Photography: Pictures that speak

Marriages might or might not be made in heaven but weddings are best viewed through the lens of Joseph Radhik

Pick your favourite celebrity wedding pictures from the last five years and chances are that all have been clicked by Joseph Radhik and his team: Nick Jonas’s reaction on finding his name in Priyanka Chopra’s mehendi, Vicky Kaushal and Katrina Kaif sharing a quiet moment against the backdrop of a sunset, or Virat Kohli lovingly kissing Anushka Sharma’s forehead. Radhik’s unblinking lens has made sure we were privy to some of the most intimate and unfiltered moments of these big fat Indian weddings.

This was shot at their (Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma) reception. It is not a posed photo and it is unfiltered emotions, and a moment captured at just the right time. It is not one of the more popular photos but it is easily one of the favourite photos of my career so far (Joseph Radhik)

It is a picture shot during Priyanka’s mehendi where all the aunts are there and Nick has found his name on her hand. It is shot with the camera right in there. I love how this image breaks the boundaries. Every celebrity photo till then was shot from a certain distance. But here the camera is right in the middle of the action. And that is extraordinary (Joseph Radhik)

Joseph describes this photograph as “so simple and yet so captivating”. It’s the kind of photo that he says he has always wanted to make, the kind that doesn’t have any gimmicks or effects, just beauty in the purest sense (Joseph Radhik)

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Josephy says, “Our images look perfect because of the emotions they capture. We don’t retouch our photos. The image might not be perfect from a photography point of view, but people are blown away by this because of the sheer joy that it captures; it is their unadulterated happiness that makes the Rajkummar-Patralekha images so glorious!” (Shivali Chopra)

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