A WALK IN THE CLOUDS

A WALK IN THE CLOUDS
PORTFOLIO BY
DEEPAK CHOWDHURY
VOLUME I — SEPTEMBER 2015
© 2015 Deepak Chowdhury, All Rights Reserved.
A WORD...
Today, Deepak’s hands, heart and imagination join in making elegant new wonders.
He keeps surprising me. His works feel wholly original. They aim to copy no others.
His instinct is spot on. The same “gut” that got him to leave the corporate world for a
different path, has permitted us to see unfurled a large body of work that might never
have been without a momentary sunrise awakening one golden morning.
As Maya Angelou put it, “If one is lucky, sometimes a solitary fantasy can totally
transform one million realities.” May it always be so.
With admiration,
Rebecca Alban Hoffberger
Founder/Director
American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore
A WALK IN THE CLOUDS
If the sky is the earth’s canvas, then clouds are the ingredients of masterful paintings.
Engrossed in seemingly important matters, I hitherto paid little attention to their
beauty. Now, having time on my hands, and realizing what I have missed, I frequently
look up, hoping to capture yet another painting with the camera’s eye or my own. The
monotony of a cloudless sky, without even the loneliest of wanderers gracing its empty
canvas, is a void that I never wish to contemplate.
“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to shed rain or usher storm, but to give
color to my sunset sky.”
Rabindranath Tagore
WHITE COTTON CANDY
Train to Lhasa, Tibet
Deepak Chowdhury, 2007
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BLUE STROKES
Santiago, Chile
Deepak Chowdhury, 2007
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BASKING IN THE SUN
Chikmagalur, Karnataka, India
Deepak Chowdhury, 2008
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A LATE-SPRING AFTERNOON
Hampi, Karnataka, India
Deepak Chowdhury, 2008
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COBALT BLUES OVER KATHMANDU
Kathmandu, Nepal
Deepak Chowdhury, 2007
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AMAZING GRACE
Miami, Florida, USA
Deepak Chowdhury, 2007
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BEYOND THE EVEREST BASE CAMP
The Road from Shegar, Tibet
Deepak Chowdhury, 2007
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A TOUCH OF CHARCOAL
Puerto Natales, Chile
Deepak Chowdhury, 2008
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COLORFUL CONTRASTS
Puerto Natales, Chile
Deepak Chowdhury, 2008
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CREAMY DELIGHT
Torres del Paine, Chile
Deepak Chowdhury, 2008
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HIDE & SEEK
Domaine de Sandricourt, France
Deepak Chowdhury, 2008
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A TOUCH OF LEMON
Hospet, Karnataka, India
Deepak Chowdhury, 2008
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SIMPLE PLEASURES
Miami, Florida, USA
Deepak Chowdhury, 2008
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CHARCOAL OVER ORANGE
Coconut Grove, Florida, USA
Deepak Chowdhury, 2009
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A WARM SUMMER EVENING
Coconut Grove, Florida, USA
Deepak Chowdhury, 2008
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A FIERY AFTERGLOW
Coconut Grove, Florida, USA
Deepak Chowdhury, 2008
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STRIPED SUNRISE
Magellan Straits, Tierra del Fuego, Chile
Deepak Chowdhury, 2008
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EVENING BLUSH
Miami, Florida, USA
Deepak Chowdhury, 2008
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RUSTY SUNSET
Darjeeling, West Bengal, India
Deepak Chowdhury, 2008
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DESERT PINK
Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
Deepak Chowdhury, 2010
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BEFORE THE TWILIGHT
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Deepak Chowdhury, 2010
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
Deepak Chowdhury was born in India into an army family, and spent his early
years at Mayo College, a boarding school in Rajasthan, then received a B.A.
from St. Xavier’s College in Mumbai.
Leaving India for the first time in 1979, he spent two years as a management
trainee in England, prior to obtaining an M.B.A. from the University of
Chicago, and settling in New York to commence a career in financial services.
In 1997, Deepak joined Legg Mason, an asset management company
headquartered in Baltimore, where he spent the next decade in a variety of
senior management roles.
Deepak left his professional career in 2007 to explore areas of passion that
were outside the corporate world, and he found it in travel and photography.
The breadth of Deepak’s photographic interests span a range of subjects,
such as clouds, graffiti, temple art, ancient erotic sculpture, and the truck art
of South Asia. He is also an ardent photographer of village life in India, which
he primarily captures while traveling by car, his preferred mode of transport in
the country.
Deepak has also begun exploring the area of composite art, which
thoughtfully incorporates and combines his diverse range of photographic
interests. This includes his portfolio titled “Impermanence,” which brings
together images of clouds and graffiti from all over the world. He has recently
added a series titled “Boundless,” which pays homage to the wondrously
colorful style of the women in the towns and villages of India.
DEEPAK CHOWDHURY
15131 Wheeler Ln., Sparks, MD, USA
Mobile: (410) 812-1003
Email: [email protected]
Websites
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