Hello There!

Thank you for showing interest in my work! I am a freelance creative portrait & concert photographer based in Dallas, TX.

I got my first camera at the age of 13 as a Christmas present. It was the perfect shade of purple and had a touchscreen mirror! My love for photography grew when I moved to Dallas in 2017. It became a coping mechanism for my depression. I would go out every evening and take pictures of flowers and the sky in my neighborhood and immediately run home, add my favorite lyrics to those photos and have them as my laptop wallpapers to get me through my days. The process of taking pictures and editing was something I found comfort in. Nothing in the world brought me more peace.

I jumped to freelancing in January 2019 after working for The Coppell Citizen’s Advocate, Bombay Studio & Dallas County Law Enforcement.

When I look at where I am now, never in a million years would I have thought that I would create a life for myself as a creative within the music industry. I’ve always been the studious South Asian girl who moved high schools and had to live up to her older sister’s standards, the path she paved for me, and make my immigrant parents proud. I always found it difficult to make friends and felt like an outsider since childhood, especially growing up in Memphis, TN, where no one really looked like me. When photography became my outlet in 2017 for my severe depression, I would have never imagined almost 6 years later, I would be living this life. Yes, of course, its been a journey of tremendous hard work, persistence, and just losing my absolute sanity / mental health, but it has been the absolute best decision of my life. I get to meet new people, make friends, and listen to such beautiful people’s stories. Through this journey, I get to express my heart and soul, work with such kind souls, and photograph artists I look up to so much.

When I’m not behind the camera, I’m probably drinking tea or binging a tv show. I have the cutest and most precious golden retriever baby; his name is Leo. I love working out, cooking, listening to music, and skateboarding! My all-time favorite artists are Sabrina Claudio, Zayn, Lana Del Rey & Alina Baraz. I love most all genres of music and absolutely love listening to music during all my shoots! I like to think of my work as a journey of emotions, passion, and art. If my work makes you feel something, anything, then I’ll know I succeeded.

I’m here for you. I want to bring your vision to life and create memories for you to look back on for years to come!

Much love,

Anchita

Canon EOS 6D

Published in Voyage Dallas, Duende Magazine, Orenda Media & Unclear Magazine

Photographed Artists: Sabrina Claudio, AR Rahman, DPR IAN, DPR LIVE, Eric Nam, Kim Woosung, Epik High, ARMNHMR, Audrey Mika, Phoebe Ryan, Woo Won Jae, DeVita, Sogumm, Coogie, Jonita Gandhi, Junny, Kimia Penton, bLAck pARty, Katrina Cain, Rakshita Suresh & Hriday Gattani

Here’s more of me in front of my camera, featuring some of my self-portraits!