Confluence Artists

Processes: Tricolour Gum, Cyanotype, Kallitype, Salt Print

An engineer by profession and a self-taught photographer and print-maker, Debanjan has been drawn to beauty and self-expression amidst both the natural and man-made worlds. He move across genres anchoring on moods, compositions and themes since picking up a film camera in the 1990s. 

As a print-maker, he embodies Tricolour Gum, Cyanotype, Kallitype, Salt Print or a combination of these processes. He also makes prints from intricately hand-cut stencils and that has opened up new horizons in terms of printmaking and visual impact. His prints adorn several private collections and has been awarded in international competitions.

His portfolio for Confluence 2026 includes a rich melange of processes, notably multiple Tri-colour Gum prints through which he aims to bring in a dash of vibrant colours into the traditionally monochrome hand-crafted prints.

Processes: Kallitype, FerroBlend, Lumen and Palladiotype

Self-taught and research-minded, Raghavendra brings to his practice a deep engagement with the chemistry of light on paper.

 He works across a wide range of historical processes and approaches each one as a balance between chemical control and intuitive reinterpretation. In 2025, he developed FerroBlend, a duotone siderotype process that expands the expressive range of iron-based printing. He has also contributed novel chemical formulations to the practice of kallitype and platinum/palladium printing. His work is grounded in the metaphors embedded in everyday visual experience, drawn out through observation and reinterpretation.

Process: Gum Print (large-format, purely analogue)

An engineer by training, Rajkumar has used photography as a primary form of expression for over 25 years. His practice has moved deliberately toward the slower and more demanding. Stripping away colour, he focuses on the physicality of overlooked objects, guided by a "follow the light" philosophy.

His most recent work uses vintage 10x12-inch large-format cameras to produce purely analogue, handmade Gum prints. His work has appeared in books and newspapers and been shown at Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath.

Processes: Gum, Cyanotype (wet and lumen variants), Kallitype, Salt Print

Largely self-taught, Ramesh brings over 17 years of sustained practice to Confluence, shaped by an early engagement with film in the 1980s and a professional career in IT. He explores both flora and fauna through representational and abstract approaches, working primarily in black and white to isolate form, tone, and structure. His belief is clear: a print is a crafted, tangible object. 

Ramesh has had a solo exhibition of digital prints of his photographs in Chennai. He was also a part of a group exhibition of digital prints of black and white photographs in Bengaluru.

Processes: Silver Gelatin, Lith Print, & Kallitype

An engineer-turned-entrepreneur, Sabir discovered photography through his father and has spent two decades making it a primary form of creative expression. He shoots film and digital across multiple formats, with a particular affinity for black and white, a language he has spent years refining. He has in-house facilities for film processing, scanning, and darkroom printing. His work has been published in international magazines, including Travel+Leisure and shown in exhibitions and public forums across India.

Process: Cyanotype

Shankar was born in Ilkal, North Karnataka, and inherited both the craft and the passion from his father. As far back as 1980, he was learning the fundamentals using a TLR Rolleicord camera and assisting in the darkroom. Film, wildlife, nature, heritage. His practice has moved through many forms over four decades. When digital accelerated around him, he chose to slow down, returning to black-and-white film as a meditative practice. For him, working with film is deliberate and a form of attention.