A list of photographers and visual artists, all from South Asian countries, all defying the usual Orientalist tropes associated with South Asia. No further commentary, just check them out.
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A series showcasing photographers who represent their communities through images and #ReClaim the narrative to dispel reductionist stereotypes that have dominated for so long.
Travelling in our day and age is easier than it has ever been. The increase in low-cost flights, backpacker’s hostels...
“The camera is a kind of passport that annihilates moral boundaries and social inhibitions, freeing the photographer from any responsibility...
“The cannon compels the body, the school bewitches the soul” — Cheikh Hamidou Kane, Ambiguous Adventure The most violent spectacles...
Like many of my friends belonging to the Muslim diaspora in the Wild White West, I cringe, cry and sometimes...
African photographers and visual artists, all defying the usual Orientalist tropes associated with Africa. Part of our #Reclaim the Narrative series.
A series showcasing photographers who represent their communities through images and #ReClaim the narrative to dispel reductionist stereotypes that have dominated for so long.
