Last year I began to collect photography. So far it is a very small and simple collection, however I am very excited at the prospect of not knowing where it will take me eventually…
This is the first of several images I will be posting on the blog. I have some glass plates from Poland and India which I will be posting too. The artist is Dayanita Singh. Who’s magnificent work I have followed since the portrait set she created of the rich and affluent Indian families in black & white. This image was part of the Indian highway exhibition at the Serpentine gallery in December 2008. This actual image was displayed as blowup wallpaper in the gallery. I prefere the intimate size of this 8×8 cm print. The title is Dream Villa 11 2008, a C-type print that was issued as an edition of 100 with a special edition of Blue Book published by Steidl.
The image for me is a comment on 21st Century India, with blood in its veins that is made of light, technology and speed, that is side stepping history, tradition and values of another era.