About Mohan

Mohan Bhasker

As long as I can remember, traveling and exploring the beauty of God’s handiwork has been my passion.  My formal education made me a doctor, but the things I experienced while exploring with my camera made me the person I am today.  Spending countless hours with people from all over the world and all walks of life, from the poorest to the wealthiest, has helped me understand and relate to human beings on a spiritual level.

I do my best to ensure that my photography is not limited by factors like distance, difficulty, and time.   There are more defeats than successes, but I accept disappointment with grace, and with each defeat I understand Mother Nature better.  By nature, I am a very passionate person who carries out any venture I undertake, even when it is difficult.  My frame of mind during these expeditions is how to achieve it, and not if I can.  I stretch myself to the limit.  Tiredness and disappointments are not my hurdles.  The determination to enjoy the relentless pursuit of perfection helps me to stay the course.  In the end, it is the memories created along the journey toward a goal that matter the most.  This has taught me patience and to accept the inevitable defeats.  

Finding an amazing location is one of the most challenging tasks in landscape photography.  My most extensive subject matter was Nepal’s Himalayan Mt. Everest range, covered in an 18-day, 245-mile trek.  There were photographic opportunities at every step.  Finding a vantage point in these locations is an art that takes some time to develop.  Through the lens, you learn to compose a scene with a strong foreground and eye-catching backdrop, and use the light to dress it up.  I never know when I have captured the perfect shot, but I strive to find that ideal balance between composition, color, and contrast, and to capture a scene that not only grabs my artistic eye but also connects with me emotionally. 

Email tennismohan@aol.com or call (310) 944-2625.

Camera of Choice

For my film photography I shoot my images using a medium-format Linhoff 6 x 17, Mamiya 7 and Leica M6.  For large-format I shoot with Linhoff Master Technica 4 x 5 and for my digital photography, I shoot with Leica M240, Leica Monochrome, and Leica X2.

Style of Printing

  • Fujiflex Crystal Archive- printing is on a polyester-based sliver-halide material.
  • Piezography- with K7 carbon inks.
  • Silver Gelatin- Traditional analog silver gelatin darkroom printing & Contact Silver Gelatin
  • Platinum & Palladium-Alternative process printing.

Artist Portfolio

Photography & Workshop Instructor for Samy’s Photo School in 475 South Fairfax Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90036 USA www.samysphotoschool.com

Kolibre Art Gallery, Rolling Hills Estates, CA                                   

Exhibited my photography from 2005 thru 2007 

Catalina Artist Market, Avalon Catalina Island, CA From 2007 thru 2009, I exhibited an exclusive collection of photographs depicting the beauty of Catalina Island.  For two consecutive years in 2008 and 2009, my photographs from Catalina Island were selected to advertise the Annual Grand Jazz Festivals.   The photographs were featured on the main cover to advertise the event and were printed as posters for which all sales proceeds were donated to charity. 

Artist Eye Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA

I was juried by a group of 15 Fine Art artists to exhibit my photography from 2010-2011. 

MountainSong Galleries, Carmel by the Sea, CA                         

Exhibited my photography from January 2011 thru July 2011.

PS Zask Gallery, Rolling Hills Estates, CA

Exhibited over 70 of my landscape photographs from all seven continents in August-November 2011 

Ritz Carlton Hotel, Laguna Niguel, CA                                       

I was juried in to exhibit fifteen of my photographs from all over the world at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Laguna Niguel from January 2012 thru May 2012

Hamilton Galleries, Santa Monica, CA                                                          

Exhibited 45 photographs from my Antarctica Expedition “The Purest Land on Earth” on July 2012.  All sales were donated to a charity towards global warming. 

Trump National Golf Club, Los Angeles, One Trump National Drive, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, Photography exhibit from June 19, 2013 thru July 17, 2013

Bhasker Gallery, Promenade on the Peninsula, 550 Deep Valley Drive, Suite 114, Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274 from February 2013 to present.

Forest and Ocean Gallery, Laguna Niguel, California---December 2016 thru Present

Featured on Leica Blog Interviews:

  • Magnificent Obsession, Part 1, May 8, 2014
  • Magnificent Obsession, Part 2, May 13, 2014
  • Cultural Identity in Cuba through Music, April 18, 2016
  • Black & White Photography & Platinum Printing, November 1, 2016

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Education:

Practicing Gastroenterologist Physician since 1983