Sunday, 30 June 2013

Settlers of Rann. Gujarat. 2009




 As a Graduate in Fine art I was always drawn towards the aesthetics of "ugly beautiful" as its called and it is at the core of my being and the way I see and perceive things, people, situations etc. This picture was taken during our trip to Bhuj , Kachchh, Gujarat while I was pursuing my PG in Apparel from NID. It changed how i looked at Design completely. We went there to study these "wanderers". I realized the extinction of their craft is largely because they are turning in to settlers, yearning for the same thing what we all want stability, security and surety but does settling provides us with any of the above? This reminds me of a quote by Tony Fry " The future is sustainable if we use nomadic knowledge from the past and imagination of the future."

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