Photo exhibition - The wedding season

Off to church

The wedding season

I am having photo exhibition in Bombay, Bangalore, Calcutta and Delhi. Its being curated by "Tasveer". A limited edition of 8 prints per photograph is available for sale. If you are interested in a purchase contact Archana at archana.tasveer@gmail.com

Sizes available : 24/16 and 36/24
Paper details : Ultra smooth fine art museum quality archival paper by Epson.100 percent cotton rag, acid free, ph buffered for true archival properties. Ultra chrome k3 pigments. Assured 100 years light fastness.

In my own words.

I shot most of the wedding images at a time in my life when I was going through great emotional turmoil and pain. The woman I loved had left me, my dog had died and the documentary films I had dedicated my life to, seemed sensationalized and far removed from the romantic visions I had of the same when I had begun making films. My constant traveling had removed me from family and lover; the world seemed smaller and from a distance, on reflection, so did I.

The experiences I had overseas and in various parts of India had made me question my own ideas of love and community. Documentary filmmaking had treated me well. I had made enough money to want to do the same despite the change in vision and I found myself financially comfortable, being patted on the back by friends and family, earning in "dollars" too.

Heart broken, I found myself withdrawing from social events and family. I lapsed into occasional depression and found it hard to commit to relationships. I went out with many women and felt deeply dissatisfied.

I took pictures for a friends wedding.

The wedding images are the product of my own experiences of love and come from suffering and loss, not just of a companion but also of ones ideas of love, fidelity and relationships. I liked holding the camera up to my face and hiding it. I had to speak less, smile less and be patted on the back less. Still photography was working alone which meant less conversation and less bullshit. I searched for moments of beauty and love but also at the same time of betrayal, disappointment and pain, all a part of my own tapestry at the time. I would smile and enjoy the intimacy I captured but found myself looking for the frayed edges, of bitching relatives and flirtatious grooms, of unfaithfulness, of jealousy, sadness and anger.

I am not a voyeur with these images. I know the people in the images. Some of them I love dearly. I will not write about the stories behind the images. On examination both from behind the lens and away from it, I think I lost my innocence and taking these photos helped me come to terms with the same.

My wedding images are testament to love and its loss. To penetrate facades, to remove myself from my own connections with people I photograph and reveal truth in our lives, my life, to strip away the lies and hopefully reveal moments simply, with all their complexity, nastiness and beauty intact.

A Deccan Herald critical review of the exhibition by Marta Jakimowicz

http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/jan12007/arts22411020061231.asp

Excerpt : "The wonderful thing about Lobo's shots is their un-posed, unpremeditated sensitivity and expressiveness whose aesthetic language draws from an individual and conscious but deeply immersed response to how that reality appears and acts. Hence, the prints are as formally independent of any style or conceptual paradigm as they are authentic and knowingly natural."

Press:

http://www.mid-day.com/life-at-work/2007/march/153438.htm

http://www.hindu.com/mp/2007/01/06/stories/2007010600700500.htm

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070224/asp/opinion/story_7427175.asp

etc

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The wedding season