Photo Essay: 'Meet me in the garden' by Farheen Fatima

 Photo Essay: 'Meet me in the garden' by Farheen Fatima

Meet me in the garden is a series of staged portraits by Farheen Fatima, featuring the artist’s own friends. Taking its inspiration from their family albums and everyday scenes, the photographs have also been painted on. Together, the works are a portrait of the public park in North India, populated by people to whom it serves as a special space of leisure and intimacy.

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Photo Essay: 'Dear Nani' by Zinnia Naqvi

Photo Essay: 'Dear Nani' by Zinnia Naqvi

Dear Nani (2017 - ongoing) is a project that addresses issues of gender performance and colonial mimicry through the family archive. The photographs included in this project are of the artist’s maternal grandmother, Rhubab Tapal, who is performing the act of cross-dressing by wearing several different outfits that belong to her husband.

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