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zflu a n g Wuh ln : II h t l' h c ~ N a '_ i th lk.l l l l) / .\ t \\t l l l lnl f) tt,(aCtllll< l l la ry fJH /tct alumtt ht /lt t;/)1 , I M.tncd gomghat.k .g.tl.tnd tnlrJ06. II \\til he l l l lerc t

tng lo JUXtapose rlw l\\11p a n . ~ '' hcn c\ er) tlungl'i J, Ji l t

At th:ll time, people se ldom married out>ide their elhnic groups. Bur my grnndmat language. And r h:l\ e th"funny name, which doesn 't '>uggt,t thatI m Indian.

I grc11 up in a s o c i : ~ l i s t fam tl) . \\ 'l'didn 't have a phone un til I " ' " ' I 1. \\'calway'> rented a place ra ther rhan bougha hou'> a p:unter, poet, writer, curator, and,above :1 11, on pracuced no r e l i g ~ o n I gucs.. my parent'> wereprobabl} ' l ' l ) alienated from mam">treamlndta 111 the fir.,t pl;tce \ly upbringmg leftme '' th he freedom ro look at India w tthunanathed eng;tgcment It allow' me notw he hta,ed ag.un">t Gl'>te. religion. orn:gaonal pOtnt'>Of-1 tc" Bemg not from. l l l ) j o l c o g r ~ r p h a u l locaton allow., me to

a p p r t c . : ~ ; t t t e\ cryone and c1 ~ r v thmg.\\.hen I k a t k ~ : d our of that

lamou., '>thool. I bctame ,a '>t.mdal Delhi\ 1 < ~ > tlll'n a '>ma ll. 'rraulied sonet\. Clef\-. .ont to lllll' to kncm n11. Th.mkfull). rhccultural collattral hack home " " " a resc.:ue11L'l. \'Uth so much nmlu"on 111 Ill\ he.d.phorog1.ap ll\ provided me "nh a '>Cn'>C of

pmpo'>e and identity I'>t.url'd photographing111\ fritnd,, f.untl\. ,lrt' 'h and pamler' "ho1\ ould ' ' ' mv f.Hhtr.Ill o p ~ n i n g . , .tnd rock'>he l \ \ " But 1111 n ,tk,,-

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11101 etl to f)e(IJ/, 1011led a Hl f l m l t l ~ l l l ' Pablo Barth olomew, from lhe Eorly Work senes On 1 . . .nclress Nof1so Ali ts seen w11h her make-up ellendanls ocatlon near Lucknow for lho film Junoon,

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uon n.mu.tll} k-d m( t ,the fnn). . tudem would give their left eye to '>eeRay work. Looking back. I w ~ paymg 111}

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1 Work s o r u ~ a A ounuch dresses up at thePablo Bartholomew, lrorn the) t : o ~ r o e t Bornbnyeunuch quarters around Shukla eo 'Pablo Bartholomew, from the Early Worl sonas Dnmsh woman prepares ror amorphine fix In a Delhi hotel

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Pablo Bartholomew, from rhe fncl an tmt nl senes AGuJarali couple poses 1n front of thetr motel al Fresno. Callformayou ) i l l , ~ to t.,plon l OIII itltlltity o u r . - i d ~ of Indta- to look 11 lhl ' lnth.lll on Il l ' ~ u w u In IOta , I 'Pl' l l l ntarl} l\10from a tliffi,tllt t w , ~ l t l nugranh in .-\mericr .rnd 10 ..lllllllt' h.u \ l M ~ on /he lndwn l m l f ~ n }I m nor 'urt rl \ ou rt .td mort rruo rhrnw or) l l .tllu.tlh rt.tlllt mort ' ' wn you wm1oldl'r In .tllrhrn wl ' of Ill} IWr,on;tl work.lhl'rt."' ,Lddinllt' dt' ' l l l: IO L XJ IOLL 111 ' l i l l l 'ol-mmd and lll} nol t

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Hix\H'cks 1:\tntually, l l \\as extended by .mother three \\ eck'>.Then the ed1tor talled to ..aythat the prowo \ \3 '> of f, ha,ingf > . ~ t d li>r e\ er)'thing.Thoo,c werethe day.,.

:'\tJ\\aday'> there aretoo many photographt:rs intht market At the same time,there ., a lot more fluff noweven in magazines like Timeand .Veusweek. You have to bebased m a count ') where themedia I'> Interested to be ableto suni\'(; "" a photographer.That \\h) so many photogmphers go to Afghamstan andIraq ' \o\\ and then . I meetforeign photogmphers in Delhi;rnd the\ will tell me that thev. .are domg some '\GO workand a bit ofedrtorial stuff Twoyears later, the} "Jll pack therrbags and d i ~ a p p e a r

Toda,, 1 >eL' Earlln-om. - ' the mo't rmponant projectthat I han: done Photographycan bt: done rn a personal way.You rna\ l"Jm \our mone\ else-. . .

from me But I d lrke them Pablo Bartholomew, from the Indian Em tgre senes. Dunng the ann ual Dtwall Metato know that you don't have on South Street Seaport, New Yo rk, an Ind ian man sells Krishna pos ters and capsdefintte a n s w e r ~ a ll the tune. made In the design ofthe Statue of liberty.

"here and keep photographyas a p ~ t > > t o n \nd you h o o t the

~ h t t out of e ' t:'1lhing aroundyou Don't be afrard to take along-term \ IC\\' of the work.

\\'hen I lefl agency work in 1999. it tookmany rears to find m r balance. I put . ~ i d effi} photography and went to develop atechnology for p h o t o g r a p h e and agcn cies to store and dtstribute their im:tge

r e ~ o u r c e s It t'> complete th trackingtoob , that photographer'> and agencie'>can '>ee whert: the diem '>eardl ha' fallenthrough . We han: been offering a priungand e-commer u .rt till' t d ~ o w

lh i . desire to rel ioft h tr ly Workrelated to b o l l photojournall\m l i tHclumged tiJe p t n l 15 ) 'l ' t l l ' \ u ltll thet l lergen and acquhl t lon\ td photoagencies?

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Pablo Bartholomew, from the lndtBn emlgrflsortesAgtrl prepares for a Kathak performance dunng theAugust 151ndependence Daycelebra lons onMnd1sonAvenue, NewYo rk

lVitiJ Ibe ,edlscoletJ ofEar ly Work.you btwe also become more proaclitein promoting y our II Ork Wby so?Im grmmgmontlh o bring out 1 book of I l l \ t.uher ,photo).tr.tplt- o tndr.tn . tnt ' ' ' \ t t h ~ -..tmellllll', ' ' hrk 111\ thrL'l' 'C" ot p h o l f ~ ~ m p h j i w \ r.tn,\11 : \ t ' \ \ 'ASIAN ART NEWS 101