Hasnain’s first introduction to photography occurred at the Chelsea College of Art and Design in London that led him to discover both digital as well as analogue. His experience of photographing the Star Trek sets and exhibits at Hyde Park led him to discover his love for digital astride his engagement with analogue. He made his introduction to the dark room and learned more about photography. While he moved on to working in Digital, for the fashion industry and Bollywood cinema, his fascination and love for analogue techniques has stayed on and he ventures into it once again, experimenting and discovering new aspects through the sheer desire to learn through trial and error.
Besides his technical engagement with the dark room, it is indicated through Hasnain’s philosophical and spiritual beliefs and subsequently in his photographic oeuvre that he is fascinated by the forces of life: The light and the darkness, the positive and the negative, the Yin and the Yang, the Sun and the Moon. While experiencing the many shades of grey, is something he has been taking pleasure in from his advent into photography, it is with his solo exhibitions, that Hasnain came into his own. He began with ‘The Meeting Point’, held at, Cultivate Art Global, Mumbai, 2021, Dhoomimal Art Gallery in 2021, subsequently held online at the Quarentena Galleria, Chile 2022, Other solo show ‘Rising from the Dark’ held at Ganges Art Gallery, Kolkata was well received critically. His recent shown at in group shows at Nine Fish Art Gallery in Mumbai, and Studio Art Gallery in New Delhi.
