Rajesh Vora

Khaira Village, Kapurthala District, Punjab, 2015

Mehat Village, Kapurthala District, Punjab, 2014

Jandiala Manjki Village, Jalandhar District, Punjab, 2014

Nagar Village, Jalandhar District, Punjab, 2014

Mehatpur Village, Jalandhar District, Punjab, 2014

Rajesh Vora (b.1954) began his career in Visual Communications and has been photographing for over 30 years. A deep-rooted interest in the environment and disappearing habitats has influenced his photographic practice. Vora worked as a photographer with COLORS magazine for over 15 years and often contributed as a researcher and writer. His concern with urban issues led to myriad collaborations and projects with architects, environmentalists and filmmakers espousing critical views on the social, cultural and political situation in India.

His photographs have been published in numerous publications, most recently The Kinetic City & Other Essays (2021) and Working in Mumbai: RMA Architects (2020). His project, Everyday Baroque, was first exhibited in 2016 at PHOTOINK, New Delhi. This project was reconceived as Everyday Monuments in 2022 for Surrey Art Gallery, British Columbia, Canada, followed by an exhibition catalogue published by Figure 1 Publishing in 2023.

Group exhibitions include Rooee, addressing the remnants of the "empire of cotton", 2019. IIC, New Delhi, Public Places, Private Spaces: Contemporary Photography and Video Art in India, Newark Museum, USA (2008) and Minneapolis Institute of Arts, USA (2009); Bombay Maximum City at Lille 3000 in France (2006); Another Asia, Noorderlict Photo Festival, The Netherlands (2006); FOTONOVIEMBRE2005, International Photography Biennale, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain; Middleage Spread: Imaging India 1947-2004 (2004).
He lives and works in Mumbai.

Everyday Baroque

Untitled

Pigment prints

(set of 26 works)
15 works: 13.5 × 9.5 in (34.3 × 24.1 cm)
11 works: 19.5 × 13.5 in (49.5 × 34.3 cm)
Ed of 8

Untitled, Punjab, 2014

Pigment print

2 sizes available
24 × 16 in (60.9 × 40.6 cm)
36 × 24 in (91.4 × 60.9 cm)
Ed of 10

Jandiala Manjki Village, Jalandhar District, Punjab, 2014

Pigment print

2 sizes available
24 × 16 in (60.9 × 40.6 cm)
36 × 24 in (91.4 × 60.9 cm)
Ed of 10

Rurka Kalan Village, Jalandhar District, Punjab, 2014

Pigment print

2 sizes available
24 × 16 in (60.9 × 40.6 cm)
36 × 24 in (91.4 × 60.9 cm)
Ed of 10

Haripur Village, Jalandhar District, Punjab, 2014

Pigment print

2 sizes available
16 × 24 in (40.6 × 61 cm)
24 × 36 in (61 × 91.4 cm)
Ed of 10

Mehat Village, Kapurthala District, Punjab, 2014

Pigment print

2 sizes available
24 × 16 in (60.9 × 40.6 cm)
36 × 24 in (91.4 × 60.9 cm)
Ed of 10

Chak Guru Village, Nawanshahr District, Punjab, 2014

Pigment print

2 sizes available
24 × 16 in (60.9 × 40.6 cm)
36 × 24 in (91.4 × 60.9 cm)
Ed of 10

Virk (Birka) Village, Jalandhar District, Punjab, 2015

Pigment print

2 sizes available
24 × 16 in (60.9 × 40.6 cm)
36 × 24 in (91.4 × 60.9 cm)
Ed of 10

Chaheru Village, Kapurthala District, Punjab, 2015

Pigment print

2 sizes available
24 × 16 in (60.9 × 40.6 cm)
36 × 24 in (91.4 × 60.9 cm)
Ed of 10

Nagar Village, Jalandhar District, Punjab, 2014

Pigment print

2 sizes available
24 × 16 in (60.9 × 40.6 cm)
36 × 24 in (91.4 × 60.9 cm)
Ed of 10

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