An original photograph by Zahra Amiruddin for her "Well See the Sea Again" Series
The Sea slips further away, lying amidst a mound of rubble. It calls out with a song, reverberating through the distance between us.
The pining for its presence began in 2020, when the stringent Coronavirus lockdown in India made visits to the Arabian illegal. In a city like Bombay, where the sea is often the only reminder of an open space, weekly visits growing up, brought a sense of calm to the consistent chaos.
Now even as the pandemic ebbs, the citizens have been robbed of the sea’s solace, as a road rises across the coast and rich marine life has been pushed to the fringes of a potentially sinking city. The horizon line that often served as a point of departure now only exists in a memory - in photographs made of visits, in words created along its promenades.
“Whoosh...phutush...whoosh,” it exhales as it slips and seeps into the fabric of concrete, whose blocks have suddenly thrust upon its delicate spine.
I carry with me a box of respite, a reminder that the Arabian’s waves now lie within me - a confidant, a distant friend. A reminder that someday, we will see the sea again.
- Zahra Amiruddin
Medium : Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Fine Art Paper
Size : 6" x 6"
Framing : Unframed
Edition Size : Open edition
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Zahra Amiruddin is an independent writer, photographer, and educator based in Bombay. After studying photography, art history, and theatre at the Aegean Centre for the Fine Arts, in Paros, Greece, she’s worked and contributed to various publications such as The Conde Nast Traveller India, The National Geographic Traveller India, Time Out India, The Hindu, First Post, Elle, Scroll, and Soup amongst others. Apart from teaching photography workshops at colleges and cultural festivals, her main areas of interest include art, history, astronomy, personal narratives, and family histories.
Her greatest thrill has been assisting Brandon Stanton of Humans of New York during his trip to India, and working with a team of NASA scientists at the Lonar Crater in Maharashtra. When she’s not chasing after pockets full of light, she practices conjuring the perfect patronus in her free time.
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