© Ashish Parmar
Brilio.net/en - Its a story that will melt your ice-cold hearts. You might have already seen the photo. Its an ad for the iPhone 6 with the tagline Shot on iPhone 6. The campaign, which features a select few pictures, submitted by iPhone users is intended to show the awesome capability of the Apple product known around the globe.
Ashish Parmar, a self-taught photographer based in Bangalore, submitted a picture of his wife and became the first Indian to win the contest held in December 2015.
The 36-year old and his wife Raina own Ashish Parmar Photography and tours, and often travel to wildlife preserves in and around the Indian sub-continent . Theyve been together to Kenya, Tanzania and Sri Lanka and hosted workshops is several others places such as Kabini, Tadoba, Corbett, Kaziranga, Masai Mara, and Serengeti.
The photographer, who has taught at least 1,000 students, said that he was inspired by his wifes beauty. He told Buzzfeed: During Diwali last year, Raina was helping my mother decorate the house with diyas/lamps, Diwali is an important festival in our family. It was her first Diwali since we were married and she was eager and dressed well for the occasion. He went on to say these sweet words about his recent wife:
She stepped out with a tray of diyas in her hand when I walked into the room and saw her. Her face was alight from the light of the diyas and my beautiful wife was looking extraordinarily gorgeous.
Photo byAshish Parmar
He then posted the photograph on Instagram with the hashtag #shotoniphone6s. And much to his surprise he got a phone call several days later saying his picture had been chosen. But he chose to keep it a surprise for Raina. He couldnt have predicted that his photograph of his beautiful wife would be seen on billboards across the world. He said: Little did I know that it was Apple and that my favourite one of those pictures was going to be plastered across hundreds of billboards in so many countries.
Photo byAshish Parmar
Photo byAshish Parmar
Since the photos blew up (literally, blew up on billboards) across, the couples friends have been referring to them as the iPhone couple.
We have had friends and family across the world sending us selfies with the billboards and ads. We are ecstatic with the attention and adulation we are receiving and heartened by the fact that we know we couldnt have done it without each other.
Photo byAshish Parmar
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