Aug 15 2026 to Aug 15 2026 5:30 p.m.

Where

Museum of Art & Photography (MAP)

Kasturba Road, Bengaluru 560001

Event Description

Through her photographs, Prarthna examines the body as a site of discipline, resilience, vulnerability, and self-expression, asking how femininity is continually reimagined in spaces traditionally coded as masculine.

The session will explore the intersections of gender, performance, nationhood, and representation, while offering insight into the ethics of long-form documentary practice and the relationships that emerge through sustained image-making. 

Through this photo talk, we will discuss her practice of building long-term relationships with the people whose lives are documented, and how photography can illuminate questions of gender, embodiment, power, and expression in contemporary India. 

Prarthna Singh
Prarthna’s work explores questions of feminine identity, especially as it intersects with the fraught politics of nationalism in contemporary India. Her images reflect on India’s economic and political trajectory, drawing an arc between precariousness and vulnerability. These narratives are constructed in tandem with India’s own idiosyncrasies. Singh’s work renders visible the emotional and political landscapes shaping India.

Her self-published book, Har Shaam Shaheen Bagh: One Hundred Days of Resistance, was named one of the Best Photobooks of 2022 by LensCulture. She has been published in TIME, The Guardian, BBC, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, Granta, London Review of Books, and The Economist.

Her work has been exhibited widely, including at the National Portrait Gallery (London), the Thessaloniki PhotoBiennale (Greece), the Chennai Photo Biennale (Chennai), SOAS Gallery (London), Les Rencontres d’Arles (France), and the Jaipur Centre for Arts (Jaipur).