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Nilupa Yasmin

'She continued to sew'

A kantha is an embroidered quilt made from scraps of cloth, intricately hand-stitched. Women in Bangladesh make kanthas for their families, to pass down and as a source of independent income. The British Raj attempted to abolish the Indian cotton trade in 1876, and later tried to police what was allowed to be stitched. This series traces the revival of the kantha in postcolonial India, through the eyes of 10 women from the tales of Rabindranath Tagore. Now these quilts become an emblem of togetherness for these women who, in different times, have immersed themselves physically into every drape and thread. Each of these women are walking their paths in life yet share a bond created through this everlasting running stitch.

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Current Course:

University of Westminster  MA Photography Arts

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Courses:

Falmouth University
MA Photography

UCA Farnham
MFA Photography

University of Gloucestershire
MA Photography

IADT Dún Laoghaire
MRes Photography

London College of Communication
MA Photography

London College of Communication
MA Photojournalism and Documentary Photography (Online)

Nottingham Trent University
MA Photography

University of Portsmouth
MA Photography

Royal College of Art
MA Photography

Ulster University
MFA Photography

University of Westminster
MA Photography Arts

University of Westminster
MA Documentary Photography & Photojournalism

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Documentary/Photojournalism

Pages:123

Commercial/Fashion

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Landscape

Pages:12

Portraiture

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Staged/Constructed

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Urban/Suburban Landscape

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