In this world
we walk on the roof of hell,
gazing at flowers.
~ Kobayashi Issa
Photograph © Chandan Gomes
Photograph © Chandan Gomes
Photograph © Chandan Gomes
Photograph © Chandan Gomes
Photograph © Chandan Gomes
Photograph © Chandan Gomes
Photograph © Chandan Gomes
Photograph © Chandan Gomes
Photograph © Chandan Gomes
Photograph © Chandan Gomes
Photograph © Chandan Gomes
These photographs emerge as a response to the haiku [left]; they are not part of any specific work or project that I have undertaken, but of life itself - my practice originates in the tradition of documentary photography, and is best represented by the handmade or the artist book. These photographs represent the last few years of my life, in which I have dealt with themes of violence, mental illness, my mother's tryst with memory loss and my grandmother's struggle with dementia, amongst other things.
20 November
