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An Appraisal of
Photographers
Vaishnavi Shivram
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“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learnt in life- It goes on”- Robert Frost
Vaishnavi Shivram
Often stuck in a dichotomy of thoughts and choices. She says she’s your usual girl next door with a lot of twists. Basically A delhi based fashion media communication student trying to voice her opinion about fashion, art,
lifestyle and other personal things.
About the Writer &
Curator
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P rabuddha D asgupta &
Ellen von Unwerth
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Prabuddha DasguptaEdge Of Faith
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The Portuguese Catholic community of Goa and the dilemma amongst the people, caused by the historic event of the Portuguese colonisation in India, 1510
onwards caused Dasgupta to capture every breath of the state while preserving both the culture of both the
religions and community’s.
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Located on the west coast of India along the Arabian Sea, Goa was liberated in 1961, after
450 years of Portuguese rule. The ambivalence created by this transition of culture and politi-
cal loyalty provides the backdrop for the work of Indian photographer Prabuddha Dasgupta
in Edge of Faith. The 79 black and white photo-graphs create an intimate and deeply person-
al portrait of the Catholic community in Goa rarely seen before—a portrait of a gentle and
generous people, torn between their fidelity to a history of Portuguese faith and culture and
their post-Independence Indian identity. Edge of Faith captures Catholic Goa in a haunting, but beautiful impasse—caught in a time warp
between comforting nostalgia and a doubt-rid-den, insecure future.*1st
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Photograph 1
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Photograph 2
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Photograph 3
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Photograph 4
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Photograph 5
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Photograph 6
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Photograph 7
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Photograph 8
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Photograph 9
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Photograph 10
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Photograph 11
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Photograph 12
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Photograph 13
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Photograph 14
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Photograph 15
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A lot has been written and said about Prabuddha Dasgupta’s style of working and his beliefs. Words
like fearless, visionary, iconic, philosopher and most-ly a perfectionist have been used to describe him over
time. An artist who’s known to put at least an iota of his soul into all his pictures be it artistic or commer-
cial, and that a picture is never really an artists’ till there’s an element complementing to the artists’ per-
sona put to it . A photographer for whom, compro-mising his aesthetics is like compromising his inner
sanctum of him being himself. The main and the most perceptible philosophy of him has to be his rawness
and his want for everything to have a story and to be natural. There’s a certain naked-ness in all his pic-
tures, with the concepts being so routine yet creating a dichotomy of thought regarding a concealed, more
ardent meaning to them.
Philosophy
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Ellen von UnwerthFraulein
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Burlesque as a racy form of entertainment popular in the 19th century- often used as a platform to mim-
ic the societal norms and cultures and the way of life in an overly sensual and erotic manner. In this book curated by Ingrid Sischey we see pictures clicked by Unwerth which are highly inspired by the burlesque
artists and the art through cosplay in the photos.
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The photos contained in Fraulein, they consist in the main of good girls playing at being bad; and
when they’re bad they are, of course, better. With several photos there is a clandestine ele-
ment/demimonde vibe such as can be found in Brassai’s photos of Parisian nightlife or one or two
obscure Erich von Stroheim films. You might be in a burlesque or a brothel, a circus or a swanky
hotel during wartime. Each photo as a perfor-mance, with cosplay being the predominant
aesthetic: having got all dressed up, these ladies now tease and provoke to camera. And like
New Burlesque, you can package it as empow-erment if you want.*2nd
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Photograph 16
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Photograph 17
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Photograph 18
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Photograph 19
Photograph 2
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Photograph 20
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Photograph 21
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Photograph 22
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Photograph 23
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Photograph 24
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Photograph 25
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Photograph 26
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Photograph 27
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Photograph 28
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Photograph 29
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Photograph 30
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A woman who’s photos seem so fun and joyful yet erotic at the same time, also having a knack of mak-
ing them look elegant- must seem as such a stren-uous task; but if we had to believe her-“They just have fun”. An artist, whose photos are completely
unbleached, very relatable and self-explanatory. Play-fulness, personality and charm are the core facets a
viewer would see in her photographs, holding tight on to the anecdote. One of her major philosophies to get the outcome that she gets is also to let her subjects be
free by not restricting them to a pose always.
Philosophy
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