The Enduring Magic of Analogue Photography
“Photographers are magical beings who work mysteriously”, said filmmaker Carlo Cresto-Dina in a recent conversation. It’s the mystery and uncertainty…
Being Hyper Human
On a cold rainy morning in March 2024 in New York, I walked up from Washington Square Village to the…
So, What do you teach?
Students of Srishti interacting with aspiring theatre practitioners at Neenasam, Heggodu. 2016 “The classroom remains the most radical space of…
Soil that Nourishes
Making Sense, AI Weiwei, Design Museum, London. July 2023 I was fortunate to spend a few hours at Ai Weiwei’s…
Re-Imagining the People of India
We reached Sadar Bazar in Old Delhi by around 3 pm. My student, assistant Shivya, and I took a cycle-rickshaw…
Archives of N K Dasappa
About a year ago, thanks to my good friend Harish Sriram, I came across the works of a photographer called…
Life in India-Bangladesh Border
In 2005, I photographed life in villages along the porous border between India and Bangladesh for The Times. I worked…
Imagery from the Unconscious: Conveying More by Saying Less
How do we think in imagery? How do we make pictures, and why? What do we say with our photographs?…
An Uncertain Modernity
This image was made during a train journey in a third-class compartment from Ballary to Bangalore in 1985 or 86.…
Mangalore mega urban region?
Mangalore in the 80s was a small town. Folks from big cities even described it as a village masquerading as…