The Photobook

Ketaki Sheth : "My world was the world of books."

In this episode, The Photobook Podcast features Mumbai-based photographer Ketaki Sheth whose signature blackand white photographs have come to define contemporary portraiture in India. Author of multiple books including Photo Studio, A Certain Grace: The Sidi, Indians of African Descent, Twinspotting: Photographs of Patel Twins in Britain & India and Bombay Mix, she is a recipient of the Sanskriti Award for Indian Photography and the Higashikawa Prize. Join us as we listen to Ketaki sharing her early experiences with photography and the making of her latest photobook Flashback. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To know more about our latest episodes, follow us on Instagram at @thephotobookpodcast or write to us at thephotobookpodcast@gmail.com You can find Priyanka Chharia at @madamphotographer and Ketaki Sheth at @sheth.ketaki on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Photobook Podcast is generously supported by PhotoSouthAsia at @photosouthasia. To view more of their work, log onto www.photosouthasia.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://photosouthasia.org/] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Swapan Parekh : "Too many good frames are boring!"

In this episode, The Photobook Podcast features Swapan Parekh, a recipient of the prestigious World Press Photo award and an alumnus of the International Center of Photography, New York. Based in Mumbai, Swapan picked up the camera as a teenager as a tribute to his late father, Kishor Parekh. His early years as a photographer were shaped by a distinctive documentary aesthetic, which he later introduced to the world of print advertising. Author of Between Me & I and A Little Peace on Earth That's Mine, Swapan's work has been published, recognised and awarded across multiple realms of documentary, advertising, commissioned and personal photography. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To know more about our latest episodes, follow us on Instagram at @thephotobookpodcast or write to us at thephotobookpodcast@gmail.com You can find Priyanka Chharia at @madamphotographer and Swapan Parekh at @swapanparekh on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Photobook Podcast is generously supported by PhotoSouthAsia at @photosouthasia. To view more of their work, log onto www.photosouthasia.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://photosouthasia.org/] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Ravi Agarwal : "Photography is a medium of self-communication."

In this episode, The Photobook Podcast features Ravi Agarwal, an interdisciplinary artist who investigates the relationship shared between humans and the non-human world through photography, video, text and installation. His work ranges from the long documentary to the conceptual and performative. Author of several photobooks and diaries including The Power Plant – Fragments in Time, In the Shadow of the Vulture and Down & Out, he has exhibited widely at international museums and at the Biennials of Havana, Yinchuan, Kochi, Sharjah and Documenta XI. He is the recipient of the UN-IFCS Award for Chemical Safety and the Ashoka Fellowship for social entrepreneurship. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To know more about our latest episodes, follow us on Instagram at @thephotobookpodcast or write to us at thephotobookpodcast@gmail.com You can find Priyanka Chharia at @madamphotographer and Ravi Agarwal at @ravig64 on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Photobook Podcast is generously supported by PhotoSouthAsia at @photosouthasia. To view more of their work, log onto www.photosouthasia.org⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://photosouthasia.org/] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Saba Hasan : "A family book becomes a cultural legacy."

In this episode, The Photobook Podcast features Saba Hasan, a contemporary artist working with photography, painting, printmaking, sculpture and film. A recipient of the Raza National Award for Painting and the Pollock - Krasner Foundation Grant, Saba questions the notion of truth and knowledge through prolonged inquiry and experimentation. Her practice transforms books through folding, cutting, burning and embedding, eventually turning the book into a sculptural artifact. Join us as we come away inspired by Saba's remarkable book sculptures. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To know more about our latest episodes, follow us on Instagram at @thephotobookpodcast or write to us at thephotobookpodcast@gmail.com You can find Priyanka Chharia at @madamphotographer and Saba Hasan at @sabahasanart on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠The Photobook Podcast is generously supported by PhotoSouthAsia at @photosouthasia. To view more of their work, log onto www.photosouthasia.org⁠⁠⁠ [https://photosouthasia.org/] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Tasveer : "We wanted to look at the book as a form of community engagement."

In this episode, The Photobook Podcast features Tasveer, a Lahore-based publishing initiative that seeks to expand bookmaking practices beyond normative structures and identities. Launched in 2023 by photographer Nad E Ali and Zeerak Sohail, Tasveer explores photographic materiality through photo zines with the aim to create a community of bookmakers, readers and publishers that challenge the existing sociopolitical discourses. Join us as we discover what it takes to create a micro-publishing initiative in the volatile political climate of South Asia today. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To know more about our latest episodes, follow us on Instagram at @thephotobookpodcast or write to us at thephotobookpodcast@gmail.com You can find Priyanka Chharia at @madamphotographer and Tasveer at @tasveeranthology on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠The Photobook Podcast is generously supported by PhotoSouthAsia at @photosouthasia. To view more of their work, log onto www.photosouthasia.org⁠⁠ [https://photosouthasia.org/] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------