Photographs: Jean Schwarz/Delhi Photo Festival 2011
National capital New Delhi is these days playing host to a festival that aims to bring photography -- the real democratic art form -- into the public space, thereby creating awareness of photographic arts and initiating dialogue amongst its many practitioners and lovers.
The biennial Delhi Photo Festival 2011, an initiative of the India Habitat Centre and the Nazar Foundation, has on display photographs that takes one across borders and captures the moods of people in varied topographies under varied circumstances.
And while you make up your mind to attend the festival, rediff.com brings for you a selection of photographs on display at the Delhi Photo Festival 2011.
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26 stunning PHOTOS that tell a story
 From the photo series "Solitary Splendour" by Zishaan Akbar Latif / Delhi Photo Festival 2011 |
26 stunning PHOTOS that tell a story
 From the photo series "Hollywood" by Kannagi Khanna / Delhi Photo Festival 2011 |
26 stunning PHOTOS that tell a story
 From the photo series "Fistful of Dreams" by Nishant Ratnakar / Delhi Photo Festival 2011 |
26 stunning PHOTOS that tell a story
 From the photo series "Postcards from Home" by Sam Harris / Delhi Photo Festival 2011 |
26 stunning PHOTOS that tell a story
 From the photo series "Towards an inclusive education" by Soumik Kar / Delhi Photo Festival 2011 |
26 stunning PHOTOS that tell a story
 From the photo series "The Threshold" by Sudharak Olwe (with Zarina & Parvez) / Delhi Photo Festival 2011 |
26 stunning PHOTOS that tell a story
 From the photo series "Air+Earth: Another View of Afghanistan" Kevin Frayer / Delhi Photo Festival 2011 |
26 stunning PHOTOS that tell a story
 From the photo series "A Window Inside" by Lana Slezic / Delhi Photo Festival 2011 |
26 stunning PHOTOS that tell a story
 From the photo series "Near" by Katrin Koenning / Delhi Photo Festival 2011 |
26 stunning PHOTOS that tell a story
 From the photo series "My Chawl - One Big Family" by Atul Loke / Delhi Photo Festival 2011 |
26 stunning PHOTOS that tell a story
 From the photo series "Kanu Gandhi" by Kanu Gandhi / Delhi Photo Festival 2011 |
26 stunning PHOTOS that tell a story
 From the photo series "Flex, Feroze" by Aparna Jayakumar / Delhi Photo Festival 2011 |
26 stunning PHOTOS that tell a story
 From the photo series "In tune for fame" by Anusha S Yadav / Delhi Photo Festival 2011 |
26 stunning PHOTOS that tell a story
 From the photo series "Convergence" by Wei Leng Tay / Delhi Photo Festival 2011 |
26 stunning PHOTOS that tell a story
 From the photo series "A lotus in the Mud" by Apoorva Guptay / Delhi Photo Festival 2011 |
26 stunning PHOTOS that tell a story
 From the photo series "Lowlands" by Martin Bogren / Delhi Photo Festival 2011 |
26 stunning PHOTOS that tell a story
 From the photo series "To Conquer Her Land" by Poulomi Basu / Delhi Photo Festival 2011 |
26 stunning PHOTOS that tell a story
 From the photo series "The Fifth Day" by Salvatore Arnone / Delhi Photo Festival 2011 |
26 stunning PHOTOS that tell a story
 From the photo series "Ocean" by Martin Bogren / Delhi Photo Festival 2011 |
26 stunning PHOTOS that tell a story
 From the photo series "Skeletons in the Closet" by Klaus Pichler / Delhi Photo Festival 2011 |
26 stunning PHOTOS that tell a story
 From the photo series "TBideshi Studio" by Kurt Hoerbst / Delhi Photo Festival 2011 |
26 stunning PHOTOS that tell a story
 From the photo series "Gotipua -- God's Little Dancers" by Sunny Lamba / Delhi Photo Festival 2011 |
26 stunning PHOTOS that tell a story
 From the photo series "Backdrop Series" by Raghu Rai / Delhi Photo Festival 2011 |
26 stunning PHOTOS that tell a story
 From the photo series "Bees" by Zhe Cen / Delhi Photo Festival 2011 |
26 stunning PHOTOS that tell a story
 From the photo series "Homework" by Sean Lee / Delhi Photo Festival 2011 |
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