Sudharak Olwe
Maximum Monsoon 1, 3-15
Photograph: Digital Archival Print
Size options: 12 x 16" and 20 x 30” each
1990-2017
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Sudharak Olwe, a leading photo-journalist and artist, has been capturing the vagaries of the Mumbai monsoon for several decades now. His images of the trials and tribulations of the Mumbai rain add the much needed gravitas to our understanding of the Mumbai monsoon.
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Artist’s Statement: “Monsoons evoke mixed emotions in Mumbai. There is the obvious good that they bring — feeding the lakes and reservoirs that supply water to the city, providing respite from scorching summers, enriching the earth beneath our feet, and enabling us to absorb the pleasure of a heavenly shower. Then there is the dark side. Every year, inevitably, rains disrupt and destroy the lives of so many Mumbaikars, especially those already tethering on the edge. They lead to ailments and diseases and they leave in their wake potholes and landslides, collapsed buildings and flooded streets. Each of these is cause for calamity and the Mumbai monsoon maims and kills. The toll is grim and the victims, be they from slums or well-appointed apartments, have little recourse; under a governance system whose apathy borders on criminality.
“This collection of images by award-winning photojournalist Sudharak Olwe frames the struggles of citizens trying to cope with Mumbai’s excessive, or merely errant, monsoons. Shot over a timespan of more than three decades, they are portraits of resilience, even desperation. They reflect a reality that is at odds with the city’s much-exalted spirit, a phantom quality made credible through constant parroting.” (Philip Chacko, writer and editor)”
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Maximum Monsoon 1, 3-15
Photograph: Digital Archival Print
Size options: 12 x 16" and 20 x 30” each
1990-2017
Ed. of 11
>
(The work will be shipped without a frame, packed flat, or rolled in a tube).
>
Sudharak Olwe, a leading photo-journalist and artist, has been capturing the vagaries of the Mumbai monsoon for several decades now. His images of the trials and tribulations of the Mumbai rain add the much needed gravitas to our understanding of the Mumbai monsoon.
>
Artist’s Statement: “Monsoons evoke mixed emotions in Mumbai. There is the obvious good that they bring — feeding the lakes and reservoirs that supply water to the city, providing respite from scorching summers, enriching the earth beneath our feet, and enabling us to absorb the pleasure of a heavenly shower. Then there is the dark side. Every year, inevitably, rains disrupt and destroy the lives of so many Mumbaikars, especially those already tethering on the edge. They lead to ailments and diseases and they leave in their wake potholes and landslides, collapsed buildings and flooded streets. Each of these is cause for calamity and the Mumbai monsoon maims and kills. The toll is grim and the victims, be they from slums or well-appointed apartments, have little recourse; under a governance system whose apathy borders on criminality.
“This collection of images by award-winning photojournalist Sudharak Olwe frames the struggles of citizens trying to cope with Mumbai’s excessive, or merely errant, monsoons. Shot over a timespan of more than three decades, they are portraits of resilience, even desperation. They reflect a reality that is at odds with the city’s much-exalted spirit, a phantom quality made credible through constant parroting.” (Philip Chacko, writer and editor)”
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Reproduction rights reserved.