ARTIST STATEMENT

When I look through a frame, time slows allowing me to perceive things invisible in the rush of daily life. The photograph is silent communication without artifice. Well-versed with digital tools, I also shoot film.

BIOGRAPHY

Bhairavi Parikh is a Mumbai based fine art photographer. After a B.A. in English literature during which she wrestled with Shakespeare, Milton and Keats, she did a two year photography course at a local school where she made lifelong friends. This was followed by a year long photo-assistantship with one of the funnest product and architecture stalwarts - Jaideep Oberoi - who is her mentor to this day. After about 5 years of freelancing, when she did many exciting projects like shoot the historic Taj Hotel, take pictures of some beautiful crochet shawls, create portraits of a renowned lawyer and capture the horses running wild at Mahalaxmi Race Course; she did a three month internship at Vogue India under Iona Fergusson who is a good friend and a great visualiser. She has worked as Creative Head and Photography Assistant at the studio of Indian celebrity photographer Avinash Gowariker. Currently, she's working on her personal projects.