PHOTO ESSAY | Colours of desire: Cop Shiva’s ‘My mother and her many techni-coloured sarees’
The HinduPublished : Dec 01, 2022 10:30 IST The following essay and photographs are on display at the ongoing eighth edition of the Indian Photo Festival in Hyderabad. In one of his acclaimed projects, Cop Shiva documented the life of a rural schoolteacher, Bagadehalli Basavaraj, who has been dressing up as Gandhi at various functions for the last 20 years because, he feels, the country is forgetting the Mahatma’s ideals. For Cop Shiva, the job of a policeman and that of a photographer is similar in that they entail respecting people and listening to their stories. Cop Shiva’s works are represented by Gallery Sumukha in Bengaluru and Art Heritage Gallery in New Delhi. The photos here are part of a project titled “My mother and her many techni-coloured sarees”.
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