DBPFP 2024: Gauri Gill & Rajesh Vangad 

Gauri Gill & Rajesh Vangad are shortlisted for the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2024, for the book Fields of Sight (2023)

Black and white image of a person in the distance standing next to a mud and brick structure, layered with Warli drawings over the image

DBPFP 2024: Gauri Gill & Rajesh Vangad 

Gauri Gill & Rajesh Vangad are shortlisted for the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2024, for the book Fields of Sight (2023)

Black and white photograph and painting of landscape

Gauri Gill & Rajesh Vangad are shortlisted for the book Fields of Sight (2023), published by Edition Patrick Frey

Through fusing photography and Warli painting, photographer Gauri Gill (b. 1970, India) and painter Rajesh Vangad (b. 1975, India) collaboratively reinvent the practice of painted photography, interweaving historical and generational painting practices into the photographic object. Their complex image dialogue addresses the politics of aesthetics, environmental destruction, memory and decolonisation. 

The project began in 2013 in the Adivasi village of Ganjad, Dahanu. Vangad, who grew up in this landscape, served as Gill’s knowledgeable guide. While Gill’s photographs captured the ever-changing qualities of the land, they fell short of revealing the hidden but essential elements beyond the visible. Vangad bridged this gap by embellishing Gill's images with intricate drawings. His vivid narratives depict the multifaceted realities of Warli life in the region, from floods and droughts to family and village life, unrest and terror, spirits and myths, light and shadow.  

Together the artists challenge contemporary perspectives and explore how viewers ascribe meaning to a place and how the act of viewing itself creates complicity. Through their creative and experimental partnership, they encourage viewers to explore the hidden, elusive layers that exist beneath the surface.  

Book cover of Gauri Gill, Rajesh Chaitya Vangad: Fields of Sight

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Gauri Gill & Rajesh Vangad are shortlisted for the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2024, for the book Fields of Sight (2023). Buy your copy now.

Also available instore or online is the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2024 exhibition catalogue. Four different covers available for the shortlisted artists: VALIE EXPORT, Gauri Gill & Rajesh Vangad, Lebohang Kganye and Hrair Sarkissian.

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