People on the Marina Beach started looking like small colourful things, and the sand became a canvas. That photograph won Mr. Rithwik the third place in the lifestyle category of winning photographers in the 9{+t}{+h}annual iPhone Photography Awards, which received thousands of entries from 139 countries. And so, when he went to Marina Beach with his wife last May, he decided to visit the Lighthouse — something he had always wanted to do. Until last year, Mr. Rithwik, who is a solutions architect with a software company in the city, had never used mobile phone cameras. Originally from Kozhikode, Mr. Rithwik has been living in Chennai for the past decade, and it was only after coming here that he seriously pursued photography, he said.

Source: The Hindu July 14, 2016 00:05 UTC