In fact, it is often our most personal and most subjectively narrated experiences that strike a chord with complete strangers. “For an American audience, work by Indians both from India and the diaspora is virtually unknown. Gupta along with FotoFest executive director and biennial co-curator Steven Evans travelled extensively, both across India and abroad, personally meeting artists and reviewing work that best portrays the various facets that constitute contemporary India. In addition to these, today’s India also struggles with caste and gender based violence, environmental issues, internal and external terrorism, amongst a host of other things. FotoFest 2018 Biennial will be held in Houston, Texas between March 10-April 22; for more details see www.fotofest.org

Source: The Hindu March 09, 2018 14:26 UTC