Bharat Sikka - Where the flowers still grow Familial consumption

consumption

For nearly two decades

curated by Yasmil Raymond and Deborah Müller

220 × 260 mm

and events—as well as a thoughtful engagement with the complexities of photographing in foreign lands as an interloper

Bharat Sikka - Where the flowers still grow Familial consumptionThe state of Kashmir holds a mythic place in the mind of India. Long known as one of the worlds most beautiful mountain valleys, since the late 1980s it has become synonymous with a political and sectarian conflict which strikes at the very heart of Indias identity. Delhi based Sikka travelled throughout Kashmir in 2014 and 2015, to attempt to make some sense of this troubled region through his own personal experience. Taking inspiration from Mirza