Over the years, seeing my work published in The Guardian, a publication I have long admired, has been both humbling and affirming.

These photographs are fragments of journeys, conversations, and fleeting moments that might otherwise have gone unnoticed. An old woman standing alone on a narrow street, a passing expression, the geometry of everyday life, the quiet poetry hidden in a shutterbug standing against a beautiful landscape. A potter on her wheel, a squirrel scratching its paw, a baby peacock trying to escape from under its mother’s feathers. Each image reminds me that photography is rarely about spectacle. It is about learning to pause, observe, and recognise meaning in moments most people pass by.

Photos and text by Prerna Jain.