Culture & Society

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.

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Aradhana Seth from India and Maurice Sanchez from the Dominican Republic
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Surma, Delhi, 2023; and mobile phone, Mumbai, 2004 by Seth.

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Photo Credit: Aradhana Seth and Maurice Sanchez

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

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

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

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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

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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.

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

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

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

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

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