When i began exploring analogue mediums, I soon realized that what I gravitated towards the most was shooting simple yet meaningful moments from my everyday life. often seemingly mundane, yet poignantly beautiful – capturing these little snippets, felt like the perfect way to immortalise the transitory nature of our human existence.
Portrait of a Home was shot in Goa earlier this year, documenting an old friend’s beautiful childhood home. Goan spaces have always fascinated me, but I have mostly experienced them as an outsider – often feeling like I was unwittingly contributing to the gentrification of a place steeped in its own culture and history. At the same time, probably owing to my Parsi heritage and our affinity towards a similar aesthetic, there has always been a strange sense of familiarity. The high tiled roof, the ornate wooden carvings, the same mosaic flowers that line the floors of my own parental home – all of it and so much more, brought to the surface a sense of immense nostalgia and yearning. I believe that the walls of people’s homes are teeming with stories, and if only for a brief moment, it was wonderful to hear what this enchanting beauty had to say.
(and other short stories) is a collection of visual fragments from the year that has been. my work on film is quite personal in nature. Not only does it serve as a way to hone my craft but it also allows me to navigate my mind by immersing myself into creative play. Part meditation; part catharsis – the process allows me to circumvent the cognitive part of my thoughts and access the feelings and instincts buried below them.
Oftentimes, these feelings give rise to a heightened state of melancholia, but it only serves to fuel the desire to create. to create, in order to let go; let go in order to move on; to move on in order to grow. To grow, in order to create.
Lather, rinse, repeat; the circle is complete.
This piece is a collection of photographs shot over the past year. It is an excerpt from journal – a long-form photography project, documenting my daily life on film.
