June 21, 2021

ARTWORK PHOTOGRAPHY SHOOT

This Artwork Photography shoot had some very specific requirements. The exhibition catalogue required professional photography of the artwork and it had to be isolated on a white background. This is really tricky to do without a professional studio and lighting, thankfully I was able to help!

Archana Pathak is a Textile Artist who creates the most beautiful pieces of artwork. I had the absolute pleasure of photographing her latest work which will be showing at the Artefact 2021 Exhibition at Ruup & Form gallery June 22 – June 27, 2021. Below you can see the 7 pieces which form her exhibit along with her process and the techniques she used. I love the concept behind her work and I’m so excited to work with her again in the future.

Professional Artwork Photography Kent - In Lure of New Worlds | Archana Pathak 2021

Exhibition Catalogue Images – In Lure of New Worlds | Archana Pathak

In Lure of New Worlds is a new series of work that continues Archana’s explorations of the interplay among memory, place, identity and belonging, through a meditative process of repetitive stitching. Each piece represents an abstract map of an imagined new world.

Artwork Photographer Kent - In Lure of New Worlds | Archana Pathak 2021

Archana’s technique involves shredding printed fabrics of collected old maps and other artefacts, which make thread for embroidery. Through these, Archana stitched maps of new worlds that are without borders, boundaries or identities; instead, these new worlds are an abstraction of balance, harmony and co-existence.

In Lure of New Worlds | Archana Pathak 2021

Detailed close ups for her promotional posts on social media

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Through the process of making seven spheres, Archana is witnessing slow shaping of her own world and hoping to witness the shift in the outside world during these exceptional times, into a changed world - more connected and in harmony with nature. As the writer Arundhati Roy beautifully articulated, “Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.”

Displaced: a piece reflecting on a new world that connects, embraces and mends
Of two Lands: a landscape made of two places coming together, bringing forth the space of duality of ones belonging. This work reflects my own identity flows across India and the UK.
Melange: a place made up of many places providing space for co-existence and for different identities to evolve
Imagined landscape: it is literally a landscape of an imagined place made of many places travelled, imagined, dreamt, lived, displaced from and hoped for
On: a place on the map that you are physically at or connected with - a home or a home away from home
Coalesce: a place of coming together… as a coherent whole
Core: reflection on the fact that we are part of nature; we are not separate; that we are nature.

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If you'd like me to help photograph your artwork, whether it's for an exhibition catalogue, your website/Etsy or social media do get in touch, I'd love to help!

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