Stunning images from the world of Indian theatre featuring in action stalwarts like Zohra Sehgal, Naseeruddin Shah, Shabana Azmi, Manohar Singh, Seema Biswas. Mohan Agashe, Ratna Pathak Shah can now be seen in an upcoming exhibition.
Captured by director of the Shriram Bhartiya Kala Kendra, Shobha Deepak Singh, the exhibition comprising nearly 60 photographs is scheduled to commence here from March 26.
India Habitat Centre's Visual Arts Gallery is hosting the six-day long show "Theatrescapes" that has been curated by Alka Pande who has conceptualised the show on the theme of the navarasas.
A book by the same name published by Roli Books and edited by Pande featuring nearly 200 photographs would also be released. The book has a foreword by Ebrahim Alkazi, and essays by Pande, Amal Allana and Shobha Deepak Singh.
"From the age of about six, I remember myself with a camera and spending hours with silver paper-making imprints of various objects. I have gone from wielding a Rolliflex to a Yashica; onto Contaflex, a Minolta and Nikon F5 and finally now I have Nikon F6. Today, I have more than three lakh images in my collection," says Shobha Deepak Singh.
Singh says her time spent at the Living Theatre under the tutelage of theatre doyen Ebrahim Alkzi for a course in directing helped her experience the vast scope of photographing theatre performances.
"Being completely self-taught, I have often strapped myself with my camera and lenses to often rush out for an unexpected shoot. As a child, my camera saw the light of my personal space: siblings and nature. Later it turned into a coveted opportunity to play with lights, performance, and theatre at the Living Theatre." she says.
