varun khushalani; selected works
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Cinestill 400D / 2023
Queens, NY
Indianapolis Motor Speedway / 2024
Speedway, IN
Chicago, IL / 2024
Vallas Election Night / 2023
Chicago, IL
Cinestill 400D / 2023
Manhattan, NY
Indianapolis, IN / 2024
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"But eventually, it is a game of cricket ” - Sachin Tendulkar
Prior to the summer of 2024, I sent emails to 2 major sporting events requesting a media pass to photograph. The first event replied with a brisk, “no chance.” The second event was the ICC Men's T20 Cricket World Cup. For 7 matches, I drove 2 hours from New Jersey to Long Island, NY to cover one of the biggest sporting events in the world, it's atmosphere, and the dedicated fans who traveled across the world to Eisenhower Park. Shot entirely on 35mm film, nominated for a 2025 Pinnacle Award by the College Media Assoc., “The Beauty of Ovals” captures the in-between, a perspective of the sport of cricket just metres away from the most followed athletes on the planet.
Long Island, NY
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Lollapalooza Media Room / 2024
Chicago, IL
Ektar 100 / 2023
Harlem, NY
Indianapolis Motor Speedway / 2024
Speedway, IN
Kodak Gold 200 / 2023
Marseille, FRA
Chicago, IL
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The Heart Break Club (comp.)
Chicago, IL / 2024
A collection of work from my collaboration with Aman Anwar’s The Heart Break Club. Shot on both digital and film; dedicated to a vision of streetwear clothing that pioneers new ideas in brand identity and fashion.
winter - navy / 2024
Chicago, IL
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Democratic National Convention / 2024
Chicago, IL
Indianapolis Motor Speedway / 2024
Speedway, IN
Harman Phoenix / 2024
Morristown, NJ
Harman Phoenix / 2024
Manhattan, NY
Chicago, IL / 2025
intrusive / 2024
Chicago, IL
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For my Senior Thesis film, s. veloski takes a brief meditation, I wanted to push myself, and my roomate Shane Veloski, in our pursuit of the bold story that needs to be told. Roomates at DePaul University, and tired of short films that said too much (yet too little,) Shane and I wanted to start at square one, using whatever we had on hand to make a film about nothing. To our luck, right outside the doorstep was the city Chicago in the wintertime, and we couldn’t ask for a better canvas to translate the solemnly strange (yet remarkable) experience of simply sitting with oneself and doing nothing. 8 min. and 18 sec.
plates
(1) NGC 1850 / 2025
NASA/CXC
(3) John Glenn / Feb 20, 1962
Ralph Morse, 1961; Life Picture Collection
(4) Early Sunday Morning / 1930
Edward Hopper
(5) Valencia, Spain / 1933
Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Kodak Gold 200 / 2023
Chicago, IL
Democratic National Convention / 2024
Chicago, IL
winter - navy / 2024
Chicago, IL
Boston, MA / 2023
Amber 800T / 2023
Paris, FRA
Karmir 160 / 2023
Lyon, FRA
Harman Phoenix / 2024
Manhattan, NY
Mumbai, IND / 2024
Harman Phoenix / 2024
Manhattan, NY
Kodak Gold 200 / 2023
Marseille, FRA
Cinestill 400D / 2023
Queens, NY
Cinestill XX / 2023
Chicago, IL
Chicago Street Course / 2023
Chicago, IL