Portrait of a House – Dayanita Singh

Portrait of a House is a work of Dayanita Singh from 2021. Through a series of conversations between Singh and architect B.V. Doshi, we encounter two artists working with a common medium – that of communicating and storytelling through light. In these engagements, we see the artists’ deep relationship with space and light, an understanding that is deepened as we turn the pages of this book. Singh responds to Mr. Doshi by photographing his home and the people who occupy it. Mr. Doshi, in turn, responds to these images, revealing the deep connection between photography and architecture.

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Publishing is also a significant part of the Dayanita Singh’s practice: in her books she experiments with alternate forms of producing and viewing photographs. Here, Singh’s latest is the “book-object,” a work that is concurrently a book, an art object, an exhibition and a catalog. Learn more about Singh and her artistic practice on her website.

Sourced / excerpted from this artist’s website and Offset Bookshop. (2022)