“It all began as a simple WhatsApp message that I got from my wonderful friend, @manasvi18 “Hey are you a Messi fan?” he requested “man, I worship the ground he walks on” “okay so would you be interested in shooting him?” He asks as I promptly reply with “I will give you my left n*t,” the submit started.

“So we’re going to Paris! It happened just like that. The most incredible part of my year. When people play the hypothetical game of “Who’s the one person you’d do anything to photograph?”, for me it was all the time this one man. Being a Barca fan since 1999, Messi isn’t only a footballer or the GOAT or the world champion. He’s our boy from la masia, the one whose given me an infinite quantity of pleased reminiscences since his debut in 2004/05,” he continued.

Talking about his expertise earlier than and after the shoot, he wrote, “Prior to photographing my hero I was nervous as hell, what do I wear? Should I tell him I’m obsesssed with him? I’m a barca fan? No? Okay let’s do what you normally do- let’s try to _act_ professional. “Don’t deviate Rohan” I advised myself “be the photographer and not the fan. The shoot was for Byjus where @singhvinsingh @adityank and of course @divyagokulnath – in the middle of them being so understanding of what we could all collectively achieve doing this shoot, I was allowed to shoot my ‘#whiteTseries’ with Leo.”

“At the start of this shoot my hands were actually shaking and I was like, “f**k okay this is what it’s like to be very very nervous”. I used to be a ball of tension prior and needed to name up my mates to calm me down. The shoot was so clean and ultimately Messi was advised by his workforce that I used to be a MASSIVE fan and on the finish of the shoot he came visiting and hugged me. Post shoot ngl many tears had been shed. Thank you to @homyarpatel my assistant who held me collectively once I was feeling nervous,” he added.

At the tip of the submit, he revealed that the photographs had been shot a month and a half in the past and he was ready to place them up after Messi had received the World Cup. Messi did so on December 20 within the last in opposition to France and Shrestha was there within the stadium to witness historical past.

“These images were shot a month and a half ago and my friends asked me why I wasn’t putting them up? “I’ll wait for him to win the World Cup”. A couple of days in the past I used to be lucky sufficient to be within the stadium watching Leo elevate that trophy. It was written within the stars and generally we simply should be thankful for what life provides us,” he signed off.