For young photographer Rupin Thomas, public benches are remindful of a church바카라beyond viewing them as a space defined by rows of pews leading to the altar. It바카라s not just the simplicity in the making of this piece of furniture, but its capability to instill a sense of meditation irrespective of the possible restlessness around.
바카라I find public benches interesting, as they are used to sit and ponder. It바카라s like being in a church, where people go to find solitude,바카라 notes the 34-year-old image-maker, who lives in the West and is currently holding an exhibition of his select works in the Indian capital where he spent his formative years. 바카라I find it is a non-partisan thing, something akin to life in Delhi where people line up to take a seat.바카라
A trained economist who has spent over a decade in America and around four years travelling in Europe, Rupin바카라s ongoing show at Lalit Kala Akademi solely focuses on Paris바카라seeking to throw light on some of the colours and atmospherics of the ever-evolving French city. The 50 images at images at 바카라La vie à Paris: A Study in Volition바카라 have been clicked over a span of three summers, juxtaposing the sprawling city바카라s old and the new the photographer kept discovering during his solitary walks and bicycle trips down its urban space.
The February 19-25 show, which is broken into four parts, has been curated by art scholar Uma Nair. Among them, the 바카라Landscapes바카라 and the 바카라Still Life Studies바카라 series have to do with change of scenery vis-à-vis the transformation of the world, says Nair. The other two sections are 바카라Solitaire바카라Quiet Corner and Street Art바카라 and 바카라Graffiti바카라.
It was 22 years ago that Rupin first picked up his camera, before going ahead with his academic studies and working at the International Monetary Fund and Bank of America - Merrill Lynch Investment Banking Group. A self-taught photographer, the earliest among his artistic influences were the works of American photographers Alfred Stieglitz and Ansel Adams.
Soon, his formative years as a photographer were marked by tutelage under celebrated African-American photographer Brian Jones. Rupin then decided to delve deep into the study of abstract black and whites바카라at George Washington University바카라and created a body of works that were showcased in 바카라A Study on Composition바카라 at Montgomery College.
The images at the Delhi show conjures up the varied facets of Paris바카라its vistas, architecture, cemeteries, sunsets and graffiti. Niti Ayog CEO Amitabh Kant inaugurated the event along with fashion designer Ritu Beri, also launching a catalogue designed and conceptualised by Rupin.
바카라Riddled with a restive disposition, for days I walked the (Paris) streets, acquainting myself with the filigree of the city,바카라 recalls Rupin. 바카라A city about which (late writer-art collector) Gertrude Stein once said, 바카라America is my country, and Paris is my hometown바카라.바카라
Curator Nair says the photographs were selected from a total of 6,000 images Rupin shot in Paris. Adding grace to them is a cross-section of the famed iconic Eiffel Tower and a picture of the 10th Arrondissement just below it greeting visitors.
The 50-odd images are an 바카라attempt to bottle just a wee bit of the famed 바카라Parisian air바카라, something of that poignant poetry given out by the stones of yesteryear and the inhabitants of a constantly changing city바카라, notes Nair, about the French capital that has 바카라inspired untold number of creative minds, writers, musicians, sculptors and artists over the ages바카라.
Rupin says his mission has been to find a way to frame the substantive imprints of civilization in its true nature. Adds Nair: 바카라Within his photography, Rupin recognised a necessity in creating theatre in our understanding of the quotidian.바카라
