Rediscovery of India

“Pretty soon,I got bored of doing photojournalism and wanted to move beyond the clichés expected from a foreigner with a camera in hand,” says Fisk,who has also photographed the snake charmer community in Orissa with his Nikon 5-T. “It is interesting that a community that was once revered and seen as mystical,has no relevance in modern India,” he observes. His portrait, A Family of Snake Charmers in Orissa depicts a father standing with a cobra while the mother and daughter cradle a python.

Fisk’s work has taken him across India — to Bamruali,a village in Allahabad,which has a baffling 33 pairs of identical twins,to Tamil Nadu,where he photographed the Tsunami in 2004,and to Kashmir,where he trained his camera on the Eidgah March in 2008. At this march,3.5 lakh people congregated to pray and peacefully protest. He has also photographed the order in the chaos of Indian streets,hawkers and the homeless. A touching image captures a young father helping his little son climb a ladder at Churchgate in Mumbai.

“There is a third element in each of these images,either of humour,calmness or camaraderie,” says Fisk. The works are 45×35 inches,priced between Rs 28,000 and Rs 34,000,and each is available in a limited edition of six.

The exhibition will continue till February 22. Contact: 41617103