Originally from India and currently based in Paris. I have completed my bachelor’s in Media Science and currently perusing a master degree in Photography and Image-Making. In my work I record the world in a documentary way, trying to capture the emotions a landscape holds rather than capturing the landscape itself – in black and white or in colour. On the commercial side, I find myself in the genre of photojournalism and street, when not only I prefer to go inclusive with the landscape and the people living in it, but also you will find images outside of series, speaking about very specific emotions. On the more personal side, my interests revolve around the complex relationship between distance, loneliness and memory and mainly situated under the night sky. From the time when I was a child, photography and writing became my escape. Even today, the poetries often find themselves in the projects that I am working on. I am always interested in capturing moments that relate to passing of time and the emotions of everyday life.
Project Statement
The series titled The Rest is Darkness, explores the notion of self-imposed solitude. As life is too noisy, I like the feeling of being unseen. It gives me a sense of comfort. At night, I exist as a shadow – observing and rarely being observed – I find it to be a safe space for me to inhabit. It is a self-imposed detachment that alters the experience of time and self. I roam the streets looking for a place to rest, a safe space where the outside eye is not allowed.
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