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My Favourite Space
Ongoing
Each encounter begins with extended conversations. Sometimes these span several hours or days, allowing time for trust to develop before any photographs are taken. The process culminates in a triptych: one analog portrait of the participant, and two photographs of the space without them. All images are made using a medium format Hasselblad 500C/M camera, composed in-camera and left uncropped or digitally altered, preserving the integrity of the moment and the frame.
Since January 2024, over 60 individuals have been photographed in locations ranging from rooftops in Mumbai and gardens in Hamburg to riversides in Barneville-Carteret, music halls in Berlin, and vans in Ahmedabad. Whether public or private, temporary or sacred, each space reveals how architecture becomes deeply personal.
The project sits at the intersection of analog photography, spatial storytelling, and ethnographic research. It proposes that by observing how people inhabit and care for their environments, new forms of knowledge about place, memory, and identity can emerge—slower, quieter, and rooted in presence.
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“It’s actually any place that I’m building that is my favourite place. It just happens to be this one right now.”
Moksha—Workshop, Ahmedabad ID (2024)
“They command the space for the moment, not necessarily through owning it.”
Arthur—Chaiwala, Ahmedabad ID (2024)
“It’s not about a capitalistic model at all. What you’re doing is getting to know someone, having tea, and taking photos.”
Sahra—Home, London UK (2024)
“It’s empty and lost, but sometimes there’s beauty in those kinds of failures.”
Johannes—Berliner Philharmonie, Berlin DE (2024)