hello everyone what I would do today is I’ll take you through this little
I’ll take you through this little
I’ll take you through this little journey which I had and why I decided to
journey which I had and why I decided to
journey which I had and why I decided to become a photographer it why I chose to
become a photographer it why I chose to
become a photographer it why I chose to do what I’m doing this all began 1012
do what I’m doing this all began 1012
do what I’m doing this all began 1012 years back and these were times which
years back and these were times which
years back and these were times which were difficult which was very difficult
were difficult which was very difficult
were difficult which was very difficult why they were difficult and what they
why they were difficult and what they
why they were difficult and what they were is another talk for some other day
were is another talk for some other day
were is another talk for some other day but I remember quite well that all of a
but I remember quite well that all of a
but I remember quite well that all of a sudden it became like a mad obsession
sudden it became like a mad obsession
sudden it became like a mad obsession you know photography and living with
you know photography and living with
you know photography and living with photographs looking at photographs and
photographs looking at photographs and
photographs looking at photographs and suddenly I realized after a couple of
suddenly I realized after a couple of
suddenly I realized after a couple of years that it was only photography that
years that it was only photography that
years that it was only photography that I was doing there was nothing else I was
I was doing there was nothing else I was
I was doing there was nothing else I was shifting colleges I was shifting cities
shifting colleges I was shifting cities
shifting colleges I was shifting cities different houses trying to settle down
different houses trying to settle down
different houses trying to settle down with life because it was very chaotic it
with life because it was very chaotic it
with life because it was very chaotic it was important to calm down and when
was important to calm down and when
was important to calm down and when people used to ask me that what do you
people used to ask me that what do you
people used to ask me that what do you do I had no answer because I I was doing
do I had no answer because I I was doing
do I had no answer because I I was doing nothing so photography at some level
nothing so photography at some level
nothing so photography at some level give some sort of meaning you know some
give some sort of meaning you know some
give some sort of meaning you know some sort of sense to everything
sort of sense to everything
sort of sense to everything – this loveliness so I started saying
– this loveliness so I started saying
– this loveliness so I started saying that I’m a photographer and people
that I’m a photographer and people
that I’m a photographer and people started believing I could enter spaces
started believing I could enter spaces
started believing I could enter spaces which I would otherwise wouldn’t have
which I would otherwise wouldn’t have
which I would otherwise wouldn’t have entered and back in those days it was
entered and back in those days it was
entered and back in those days it was very difficult to really do what you
very difficult to really do what you
very difficult to really do what you wanted to do because in order to be a
wanted to do because in order to be a
wanted to do because in order to be a photographer you had to be a
photographer you had to be a
photographer you had to be a photojournalist commercial photographer
do weddings are there were different
do weddings are there were different various kinds of things that other
various kinds of things that other
various kinds of things that other people were doing and I found them very
people were doing and I found them very
people were doing and I found them very boring here
boring here
boring here that’s not what I wanted to do there
that’s not what I wanted to do there
that’s not what I wanted to do there were trouble in the family that what
were trouble in the family that what
were trouble in the family that what this guy is going to do but they were
this guy is going to do but they were
this guy is going to do but they were happy that I was doing something we had
happy that I was doing something we had
happy that I was doing something we had to travel from one city to the other in
to travel from one city to the other in
to travel from one city to the other in order to see a profit show because the
order to see a profit show because the
order to see a profit show because the city never had these things so I
city never had these things so I
city never had these things so I remember that there was this suffocation
remember that there was this suffocation
remember that there was this suffocation it was it was really lonely to be a
it was it was really lonely to be a
it was it was really lonely to be a photographer you couldn’t make people
photographer you couldn’t make people
photographer you couldn’t make people understand what you are doing and
understand what you are doing and
understand what you are doing and photography is such a medium where it
photography is such a medium where it
photography is such a medium where it only interests photographers and that
only interests photographers and that
only interests photographers and that was another concern that what am I going
was another concern that what am I going
was another concern that what am I going to talk about as a photographer in a TED
to talk about as a photographer in a TED
to talk about as a photographer in a TED talk because the normal people they
talk because the normal people they
talk because the normal people they don’t really care about photography
don’t really care about photography
don’t really care about photography which is absolutely fine but this is how
which is absolutely fine but this is how
which is absolutely fine but this is how it is and that was one one thing time
it is and that was one one thing time
it is and that was one one thing time when I was looking at work because
when I was looking at work because
when I was looking at work because internet had just come not like this
internet had just come not like this
internet had just come not like this generation when they had internet from
generation when they had internet from
generation when they had internet from +56 we hadn’t internet at a sort of time
+56 we hadn’t internet at a sort of time
+56 we hadn’t internet at a sort of time when we were giving class 10 11 12 or
when we were giving class 10 11 12 or
when we were giving class 10 11 12 or something like that so we would suppose
something like that so we would suppose
something like that so we would suppose to different kinds of photography so I
to different kinds of photography so I
to different kinds of photography so I knew that
knew that
knew that you know I mean I’m not getting anywhere
you know I mean I’m not getting anywhere
you know I mean I’m not getting anywhere like four or five months of hard work is
like four or five months of hard work is
like four or five months of hard work is not getting us anywhere
not getting us anywhere
not getting us anywhere trial and error you do this for some
trial and error you do this for some
trial and error you do this for some time and you do something else and then
time and you do something else and then
time and you do something else and then I I mean I saw on to Angelica’s walk
I I mean I saw on to Angelica’s walk
I I mean I saw on to Angelica’s walk French photographer who sort of changed
French photographer who sort of changed
French photographer who sort of changed my whole idea of photography and just
my whole idea of photography and just
my whole idea of photography and just before that I really love Sur Aguas work
before that I really love Sur Aguas work
before that I really love Sur Aguas work from India
from India
from India the only photographer I looked up to
the only photographer I looked up to
the only photographer I looked up to back then and I still do now and I
back then and I still do now and I
back then and I still do now and I always thought that you know like how
always thought that you know like how
always thought that you know like how are they doing it exactly so I went for
are they doing it exactly so I went for
are they doing it exactly so I went for this workshop in Angkor called I go for
this workshop in Angkor called I go for
this workshop in Angkor called I go for a festival and I did this workshop with
a festival and I did this workshop with
a festival and I did this workshop with Antoine it was very intense and I
Antoine it was very intense and I
Antoine it was very intense and I remember shooting like mad you know
remember shooting like mad you know
remember shooting like mad you know whatever I had kept within me for so
whatever I had kept within me for so
whatever I had kept within me for so long like this last two three years of
long like this last two three years of
long like this last two three years of frustration this was the work which I
frustration this was the work which I
frustration this was the work which I had done in Cambodia called comedian and
had done in Cambodia called comedian and
had done in Cambodia called comedian and it was around four five days of shooting
it was around four five days of shooting
it was around four five days of shooting but what came as a by-product of this
but what came as a by-product of this
but what came as a by-product of this mad shooting was I could do what I was
mad shooting was I could do what I was
mad shooting was I could do what I was looking forward to you know I remember
looking forward to you know I remember
looking forward to you know I remember when Antoine was giving this feedback
when Antoine was giving this feedback
when Antoine was giving this feedback sessions at the end of these workshops
sessions at the end of these workshops
sessions at the end of these workshops he would he would speak to me after he
he would he would speak to me after he
he would he would speak to me after he had spoken to everyone and on the last
had spoken to everyone and on the last
had spoken to everyone and on the last day when he was talking to everyone else
day when he was talking to everyone else
day when he was talking to everyone else I was just crying you know so
I was just crying you know so
I was just crying you know so photography then I realized was just not
photography then I realized was just not
photography then I realized was just not a career or a passion or a hobby it was
a career or a passion or a hobby it was
a career or a passion or a hobby it was like life and death and only few
like life and death and only few
like life and death and only few photographers can understand this it’s
photographers can understand this it’s
photographers can understand this it’s very difficult
very difficult
very difficult then this beautiful photographer who was
then this beautiful photographer who was
then this beautiful photographer who was there I mean she helped me make a book
there I mean she helped me make a book
there I mean she helped me make a book and I knew that I had to do something
and I knew that I had to do something
and I knew that I had to do something with the work and so I tried and I made
with the work and so I tried and I made
with the work and so I tried and I made a book with this just made 200 little
a book with this just made 200 little
a book with this just made 200 little copies it had this huge poster inside it
copies it had this huge poster inside it
copies it had this huge poster inside it folded there was this envelope with a
folded there was this envelope with a
folded there was this envelope with a little bit of prints inside there was a
little bit of prints inside there was a
little bit of prints inside there was a text sheet and I was very excited about
text sheet and I was very excited about
text sheet and I was very excited about it I didn’t wait for a publisher to look
it I didn’t wait for a publisher to look
it I didn’t wait for a publisher to look at this work or I was not waiting for
at this work or I was not waiting for
at this work or I was not waiting for anyone else it felt like doing something
anyone else it felt like doing something
anyone else it felt like doing something and I did it and back in those days it
and I did it and back in those days it
and I did it and back in those days it was not as easy to do a self-published
was not as easy to do a self-published
was not as easy to do a self-published book or either in terms of designing it
book or either in terms of designing it
book or either in terms of designing it or in terms of taking it out to people
or in terms of taking it out to people
or in terms of taking it out to people etcetera etcetera so those were exciting
etcetera etcetera so those were exciting
etcetera etcetera so those were exciting times and I’m in mind my journey into
times and I’m in mind my journey into
times and I’m in mind my journey into the world of photography as it started
the world of photography as it started
the world of photography as it started it had a lot to do with the and that was
it had a lot to do with the and that was
it had a lot to do with the and that was one point in time when I was completely
one point in time when I was completely
one point in time when I was completely obsessed with the Japanese provoke
obsessed with the Japanese provoke
obsessed with the Japanese provoke generation photographers like Dada Maria
generation photographers like Dada Maria
generation photographers like Dada Maria marques Oh Kitajima there’s an army of
marques Oh Kitajima there’s an army of
marques Oh Kitajima there’s an army of photographers and I kept on thinking
photographers and I kept on thinking
photographers and I kept on thinking that you know like I want to make works
that you know like I want to make works
that you know like I want to make works like this and after I finished this work
like this and after I finished this work
like this and after I finished this work I got very bored again and this this is
I got very bored again and this this is
I got very bored again and this this is what has happened to me all the time
what has happened to me all the time
what has happened to me all the time that I do something with a lot of
that I do something with a lot of
that I do something with a lot of obsession and then that obsession is
obsession and then that obsession is
obsession and then that obsession is lifted and then I want to do something
lifted and then I want to do something
lifted and then I want to do something else and but one thing you know which
else and but one thing you know which
else and but one thing you know which happened in Angkor was it gives me some
happened in Angkor was it gives me some
happened in Angkor was it gives me some sort of an idea of what kind of a
sort of an idea of what kind of a
sort of an idea of what kind of a photographer I wanted to be you know
photographer I wanted to be you know
photographer I wanted to be you know what kind of work I wanted to engage
what kind of work I wanted to engage
what kind of work I wanted to engage with what kind of people I wanted to
with what kind of people I wanted to
with what kind of people I wanted to work with and back then
work with and back then
work with and back then which still holds in Calcutta you know
which still holds in Calcutta you know
which still holds in Calcutta you know and the rest of the country is we don’t
and the rest of the country is we don’t
and the rest of the country is we don’t have galleries we don’t have museums we
have galleries we don’t have museums we
have galleries we don’t have museums we don’t have photo book publishers we
don’t have photo book publishers we
don’t have photo book publishers we don’t have curators there is no there’s
don’t have curators there is no there’s
don’t have curators there is no there’s no secondary market there’s nothing as
no secondary market there’s nothing as
no secondary market there’s nothing as far as photography is concerned and I’ll
far as photography is concerned and I’ll
far as photography is concerned and I’ll go back to the same thing that you have
go back to the same thing that you have
go back to the same thing that you have to either be a photojournalist or a
to either be a photojournalist or a
to either be a photojournalist or a commercial photographer or a fashion
commercial photographer or a fashion
commercial photographer or a fashion photographer and things like that so it
photographer and things like that so it
photographer and things like that so it was difficult for us but as I said that
was difficult for us but as I said that
was difficult for us but as I said that more than a career more than anything
more than a career more than anything
more than a career more than anything else my only reason to come to
else my only reason to come to
else my only reason to come to photography was because I wanted to do
photography was because I wanted to do
photography was because I wanted to do this and I wanted to spend my whole life
this and I wanted to spend my whole life
this and I wanted to spend my whole life and photography is what I thought back
and photography is what I thought back
and photography is what I thought back then I don’t know what I think maybe
then I don’t know what I think maybe
then I don’t know what I think maybe tomorrow or the day after but yeah so
after Angkor after meeting all these
after Angkor after meeting all these great photographers I wanted to meet a
great photographers I wanted to meet a
great photographers I wanted to meet a lot of these things change and I figured
lot of these things change and I figured
lot of these things change and I figured that everybody is on the same journey
that everybody is on the same journey
that everybody is on the same journey everybody has similar kind of problems
everybody has similar kind of problems
everybody has similar kind of problems so this is this was the book came in
so this is this was the book came in
so this is this was the book came in this little slip case sort of cover with
this little slip case sort of cover with
this little slip case sort of cover with a tech sheet and other things so I know
a tech sheet and other things so I know
a tech sheet and other things so I know it’s not a great book I know where this
it’s not a great book I know where this
it’s not a great book I know where this book is wrong etc but this is very
book is wrong etc but this is very
book is wrong etc but this is very special
special
special maybe you know it will I will do
maybe you know it will I will do
maybe you know it will I will do something with it after many years maybe
something with it after many years maybe
something with it after many years maybe of 10 years or something but a lot of
of 10 years or something but a lot of
of 10 years or something but a lot of mistakes and like photography like keep
mistakes and like photography like keep
mistakes and like photography like keep like doing your own shows using public
like doing your own shows using public
like doing your own shows using public space everything this book also taught
space everything this book also taught
space everything this book also taught me how to make a book so our whole like
me how to make a book so our whole like
me how to make a book so our whole like my entire generation like the generation
my entire generation like the generation
my entire generation like the generation I belong to
I belong to
I belong to all of us have learned through this
all of us have learned through this
all of us have learned through this trial and ever because we never had
trial and ever because we never had
trial and ever because we never had colleges we never had schools we never
colleges we never had schools we never
colleges we never had schools we never had people to tell us that what is good
had people to tell us that what is good
had people to tell us that what is good what is bad what you should do what you
what is bad what you should do what you
what is bad what you should do what you should not do so for us it was more of
searching for something all along and
searching for something all along and that’s the reason that many of us all
that’s the reason that many of us all
that’s the reason that many of us all our works are different and we still are
our works are different and we still are
our works are different and we still are people who probably are not so obsessed
people who probably are not so obsessed
people who probably are not so obsessed with the arrival which I keep on telling
with the arrival which I keep on telling
with the arrival which I keep on telling people that photography in general is
people that photography in general is
people that photography in general is for me is more about the journey when
for me is more about the journey when
for me is more about the journey when someone is too obsessed with the arrival
someone is too obsessed with the arrival
someone is too obsessed with the arrival then there’s nothing from the journey
then there’s nothing from the journey
then there’s nothing from the journey that you can extract and whatever there
that you can extract and whatever there
that you can extract and whatever there is is what you have
is is what you have
is is what you have so after Angkor after commit then we
so after Angkor after commit then we
so after Angkor after commit then we then I went to this black hole again of
then I went to this black hole again of
then I went to this black hole again of not understanding anything and I was in
not understanding anything and I was in
not understanding anything and I was in this weird spot all over again what
this weird spot all over again what
this weird spot all over again what should I do now I had after that I had
should I do now I had after that I had
should I do now I had after that I had people closest I remember and I was in
people closest I remember and I was in
people closest I remember and I was in the hospital and somehow there was this
the hospital and somehow there was this
the hospital and somehow there was this gallery delhi where i had an exhibition
gallery delhi where i had an exhibition
gallery delhi where i had an exhibition and i had met this ambassador from
and i had met this ambassador from
and i had met this ambassador from poland who was there she really liked
poland who was there she really liked
poland who was there she really liked the kind of work I was doing so she told
the kind of work I was doing so she told
the kind of work I was doing so she told me back then that you know are you
me back then that you know are you
me back then that you know are you interested to go to Poland for this
interested to go to Poland for this
interested to go to Poland for this little artist residency that they are
little artist residency that they are
little artist residency that they are doing so I said yes but why bring up the
doing so I said yes but why bring up the
doing so I said yes but why bring up the hospital and all that is that I was
hospital and all that is that I was
hospital and all that is that I was lying in my bed and this woman had sent
lying in my bed and this woman had sent
lying in my bed and this woman had sent me it’s very kind of her to send me this
me it’s very kind of her to send me this
me it’s very kind of her to send me this music like DVDs of Thomas Danko and I
music like DVDs of Thomas Danko and I
music like DVDs of Thomas Danko and I was listening to
was listening to
was listening to and did something to it so I mean
and did something to it so I mean
and did something to it so I mean inspired by philosophy and his seminal
inspired by philosophy and his seminal
inspired by philosophy and his seminal work three colours trilogy and some
work three colours trilogy and some
work three colours trilogy and some stories that I heard from people from my
stories that I heard from people from my
stories that I heard from people from my generation my friends etc who grew up
generation my friends etc who grew up
generation my friends etc who grew up listening to soviet-era short stories I
listening to soviet-era short stories I
listening to soviet-era short stories I did this work in Poland in the winter of
did this work in Poland in the winter of
did this work in Poland in the winter of 2013 and can you just run the thing so
2013 and can you just run the thing so
2013 and can you just run the thing so this is me making some sense of color
this is me making some sense of color
this is me making some sense of color work for the first time and how I was as
work for the first time and how I was as
work for the first time and how I was as I said both with black and white
I said both with black and white
I said both with black and white photography and you know Poland for me
photography and you know Poland for me
photography and you know Poland for me was about the Solidarity movement and
was about the Solidarity movement and
was about the Solidarity movement and how the communist regime was thrown over
how the communist regime was thrown over
how the communist regime was thrown over by a very legitimate People’s Movement
by a very legitimate People’s Movement
by a very legitimate People’s Movement and this is something which was also
and this is something which was also
and this is something which was also happening here just happened here like
happening here just happened here like
happening here just happened here like the so called leftist forces in big ball
the so called leftist forces in big ball
the so called leftist forces in big ball were thrown out after a long time
were thrown out after a long time
were thrown out after a long time so it was easy for me to bridge this you
so it was easy for me to bridge this you
so it was easy for me to bridge this you know this romantic idea of the winter in
know this romantic idea of the winter in
know this romantic idea of the winter in Poland etc etc and we in Calcutta we
Poland etc etc and we in Calcutta we
Poland etc etc and we in Calcutta we were a by-product of the generation
were a by-product of the generation
were a by-product of the generation we’ll just seen on the ground Xingu
we’ll just seen on the ground Xingu
we’ll just seen on the ground Xingu happening
happening
happening the Japanese government the so-called
the Japanese government the so-called
the Japanese government the so-called communist government you’re killing
communist government you’re killing
communist government you’re killing people in on the ground and whatever
people in on the ground and whatever
people in on the ground and whatever happened after that we always witness
happened after that we always witness
happened after that we always witness that so my idea was to look at the color
that so my idea was to look at the color
that so my idea was to look at the color red and how it changed you know from the
red and how it changed you know from the
red and how it changed you know from the symbol of the Solidarity movement etc to
symbol of the Solidarity movement etc to
symbol of the Solidarity movement etc to what it is now because capitalism has
what it is now because capitalism has
what it is now because capitalism has taken over in
taken over in
taken over in to start the other then I came back
to start the other then I came back
to start the other then I came back again and I went to Korea in this coal
again and I went to Korea in this coal
again and I went to Korea in this coal mines where I was fixing for these two
mines where I was fixing for these two
mines where I was fixing for these two French filmmakers tf1 National Park and
French filmmakers tf1 National Park and
French filmmakers tf1 National Park and draw the Braille you can keep it going
draw the Braille you can keep it going
draw the Braille you can keep it going so Jana and Java making this film in
so Jana and Java making this film in
so Jana and Java making this film in Korea on the fire there was an
Korea on the fire there was an
Korea on the fire there was an underground fire which was burning took
underground fire which was burning took
underground fire which was burning took a very very long time and I was just
a very very long time and I was just
a very very long time and I was just shooting on my phone and slowly steadily
shooting on my phone and slowly steadily
shooting on my phone and slowly steadily I realized that I might have something
I realized that I might have something
I realized that I might have something and later like last year Getty and
and later like last year Getty and
and later like last year Getty and Instagram have been very kind to offer
Instagram have been very kind to offer
Instagram have been very kind to offer me a grant for this work and this is the
me a grant for this work and this is the
me a grant for this work and this is the time when mobile phones and phone
time when mobile phones and phone
time when mobile phones and phone cameras and phone images were getting
cameras and phone images were getting
cameras and phone images were getting popular and people were using it like
popular and people were using it like
popular and people were using it like never before
never before
never before so things for getting more easy you know
so things for getting more easy you know
so things for getting more easy you know the bridge that was there when I when I
the bridge that was there when I when I
the bridge that was there when I when I had started photography that you have to
had started photography that you have to
had started photography that you have to depend on a magazine or a printed
depend on a magazine or a printed
depend on a magazine or a printed newspaper or a gallery etc these were
newspaper or a gallery etc these were
newspaper or a gallery etc these were vanishing and we could do it with the
vanishing and we could do it with the
vanishing and we could do it with the social media with Instagram this that
social media with Instagram this that
social media with Instagram this that the other and there is another very
the other and there is another very
the other and there is another very significant thing which I understood
significant thing which I understood
significant thing which I understood from doing this work was the power of
from doing this work was the power of
from doing this work was the power of the mobile phones what it would do if
the mobile phones what it would do if
the mobile phones what it would do if you take into consideration the entire
you take into consideration the entire
you take into consideration the entire history of photography the conceptual
history of photography the conceptual
history of photography the conceptual photography or the post photography that
photography or the post photography that
photography or the post photography that we talked about is completely dependent
we talked about is completely dependent
we talked about is completely dependent on the idea that we are just making old
on the idea that we are just making old
on the idea that we are just making old images and we can’t make new images but
images and we can’t make new images but
images and we can’t make new images but the phone for the first time in this is
the phone for the first time in this is
the phone for the first time in this is like 200 years can give you something
like 200 years can give you something
like 200 years can give you something very radical so from me mobile phone
very radical so from me mobile phone
very radical so from me mobile phone photography there is nothing for mobile
photography there is nothing for mobile
photography there is nothing for mobile for photography anyways I mean if you
for photography anyways I mean if you
for photography anyways I mean if you make images with a mobile maybe there is
make images with a mobile maybe there is
make images with a mobile maybe there is a very slight chance that you can get
a very slight chance that you can get
a very slight chance that you can get something which you do not know so and I
something which you do not know so and I
something which you do not know so and I keep telling this that if you give a
keep telling this that if you give a
keep telling this that if you give a phone to a Picasso with 16 17 year-old
phone to a Picasso with 16 17 year-old
phone to a Picasso with 16 17 year-old boy or a girl you would know what a
boy or a girl you would know what a
boy or a girl you would know what a mobile phone can do so all of us know
mobile phone can do so all of us know
mobile phone can do so all of us know like about the world in Georgia there is
like about the world in Georgia there is
like about the world in Georgia there is no much to talk about
no much to talk about
no much to talk about I mean you know like two three minutes
I mean you know like two three minutes
I mean you know like two three minutes is such a little time to talk about but
is such a little time to talk about but
is such a little time to talk about but yeah it’s very surreal I mean there’s a
yeah it’s very surreal I mean there’s a
yeah it’s very surreal I mean there’s a underground fire which has been burning
underground fire which has been burning
underground fire which has been burning in Georgia for a very very long time and
in Georgia for a very very long time and
in Georgia for a very very long time and nobody has been able to stop it and
nobody has been able to stop it and
nobody has been able to stop it and nobody wants to stop it also because all
nobody wants to stop it also because all
nobody wants to stop it also because all institutions agencies the government
institutions agencies the government
institutions agencies the government everyone has failed you know from from
everyone has failed you know from from
everyone has failed you know from from the maharaja who is controlling the fire
the maharaja who is controlling the fire
the maharaja who is controlling the fire he failed and then the british raj they
he failed and then the british raj they
he failed and then the british raj they feel when they took control then the
feel when they took control then the
feel when they took control then the government of india failed then the
government of india failed then the
government of india failed then the multinational companies are also going
multinational companies are also going
multinational companies are also going to fail the labor the trade union
to fail the labor the trade union
to fail the labor the trade union movements there it failed
movements there it failed
movements there it failed the Mafia failed so this is a story of
the Mafia failed so this is a story of
the Mafia failed so this is a story of failure of yours and yours so this has
failure of yours and yours so this has
failure of yours and yours so this has been going on since centuries so what I
been going on since centuries so what I
been going on since centuries so what I wanted to do is I wanted to make a sense
wanted to do is I wanted to make a sense
wanted to do is I wanted to make a sense of this sort of post-apocalyptic kind of
of this sort of post-apocalyptic kind of
of this sort of post-apocalyptic kind of world where I wanted to see how the
world where I wanted to see how the
world where I wanted to see how the world looks like when you have extracted
world looks like when you have extracted
world looks like when you have extracted everything from it you know so is what
everything from it you know so is what
everything from it you know so is what it is and hopefully there will be a book
it is and hopefully there will be a book
it is and hopefully there will be a book on the Jharia work very soon supposed to
on the Jharia work very soon supposed to
on the Jharia work very soon supposed to happen end of next month etc might get a
happen end of next month etc might get a
happen end of next month etc might get a little push so and now as I said that
little push so and now as I said that
little push so and now as I said that you know I keep moving and you know I
you know I keep moving and you know I
you know I keep moving and you know I get very bored doing the same thing over
get very bored doing the same thing over
get very bored doing the same thing over and over again so yeah so I just want to
and over again so yeah so I just want to
and over again so yeah so I just want to run you through some little work that I
run you through some little work that I
run you through some little work that I had done which is like very close to me
had done which is like very close to me
had done which is like very close to me it’s with no beginning and no end there
it’s with no beginning and no end there
it’s with no beginning and no end there is a lot of pressure photographers too
is a lot of pressure photographers too
is a lot of pressure photographers too there’s a lot of pressure for us to sort
there’s a lot of pressure for us to sort
there’s a lot of pressure for us to sort of do work you know like to
of do work you know like to
of do work you know like to what is the work I didn’t come to
what is the work I didn’t come to
what is the work I didn’t come to photography to make a career in
photography to make a career in
photography to make a career in photography so more than building up
photography so more than building up
photography so more than building up bodies of work and creating I don’t know
bodies of work and creating I don’t know
bodies of work and creating I don’t know what for me these images make lot of
what for me these images make lot of
what for me these images make lot of sense to me because whatever I can’t say
sense to me because whatever I can’t say
sense to me because whatever I can’t say loudly to people is something I’d rather
loudly to people is something I’d rather
loudly to people is something I’d rather hide it in images you know these are
hide it in images you know these are
hide it in images you know these are images these are like very precious
images these are like very precious
images these are like very precious moments in my life and these are little
moments in my life and these are little
moments in my life and these are little secrets
secrets
secrets and I have always been more interested
and I have always been more interested
and I have always been more interested in mystery than truth I have been more
in mystery than truth I have been more
in mystery than truth I have been more interested in the journey more than the
interested in the journey more than the
interested in the journey more than the destination of being more interested in
destination of being more interested in
destination of being more interested in making relationships which are more sort
making relationships which are more sort
making relationships which are more sort of honest and open rather than making
of honest and open rather than making
of honest and open rather than making relationships to debate as Soha said so
this is my only way out I mean there’s
this is my only way out I mean there’s no other way I can live it’s very
no other way I can live it’s very
no other way I can live it’s very difficult to make sense of what I’m
difficult to make sense of what I’m
difficult to make sense of what I’m saying and that’s the reason I have
saying and that’s the reason I have
saying and that’s the reason I have chosen photography to do it so coming
chosen photography to do it so coming
chosen photography to do it so coming back to Instagram again I mean you know
back to Instagram again I mean you know
back to Instagram again I mean you know these little places give us this Avenue
these little places give us this Avenue
these little places give us this Avenue to keep doing what you want and not
to keep doing what you want and not
to keep doing what you want and not really care about the market or the
really care about the market or the
really care about the market or the history of photography or how to make a
history of photography or how to make a
history of photography or how to make a career out of so on and so forth this
career out of so on and so forth this
career out of so on and so forth this travel will definitely go on but at the
travel will definitely go on but at the
travel will definitely go on but at the same time most more than anything else
same time most more than anything else
same time most more than anything else is very important to be happy it’s very
is very important to be happy it’s very
is very important to be happy it’s very important to make sense of who you are
important to make sense of who you are
important to make sense of who you are maybe Who I am and it’s thanks a lot
maybe Who I am and it’s thanks a lot
maybe Who I am and it’s thanks a lot [Music]
[Music]
[Music] [Applause]
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