Stage
In this photo series, Stage is a metaphor for the city and places we build and the place where day-to-day life plays out. With a focus on twenty-first-century urban India, it see’s the built world as both spatial and material and is concerned with the human relationship with these spaces. From exposed infrastructures to increasing population densities, the imagery explores the idea of how does it feel to live among an ever growing and changing world—one in flux between the past and rapid modernization.
These images explore the living city, one that is not defined by buildings alone and as such is a portrayal of the human condition amongst the concrete, brick, stone and steel. This body of work from 2012 onwards is further expanded upon in the book Departures.
A moment of rest under Ellis Bridge, Ahmedabad
Morning optimism and bathing rituals on the streets of Mumbai
Vivekananda Bridge over the Hooghly River near Kolkata
Children on the Railway lines, Delhi
A police message board contrasts with the ancient images of gods and goddesses
Street scene near Howrah Bridge, Kolkata with the Statue of Subhas Chandra Bose in the background
Local commuter train, Churchgate Station, Mumbai
Fish Market, Kolkata
Child sleeping on the street, Kolkata
Walking on the railway lines, Delhi
Street scene with graffiti and statues of the goddess Kali, Kolkata
New housing developments rise above self built informal housing, Azadpur, Delhi
Morning commute, Delhi Metro
Local commuter train, Churchgate Station, Mumbai