Artie Ghosh’s favorite photo that he’s taken is of his mom and sister sitting on the edge of his bed in his childhood bedroom. It was taken about two or three years ago, when Ghosh was just starting to grow into his photography skills.

“It’s poorly taken, which I think adds to the charm for me,” Ghosh said. “Everytime I look at it, it strikes me with an incredible sense of nostalgia for a time when I’d wake up at home on a slow weekend and my mom and sister would sit on the edge of the bed with me and chat my ear off.”

There are shadows playing around the photo, and Ghosh said that it is reminiscent of the idea of how memory can sometimes be unreliable and moments that you remember can eventually turn haze, similar to the lighting in the photo.

Today, Ghosh is continuing to tell stories around his photography and work and he is starting his own photography business, focusing on portraits, lifestyles, and couple photography. He recently just shot his first few weddings.

“I’ve been focusing on photography and videography since I was a freshman in college,” Ghosh said, adding that he started to looking into photography as a hobby in high school.

Ghosh said his senior year at Northeastern University, where he studied communications and media studies, was a challenge due to the onset of Covid-19. One, potentially, positive note though was that it accelerated the process in having him decide what he’d like his next step to be.

“I decided I just wasn’t the right fit for a standard 9-5 desk job,” Ghosh said. “Somewhere along the way, I guess I just gained more confidence in my skills…I realized that now would be as good as any to look into the things I’m not as attune to.”

And so Ghosh looked to start his business. He had to think more business-minded than ever before, while still allowing his art to give him pride and show off his creativity.

A few months ago, Ghosh offered a free headshot session in Shrewsbury. He set up shop at Dean Park by the basketball courts for four hours and promised any potential customers free, edited, professional headshots within a week.

Beyond the photography, though, Ghosh learned more about his hometown.

“When I was a kid, I didn’t have much of a mind for community connection, community building,” Ghosh said. “Shrewsbury didn’t strike me as a tight knit community growing up…I decided that a good step would be to do something in good faith.”

Ghosh said he was able to speak with people and meet more of the neighbors around him. One person he met was also an emerging photographer. He said that they were able to discuss what the business is like and any struggles or achievements they both have.

Later, Ghosh met a couple that was strolling through the park, he said. One was a retired photographer. The other was a retired fine art painter. Ghosh though didn’t realize how much these strangers were able to help him and his business.

“It brought me a lot of joy,” Ghosh said. “I had no idea I needed the perspective like that. They talked all about the local art scene.”

Yet for Ghosh to describe why he wants to be involved with photography, it doesn’t always come clearly in words.

“I don’t always know what it is about photography that I love. It’s not something that’s very easy for me to put into a sentence,” Ghosh said. “I know that when I’m in my head, trying to romanticize my life or anything around me, I think in pictures. I get impressions that turn into concepts that turn into pictures in my head.”

To him, that is what connects Ghosh with his work. This concept allows him to continue to grow within the community and meet more people like the couple and the other new photographer at the park.

“That’s one thing I’ve really enjoyed about growing my photography skills,” Ghosh said, adding that he wants his own body of work to one day reflect that he’s “lived a life worth living.”

To learn more visit artieghosh.com or visit his Instagram at artie.ghosh.photo.