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Drawing on influences from the New Topographics movement and the seminal work of Hilla and Bernd Becher, this series on Water Towers in New Delhi explores the city’s urban fabric through these markers in the landscape. Photographed with a large format camera and colour film, the water towers are shown centered in the frame with the city unfolding around them. They are significantly taller than everything around them, reflecting the lack of height in New Delhi’s urban landscape and hinting at their function in providing pressurised water to 4 storey apartments and houses around them. In this context, the water towers function both as a modern version of the village well and as a crucial, if often overlooked, element of a modernising society.
Pigment prints
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Sadiq Nagar ii
2016, Pigment Print, edition of 7
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Press Colony
2016, Pigment Print, edition of 7
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Udham Singh Park i
2016, Pigment Print, edition of 7
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Ajay Ahuja Park
2015, Pigment Print, edition of 7
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Milk Scheme Colony
2016, Pigment Print, edition of 7
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MMTC Colony
2016, Pigment Print, edition of 7
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Palika Niketan
2016, Pigment Print, edition of 7
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RBI Officers Colony
2016, Pigment Print, edition of 7
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Nilgiri Apartments
2016, Pigment Print, edition of 7
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Sadiq Nagar i
2016, Pigment Print, edition of 7
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Sector 5 Saket
2015, Pigment Print, edition of 7
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Udham Singh Park ii
2016, Pigment Print, edition of 7
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Shantiniketan Park
2016, Pigment Print, edition of 7
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Jawaharlal Nehru University
2016, Pigment Print, edition of 7
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Moti Bagh Block G
2016, Pigment Print, edition of 7
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Sector 60 Noida
2016, Pigment Print, edition of 7
