
“A lot of them were migrant families, so their portraits showed the crossover of where they came from, and where they want to go.

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Photographer Vivek Prakash’s exhibition Composing My Family PortraitĬrossovers in Space, Time and Cultures presented by the education NGO Muktangan featured a series of beautiful family portraits created by students from the non-profit. Photo by Nic Antaki © FOCUS Projections of Yaathum Oore, Yaavarum Kelir, Call for Entries exhibition, curated by Pa.

The North-East Shoot, by Fabien Charuau and Nikhil D. And with complete creative freedom, each lens shows a new interpretation of the theme, with every take as interesting and diverse as the next. Bhau Daji Lad Museum to galleries and so on, Crossover featured the works of over 170 talented and individualistic photographers from different countries. With 34 different exhibitions placed in a variety of venues from the streets of Mumbai to the art space Hive to Dr. Crossover featured as 2015’s theme. “We always choose themes that are quite large, and broad enough to be interpreted in different ways,” we learn from co-founder of the festival Elise Foster Vander Elst, an arts specialist and founder of Asia Arts Projects, who started FOCUS along with photography specialist Matthieu Foss and architect Nic Antaki.

Launched in 2013, the FOCUS Photography Festival uses the enigmatic city of Mumbai as a creative space to display the works of shutterbugs from across the world, all tied together through one centralised idea.
