my inclination towards nature photography. Though amateur but I enjoy this off late inculcated hobby of mine.