Fine art photography at Arles: Mitch Epstein on capturing 1980s India with his camera

The photographer built up this body of work as a young visitor to India in what he describes as a “thrilling but also daunting” experience. Epstein explains how he crossed the so-called cultural border and immersed himself in local life in this “beautiful exchange”. And we discuss how his work with ex-wife Mira Nair on the films India Cabaret and Salaam Bombay informed his photographic practice.

We also take a look at the work of up-and-coming photographer Maya-Inès Touam, who explores the legacy of her Algerian ancestors, and veteran artist James Barnor, whose iconic images of post-colonial Accra and London have secured his place in the photographic canon.

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