born 1960 · Australia · Photographer
Tracey Moffatt
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PHOTOGRAPHER · BORN 1961 · INDIA
Dayanita Singh
Book-objects and mobile museums of black-and-white photographs.
- Born
- 1961
- Country
- India
- Field
- Photographer
KNOWN FOR
- 2001Myself Mona Ahmed
- 2014Museum of Chance
WHY THEY MATTER
Exhibited at the Venice Biennale and the Hayward Gallery; Hasselblad Award (2022).
THE LIFE
Singh is an Indian artist who began as a photojournalist before turning to books and installations. Her long friendship with Mona Ahmed, a eunuch living in a Delhi cemetery, produced the book Myself Mona Ahmed. She builds folding wooden structures she calls museums, which hold and rearrange her photographs. She received the Hasselblad Award in 2022.
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