Yuvraj Chawla
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YuvrajChawla

Photographs from a life half-scripted —
people, streets, and the light in between.

Contact sheets ↓

(Statement)

I don’t direct the moment. I just make sure I’m there when it happens — and stay a little longer than I need to.

Index — 5 rolls · 47 frames · 2 developing

Contact sheets

Roll 01

Portraits

Faces, unposed

7 frames
YC 400 · ROLL 01▸ SAFETY FILMYC 400 · 01
7A
She borrowed the ribbon from a game I never fully understood.
8A
A quiet face in red — one frame, no direction given.
9A
Holi doesn't ask permission before it finds you.
10A
Not a real wound — just a story I asked him to wear for an afternoon.
11A
He never looked at the camera once. The guitar was enough.
12A
Weight he's carried longer than I've had a camera.
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Roll 02

Streets

The in-between moments

12 frames
YC 400 · ROLL 02▸ SAFETY FILMYC 400 · 02
13A
Dust settles eventually. The good shots happen before it does.
14A
Color first, questions later.
15A
The city's real heartbeat runs on three wheels.
16A
Every pair handmade, every color a choice.
17A
Hung out to dry, accidentally arranged like a painting.
18A
A shop after hours, lit only by what it's selling.
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Roll 03

Golden Hour

Places that slowed me down

9 frames
YC 400 · ROLL 03▸ SAFETY FILMYC 400 · 03
19A
The Himalayas don't care if you're ready. You just look up.
20A
An infinity pool that forgot to end where the mountains begin.
21A
Haze so thick the horizon gave up trying.
22A
Gold, marble, and a hallway that refuses to end.
23A
Delhi at sunset. Someone walked into the frame and became the story.
24A
A waterfall that decided to stand still for the winter.
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Roll 04

Night & Experimental

Light after dark

16 frames
YC 400 · ROLL 04▸ SAFETY FILMYC 400 · 04
25A
Marina Bay Sands — Singapore showing off after dark.
26A
Light-painting a portrait — she held still, the light didn't.
27A
Waited an hour for the sky to do this once.
28A
A flower that looks like it belongs to the night.
29A
Just the moon. No tricks, just patience.
30A
Two lamps, one wall, and a color palette I didn't plan.
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Roll 05

Commercial

Built one light at a time

3 frames
YC 400 · ROLL 05▸ SAFETY FILMYC 400 · 05
31A
Coco Noir by Chanel — my first product shoot. Black on black, lit just enough.
32A
Eat, style, love — a neon sign and a few red leaves did the styling.
33A
Yesterday you said tomorrow. One sneaker, a lot of steps.
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Roll 06 — in the darkroom

Weddings

Vows, chaos & the quiet corners

First rolls in the darkroom — arriving soon.
YC 400 · ROLL 06▸ SAFETY FILMYC 400 · 06
37A
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42A
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Roll 07 — in the darkroom

Graduation

Caps, gowns & the morning after

Developing now — arriving soon.
YC 400 · ROLL 07▸ SAFETY FILMYC 400 · 07
43A
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48A
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Boston gave me a puddle and a dancer in red.
(Process)

Every frame starts as a negative.

Scroll slowly and you’ll see it — each photograph on this site arrives the way a print does in a tray: dark where it should be light, then slowly, itself. I shoot that way too. Wait, watch, and let the picture show up on its own.

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What I shoot

  1. 01

    Weddings

    The day as it actually felt — nerves, laughter, the corners nobody else noticed.

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  2. 02

    Graduation

    Caps in the air and the people who got you there. Solo, friends or family.

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  3. 03

    Portraits & model shoots

    Honest portraits with light direction and no stiff poses.

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  4. 04

    Events

    Festivals, parties, launches — documented like a story, not a checklist.

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  5. 05

    Product & commercial

    Objects lit with intent, so they carry a mood of their own.

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