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Sarkar

I'm a writer and photographer from Calcutta/NY. My work has appeared in various journals including the NYRB, NY Times Lens Blog, and Photo Monitor, Fast Forward- Women in Photography. Also a member of Women Photograph.

They have been exhibited at ICP, Art Basel Miami and various other venues around the world including the Trento Festival earlier this year and the forthcoming Head On Festival in Sydney where I'll be having my first physical solo exhibition.
I have also just been longlisted for the Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Prize. My first photo book, Photowali Didi, based on my five year relationship with the residents of a near-by slum, is due to be out in 2021 (pushed back from this year) by Fall Line Press.My latest essay on the subject was out in NYRB on this book: https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2020/09/14/sharmila-the-chaiwalla-and-me/