That idea sits at the heart of Padma Shri Dr. Mukesh Batra’s 58th photographic exhibition, Magic Moments – Through the Kiwi Lens, opening on 7th September 2026 evening at the Kamalnayan Bajaj Art Gallery, Nariman Point, Mumbai.
This year, his camera journeys across New Zealand — tracing glass-like lakes that mirror snow-capped peaks, coastlines carved by wind and sea, forests glowing in filtered light, and cities shimmering beneath vast southern skies.
Yet the exhibition’s most powerful story lies beyond the landscapes.
Proceeds from the exhibition on from Sept 7-12 will support the Victoria Memorial School for the Blind.
There is a quiet poignancy in that connection: photographs born from light, colour and sight helping those who navigate the world without seeing it in the same way.
“Photography has taught me to notice what we often rush past — a changing sky, a reflection on water, a moment of perfect stillness. But for me, the true value of these images begins when their beauty can serve a larger purpose. If what I see through my lens can, in some small way, help those who experience the world without sight, then these photographs become far more meaningful than anything I could simply hang on a gallery wall,” says Padma Shri Dr. Mukesh Batra.
Through his lens, New Zealand is not reduced to a postcard. A stretch of water becomes a moment of silence. A cloud breaks open above a mountain. A road disappears into green. A sudden burst of city light interrupts the dusk. His photographs hold on to those fleeting seconds that disappear almost as soon as they arrive.
For Dr. Batra, photography has always been about noticing — how light falls across a landscape, how stillness can sometimes say more than spectacle, and how a single frame can preserve an emotion long after the moment itself has passed.
That same sensitivity runs through his philanthropic journey. Over the years, Dr. Batra has used his photographic exhibitions to support numerous social causes, allowing the beauty captured through his camera to travel beyond gallery walls and into lives that need support.
Magic Moments – Through the Kiwi Lens continues that journey, bringing together the sweeping visual beauty of New Zealand and a cause rooted deeply in compassion.
These photographs do not simply ask to be looked at.
They ask to be felt.
And in being seen, they help someone else see a little more hope.
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