Founding rate — first 10 sessions at ₹7,999 instead of ₹10,000
The Rediscovery Session
You are photogenic.
Because of who you are when you no longer feel the need to perform.
A guided portrait experience. No perfect poses, no picture-perfect smiles — just space to slow down, be seen, and reconnect with who you are underneath everything the day asks of you.
2–3 hrs
unhurried
25
hand-edited portraits
10+ yrs
behind the lens
The observation behind the work
People change the moment they notice the camera.
It was never about looking good in a photograph. It was about
feeling comfortable enough to be yourself. Everything in this
session is built around that one idea.
Swaraj Keluskar
01 — The gallery
People, not poses.
No two sessions look alike, because no two people do. These are made the same way yours would be — by watching, waiting, and photographing what’s actually there.
The Rediscovery Session isn’t a shoot you turn up for. It begins long before the camera comes out and continues long after it’s put away — with a questionnaire, then a conversation, so that by the time we photograph you, we aren’t strangers.
There’s no direction to smile, no list of poses to get through. I watch, and I photograph what’s actually there. What comes back are portraits that feel honest, intimate, and unmistakably you.
It’s built for one person at a time. Whoever you are outside of the roles you carry — parent, professional, the dependable one — this is the space where you get to put them down.
Nothing rehearsed, nothing rushed
Built around you, not a template
Somewhere calm that you help choose
Every frame hand-edited, never batch-run
The conversation comes before the camera
03 — Your experience includes
Everything,
taken care of.
Seven things, every session, without exception.
01
Personal Discovery Questionnaire
A few honest questions, answered in your own time, before we ever speak.
02
Pre-session Discovery Conversation
We talk properly — so the camera isn’t the first time we meet.
03
An experience built on observation, not posing
No poses to hit. I watch, and photograph what’s actually there.
04
A guided 2–3 hour photography session
Long enough to stop performing. Short enough to stay present.
05
25 hand-edited, high-resolution portraits
Edited one at a time, by hand. Yours at full resolution.
06
A private online gallery
Yours alone, to keep, download, and share if you choose to.
07
A personal written reflection
What I noticed about you during our time together, written for you.
04 — How it works
Four steps. No surprises.
01
You answer
A short discovery questionnaire arrives the moment you book. Answer it whenever you like.
02
We talk
A real conversation before the session — what you’re hoping for, where we’ll shoot, what to wear.
03
We photograph
Two to three unhurried hours. No posing, no direction to smile. You settle, and I work.
04
You receive
25 hand-edited portraits in a private gallery, with a written reflection on what I noticed.
10+
Years photographing people
25
Hand-edited portraits per session
3 hrs
Unhurried time in front of the lens
10
Founding sessions at the launch rate
Swaraj Keluskar · Founder, The Unposed Project
05 — About
I'm Swaraj Keluskar.
Photographing people for over a decade — commercial work, filmmaking, theatre, retreats.
For over a decade I’ve been photographing people — but what has fascinated me has never been the photograph. It’s always been the person standing in front of the camera.
Commercial projects, filmmaking, theatre, retreats, and countless conversations with people from very different walks of life. Every experience was different. One thing stayed remarkably consistent: people changed the moment they noticed the camera.
That observation has stayed with me since my college days. It made me realise the challenge was never about looking good in a photograph — it was about feeling comfortable enough to be yourself.
I’ve learned that meaningful photographs have very little to do with asking someone to smile. It begins with listening, building trust, and creating a space where people feel seen without judgment.
I believe every person is photogenic — not because of how they look, but because of who they become when they no longer feel the need to perform.
If my photographs help someone see themselves with a little more kindness than they did before, I’ve accomplished far more than capturing a beautiful image.
06 — Brand philosophy
The photograph isn't the goal.
It's the reminder.
Have you ever looked at a photograph of yourself and thought, "That's not how I remember myself."
Maybe you looked too serious.
Maybe your smile felt forced.
Maybe you liked how you looked, but something still felt… missing.
I’ve felt that too.
Not because the photograph was bad.
Because it only captured what was visible.
I’ve always been fascinated by the difference between who we are and who we appear to be. Spend even ten minutes with someone, and you begin to notice little things.
The way they light up when they talk about something they love.
The pause before they answer a difficult question.
The laugh that arrives unexpectedly.
The quiet confidence that appears when they stop thinking about how they’re being perceived.
Those are the moments that stay with me.
Not because they’re dramatic. Because they’re real.
That’s why I don’t think of my sessions as photoshoots.
They're conversations.
Walks.
Moments of silence.
Stories.
Sometimes we don’t even talk much. We simply spend enough time together that the camera slowly becomes unimportant. And somewhere in between all of that, something changes.
People stop trying to look good.
They start feeling like themselves.
That’s the moment I’m waiting for.
The photograph isn’t the goal. It’s the reminder — of who you were when you forgot you had to perform.
That’s what I hope you take home.
Not just images you’ll love looking at.
But a version of yourself you'll love remembering.
— Included with every session
You'll also receive something written.
At the end of every Rediscovery Session I write you a personal reflection — not a description of the photographs, but of the person I spent the afternoon watching. What you do when you forget you’re being photographed. What softened. What I noticed that you may not have.
Most people tell me it’s the part they reread.
07 — In their words
People who let themselves be seen.
I got to know Swaraj had begun doing photoshoots of people. I had known him and his work for some 18-ish months by then. His perspectives to look at the world through his camera lens had always fascinated me. Since he is also a cinematographer, his clicks always tell a story.
I asked him if he’d do my photoshoot…if he’d help me rediscover
Ashi Singhal
Certified Laser Coach · Founder, Heights With Depths
Swaraj is a truly exceptional photographer. Few years back he did a photoshoot for my 3-year-old nephew, and as anyone with kids knows, getting them to cooperate for pictures can be a challenge! Swaraj handled it brilliantly. He took the time to build rapport and become my nephew’s friend first, gently trying out some fun poses.
Even when my nephew inevitably threw a few tantrums, Swaraj
Nikhil Panchal
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Product Engineer
We have worked with Swaraj for one of our Slowcations in the Kodaikanal. He was there for five days and understood the assignment very well. Worked as a teammate, took real interest in capturing the moments and the results were amazing. Thoroughly enjoyed working with him.
Paras Pundir
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Founder, Swakaash Movement
Swaraj as a photographer is a fun person. He makes the subject comfortable and lets the person experiment. He makes the overall session super warm, lively and captures the most authentic moments.
Priyanka Pradyumna
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Actress
Some people capture photographs. Swaraj captures souls.
From the moment the camera came out, I never felt the pressure to be perfect. Swaraj gives people the freedom to laugh, to be awkward, to be quiet, and simply to be themselves. In a world where everyone is constantly trying to fit into expectations, he reminds them that being authentic is enough.
Dr. Anne Shinelle Bankien
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MBBS . M.D, Anaesthesia and CCU
The photographer who won’t ask you to pose. He will click the best of whatever mood you’re in. I remember telling him ki mera left angle jada acha aata h and he responded ki be yourself and he actually clicked the beautiful emotions of me. I have a very smiling picture and a sad picture of me clicked by Swaraj and I can say he will ask you to be yourself and capture that emotion perfectly visible in that photograph.
Shikha
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Software Engineer
08 — Investment
One session. Yours entirely.
Same experience either way — the founding rate is simply a thank you for being early.
Rediscovery Session
₹10,000
The standard rate, once the first ten founding sessions are taken.
Discovery questionnaire & conversation
Guided 2–3 hour session
25 hand-edited portraits
Private online gallery
Personal written reflection
Travel charges are additional.
First 10 only
— Founding Session
₹10,000
₹7,999
Available exclusively for the first 10 Rediscovery Sessions — a thank you for becoming part of The Unposed Project from the very beginning.
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Everything in the Rediscovery Session
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₹2,001 off the standard rate
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Priority choice of session dates
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One archival fine art print of your chosen photograph
Travel charges are additional.
09 — Before you book
Questions, Answered.
Something still unclear? Email me and I’ll answer it properly.
— The Unposed Project
Come as you are.
Leave seen.
Ten founding sessions at ₹7,999. Once they’re taken, they’re gone.
Takes two minutes · No payment at booking
A guided portrait experience for one person at a time, by Swaraj Keluskar. Built on a single idea — that every person is photogenic the moment they stop feeling the need to perform.