Recently, I visited the seashore on the eastern coast of India, near the Bay Of Bengal, and for the first time in my life, I literally witnessed the rising tide, myself along with many people talking about climate change like it's so far away in the future, but by walking through the coastline of India and talking to the locals, I realized, it's actually happening now. Natural disasters are nothing new for the people living along the northern Bay of Bengal coast. If we don't act soon enough, slowly the rising tide will slowly increase and will disappear innumerable islands and coastal areas around the world.
Climate change is not a problem for tomorrow or the future, it's a problem for today and now.
As a documentary photographer, I found it my prime responsibility to start documenting climate change and to raise awareness as much as I can.
While documenting the seashore and its inhabitants, I have witnessed many mundane moments turn into exceptional visuals with the infusion of the strong human spirit battling the rising tide, these photographs are a part of my ongoing project long-term project "The Rising Tide".
