Writings on PhotographyRe-Imagining the People of India13 Nov at 2:31 pmMahesh BhatWe reached Sadar Bazar in Old Delhi by around 3 pm. My student, assistant Shivya, and I took a cycle-rickshaw…
PhotographyWritings on PhotographyArchives of N K Dasappa9 Oct at 5:43 pmMahesh BhatAbout a year ago, thanks to my good friend Harish Sriram, I came across the works of a photographer called…
StoriesLife in India-Bangladesh Border2 Oct at 5:42 pmMahesh BhatIn 2005, I photographed life in villages along the porous border between India and Bangladesh for The Times. I worked…
Writings on PhotographyImagery from the Unconscious: Conveying More by Saying Less22 Sep at 8:52 amMahesh BhatHow do we think in imagery? How do we make pictures, and why? What do we say with our photographs?…
ThoughtsAn Uncertain Modernity7 Jan at 2:36 pmMahesh BhatThis image was made during a train journey in a third-class compartment from Ballary to Bangalore in 1985 or 86.…
ThoughtsMangalore mega urban region?7 Jan 2022Mahesh BhatMangalore in the 80s was a small town. Folks from big cities even described it as a village masquerading as…
ThoughtsNew World Makers5 Aug 2021Mahesh BhatStudents of Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology at Bisile Ghat, Western Ghats, 2020 I am sure you are…
ThoughtsWishes for a new world -3. Education to develop critical thinking and better public healthcare21 Jun 2020Mahesh BhatTulasi Munda set up a school in the remote mining area of Serenda in Orissa and has helped educate over…
ThoughtsWishes for a new world – 2/ Imagination & Governance5 May 2020Mahesh BhatMany of my posts on social media on the current situation have been met with questions such as, “Do you…
ThoughtsWishes for a new world – 118 Apr 2020Mahesh BhatUnequal World. This image is symbolic of the gross inequality that we have subjected our fellow humans to. This inequality…