“I photograph to show the world what I see — the calm in the ordinary, the thrill in the rare. To prove that beauty isn’t about comparison, but about perspective.”
Why I Chose Photography
I started photography because the world is full of moments that deserve a second look. Pretty things, people, landscapes — all with stories hiding in plain sight. There’s a calm in framing them, a peace in focusing on a single detail, like the wow I felt when I caught a fly resting on my dog’s nose.
Sometimes, it’s about the chase — the effort I put into capturing elephants in a restricted area, the thrill of that stolen frame. Other times, it’s about the share — posting on Instagram so the world can see exactly what I saw, and maybe feel what I felt.
But more than that, I wanted to break the mirror that society holds up to people. The one that says, I’m too black, I’m too fat, I’m ugly, only this side of my face is good, I’m too white, I’m too thin. I wanted to make everyone see their own beauty, without conditions.
That’s why I named it Krowm — from crowism. People call the crow an ugly bird. But it’s still a bird — it flies, it survives. Just because a peacock has colorful feathers, does it mean the crow is less worthy? Or that the peacock’s beauty makes it less capable of killing a snake?
Beauty isn’t a hierarchy — it’s a perspective.— Says Myil Anandh, Owner, Krowm Studios