Chapter 5: Dayanita Singh

As many return to old photographs for consolation, the artist Dayanita Singh reflects on the creative possibilities waiting in our personal archives. From her desk in New Delhi, the acclaimed bookmaker and photographer talks about how she is using this ‘time of shedding’ to return to the chilla – the deep focus and isolation she learned from her guru, the Indian musician Zakir Hussain. A conversation about the future of the ‘art world,’ the cruelty of India’s lockdown, and taking the time to observe the exquisite beauty of the day’s light in one’s own home.