Unfixing Meaning

IN HIS KOLKATA SHOWS, PHOTOGRAPHER-PAINTER SOHRAB HURA ABANDONS DOCUMENTARY REALISM

-  —Devarsi Ghosh

Sohrab Hura has returned to capturing momentum.

His acclaimed photography, which brought global praise and membership to the prestigious Magnum Photos, shifted from capturing pace and intimacy to stoically documenting politics.

"The photography medium itself brings an idea of responsibility," Hura explains. "As the world keeps getting worse, my work grew more socially oriented. My photography got heavier. That's why I started to paint."

Hura’s twin Kolkata exhibitions, backed by Experimenter, capture both ends of his work. The Forest at Experimenter's Ballygunge Place