Bhopal is the name of the place where, once upon a time, a vast plume of poison burst upon 5,20,000 people. But that happened 20 years ago. Now Bhopal is a metaphor for disaster, industrial and human. It has been the object of much speculation and typically endless litigation. A case study in regulatory law, it could serve as wonderful proof in an argument to uphold the precautionary principle. Reams of paper ˜ research unpublished or not undertaken ˜ and crores of cash ˜ money unspent, or non-funding ˜ facilitate the entry of a new generation of the city‚s residents into the 21st century, and death by unknown illness. These photographs were shot in the lanes of Jaiprakash Nagar, Indira Park, and inside the sealed Union Carbide factory.
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Excellent B&W work.
Film camera? I love the grain though I would have loved to see a captioned sequence of work … each picture with its 10-12 words trying to do justice to the thousands that the picture itself screams out.
Jun 15, 2009 @ 10:39 am
Ayan Khasnabis
Fantastic!
Jun 26, 2009 @ 2:56 am
Subhashish Sarkar
Magnificent! A wonderful portrait and the blown highlights lead to the amazing detail in the face. Well done.
Jul 05, 2009 @ 9:20 pm