TRIBES | Tuesday, March 30, 2021
#TRIBES: all the wonderful people in my pictures on this project were helpful, open and usually talkative. They’re all very aware of how the system has been stacked against them and appreciative of the work done by groups like #VSSM to get them their rights back. #india #nomads #gujarat #photojournalism #women
TRIBES | Tuesday, March 30, 2021
#TRIBES: I envy my musician friends who have been able to carry on creating during the pandemic, I’ve got nothing new. Well, not really. What I do have is a different way of looking at things than I did 12 years ago, so I’m pulling out pictures that were never shown, or appeal to me now, or have stuck in my mind. The technology is better so they’re getting re-graded from RAW, and I hope you enjoy them. I wonder what has become of all the subjects. #india #nomadic #tribes #gujarat #photojournalism
Preparing for the major project
Apparently, there’s a lot I don’t know about preparing a major body of work. Over the next few weeks, I’ll have to soak up a lot of guidance from my tutors about how this is different from a simple photo story.
Rather than dig something exciting from my ideas book, I’ve decided to go for something familiar that I know, and pursue more exciting ideas once I graduate.
The subjects are the Denotified Nomadic Tribes of Gujarat, whom I spent some time meeting and photographing last February. I went through the local NGO who briefed me on the history of all the groups, the issues and adversity the tribes face, and how things have begun to change.
This time, I have the luxury of time, and intend to cover more areas in much more depth. I’ve got two months in Gujarat, I speak their language, I have family backup in the state and injustice is a subject I and many others feel strongly about.
