Full Circle
Every once in a while, we pause to reflect on our lives. When I trace back the particularly for the people who have shaped me in different ways – one of them being my grandfather, my aaba. Full Circle, has been 55 years in the making. Full Circle honors my grandfather, a photographer who had the earliest influence on me to pick up a camera. Starting in 1960, he spent much of his career documenting different parts of Silvassa.
What began as a project to recreate the images with the same camera he used, the Rolliecord 1932 (thus the name Full Circle), turned into a reflection of Silvassa’s changing identity and a comparison of the significance of its various locations today.
Shree Sachdev Children Park, one of the town's liveliest parks, now stays empty and abandoned.
Tokarkhada, a junction that had a single hardware shop and a bus depot, now has become one of the busiest neighborhoods in town.
Gayatri Mandir, one of the first temples built with mud and country tiles now is a famous pilgrimage.
Communal celebrations of cultures and festivals turned into political ignorance.
Despite the infrastructural shift, the independence memorial at Zanda Chowk stands untouched.
Equipment used:
Sony A7 iii
Sony A7S ii
Standard Rolleiflex 1932