"Madam, fly"...whack! Such is the dilemma of being beautiful, bored, middle class and home in Delhi. Falling in love with the everyday, mundane objects of the ordinary, Indian feminine - blue Bata chappels, mosquito nets, bindis, altha, parandhis, stitched conical bras, electric mosquito rackets - we set out to create a fantasy where utility and beauty converged in exaggeration.
Rashmi Varma rashmivarma.com was the creative and talented stylist, Nira Kehar was the versatile and sexy model and I was the photographer. We also worked with a professional make-up artist and hair stylist, Ashima Kapoor.
The average Delhi marketplace is full of objects of extraordinary beauty, particularly when recontextualized as aesthetic devices. Rashmi brought these objects together along with a selection of clothing that contemporized them, while Nira expressed the self-absorbed afflictions common to a crazed "Madam, fly."
Working together was energizing and I def plan to do it again. Bam!
3 comments:
straight GOODS!
y'all killed it.
this is serious buisness right here. for real.
congrats on this. rashmi's gears look really nice on her .
keep holding this down meera, your on your damn way. (i can tell!)
...any 'naughty smile' shots?
light!
Nep
i keep coming back to these pictures. i first saw them on facebook many months ago. they're absolutely stunning.
Thanks very much Fathima. That's encouraging. In time there will be so much more where that came from!
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