Project: UMRO SINGH SHER GIL FOUNDATION

Location: NEW DELHI, INDIA

Date: JANUARY 2019


Chair of the jury for the 2019 Umrao Singh Sher-Gil Grant for Photography, with Gayatri Sinha and Latika Gupta.

Established in 2015, the Umrao Singh Sher-Gil Grant for Photography recognizes a photographer’s commitment to the ‘staged’ or ‘constructed’ image. 


Grant recipient: Aishwarya Arumbakkam, Chennai

“ ka Dingiei ” is a fictional story by Aishwarya about the conflict between the human environment and indigenous issues. What happens when land is lost? When a community loses land, there is visible loss of property and livelihood. But there are also deeper, intangible losses that are arguably more valuable.

The pictures signify the loss of culture, mythology, knowledge systems and identity.