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Photo Story: The Many Frames By Aradhana Seth And Maurice Sanchez

The many frames displayed by Aradhana Seth from India and Maurice Sanchez from the Dominican Republic are from two different cultures, two different nations and yet, the vernacular connects them.

Surma, Delhi, 2023; and mobile phone, Mumbai, 2004 by Seth.

Photo Credit: Aradhana Seth and Maurice Sanchez

In Dominican Republic, until recently, women depicted were white with straight hair, says Sanchez.

Photo Credit: Aradhana Seth and Maurice Sanchez

Images of shoes from various cities in India and the Dominican Republic by Seth and Sanchez.

Photo Credit: Aradhana Seth and Maurice Sanchez

Images of jackets from various cities in India and the Dominican Republic by Seth and Sanchez.

Photo Credit: Aradhana Seth and Maurice Sanchez

Woman with folded hands, Jaipur; Woman in sindoor, Pune, 2021; Woman wearing mangalsutra, Mumbai. The others are portraits of women from various locations by Sanchez

Photo Credit: Aradhana Seth and Maurice Sanchez

(top) Duarte, Sánchez and Mella are dominican independence heroes. Painted in San Carlos by Muñiz, a local sign painter who decorates his own neighborhood with  murals; (bottom) Gandhi, Delhi 2021, Swachh Bharat.

Photo Credit: Aradhana Seth and Maurice Sanchez

(top) Massage, Jodhpur, 2004; (bottom) A man praying in East Santo Domingo in 2020. Art work by P.G.Dios

Photo Credit: Aradhana Seth and Maurice Sanchez

(Top) A gym in Villa Mella, 2021; (bottom) Wrestler, Chandigarh, 2010

Photo Credit: Aradhana Seth and Maurice Sanchez

(Top) Durga, Calcutta, 2018; (bottom) Image from religious syncretism.

Photo Credit: Aradhana Seth and Maurice Sanchez

2011. Car washes sometimes involve no actual car washing. Men go there to drink and play pool to the blasting music on big speakers.

Photo Credit: Aradhana Seth and Maurice Sanchez
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