Gauri Gill
Born in 1970 · India
Making images through a long-term relationship.
The story
Gauri Gill has worked with communities in Rajasthan since the late 1990s. Notes from the Desert forms a large body of portraits and scenes of everyday life. Other projects involve explicit collaborations: Fields of Sight with Rajesh Vangad combines photography with Warli drawing; Acts of Appearance features masks made with local artists. The relationship becomes a visible part of the work.
Understanding the work
Identify who participates in making the image. Observe the transformations introduced by a mask, drawing or pose without separating them from their social context.
Key works and series
Notes from the Desert; Balika Mela; Fields of Sight; Acts of Appearance.
Sources & further exploration
Works in collections.
10 recordsPhotographs to explore on museum and library websites, with titles, dates and processes. Each link opens the collection record and its image where one is available.
- MoMA · 1999 - present
Hanuman Nath with his daughter Hina and Nem Nath, on Holi Day in Lunkaransar
Gelatin silver print
