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Dayanita Singh: Privacy - (Hardcover)

Name: Dayanita Singh: Privacy - (Hardcover)
Brand: Steidl
SKU: 85431684
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Portraits of India's unseen elites behind closed doorsAfter many years spent documenting poverty in her homeland, Dayanita Singh (born 1961) began to ask herself: what can a photographer in India document that is neither catastrophic nor "the exotic"?
128 Pages
Photography, Photoessays & Documentaries

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About the Book

Dayanita Singh has been making small photo journals of her travels in India for some years now. Each book is made with a certain person in mind, either one she has made the journey with or one that was on her mind during her travels.

Book Synopsis

Portraits of India's unseen elites behind closed doors

After many years spent documenting poverty in her homeland, Dayanita Singh (born 1961) began to ask herself: what can a photographer in India document that is neither catastrophic nor "the exotic"? Her answer was to portray the flipside--India's well-to-do families and their fine homes. Both on commission and on her own, she created a portrait of another side of Indian society--one from which she hails--complete with its traditional and postcolonial symbols of wealth.
India's wealthy elite is virtually unknown to the West. First published in 2004, Privacy depicts a closed world characterized by tight family solidarity. Singh shows the people as they would like to see themselves, in the middle of splendidly decorated rooms and surrounded by possessions. At a certain point in her work, Singh realized that even without their residents, the rooms were occupied by the invisible generations that had lived there before. Accordingly, the book closes with photographs of empty interiors.

Specifications

Dimensions (Overall): 9.5 Inches (H) x 7.75 Inches (W)

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 128

Genre: Photography

Sub-Genre: Photoessays & Documentaries

Publisher: Steidl

Format: Hardcover

Language: English

Street Date: June 30, 2026

TCIN: 85431684

UPC: 9783969990551

Item Number (DPCI): 247-15-0987

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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