I’m heavily drawn to visual media. As an ethnographer, I take images of people, non-humans, places, and things to tell their stories.
“If it keeps on rainin’, levee’s goin’ to break
If it keeps on rainin’, levee’s goin’ to break
When the levee breaks, I’ll have no place to stay”
“Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink”
But life still goes on…
Riverbanks in Majuli with signs of imminent erosion
Eroded riverbanks in Salmora village, Majuli: Slow disaster in progress
“Like a bridge over troubled water”
“Take me to the river, drop me in the water
Take me to the river, dip me in the water”
Coming Home…
“Many rivers to cross
But I can’t seem to find my way over”
Fields of Gold
Untouched by the Green Revolution!
It’s all earthy…
Bon voyage, potter man!
Gone fishin’
“Row fisherman row
Keep on rowing your boat
Lots of hungry belly pickney they a shore, millions of them”
Beasts of No Nation
The stairway to heaven…
“Hey, teacher, leave us kids alone”
Swamplife
Milkman by the Burha Luit…
The Water Woman
The road less traveled
Embankment: The great divider
Taming the mighty river
More concrete to tame the river: RCC porcupines
The trespassers of the riverbed:
Geobags, RCC porcupines, and more…
Timepass
“গংগা মোৰ মা
পদ্মা মোৰ মা
মোৰ চকুলোৰে দুটি ধাৰা
মেঘনা যমুনা”
“May the good Lord shine a light on you
Warm like the evening sun”
Adios!