| Deepti
shot her first photographs as art school exercises on an instamatic
Nikon in New York city. While shaping a career as an actress,
the camera was always kept handy for casual images of landscapes
and colleagues at work. Years
later, Ladakh became the catalyst to a serious journey into
photography.
In the mid 90’s
she bought her Canon EOS 50 and her magnetic drive for the
desert Himalayas got frozen in images that amazed a printing
lab owner in Bombay who insisted on enlarging the frames to
show her the possibilities of an exhibition.
‘Images From A Frozen
River’ her second exhibition records a solo trek and
has perhaps the most unusual imagery. She is the first non-Ladakhi
Indian woman to have walked the Tchadar (Zanskar River) as
it freezes in winter.
Future travels promise
to be spontaneous and adventurous and the camera a confirmed
companion. |
