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Raj Sarda, MD

Contributor's Note

As a teenager I was drawn toward photography as an art form. My initial attempts were a major disappointment because of a lack of understanding of the basics of photography. Although I continued to take photographs for many years, they were simply snapshots. It was after I began my career as a physician at Northwest Permanente that I started working on developing skills to “make photographs.” I took basic photography classes at Portland Community College followed by attending a variety of photography workshops.  Since my retirement from Northwest Permanente in 2001, photography has taken an important role in my life.

Naag Champa

Artwork, Volume 5; Issue 1

Naag Champa
photograph

Photograph taken in Mumbai, in the home where I grew up, with a Nikon F100 camera, a Nikon 105 mm f2.8 macro lens, and Fuji Velvia 50 film.

 

“Naag Champa”: My mother’s worship flower.

For her morning prayers, my mother would collect a few fresh blossoms from our garden and place them as an offering to Lord Shiva. In 2003, on one such morning while visiting her, I decided to photograph the flower because of its unusual structure.