Lucknow Bioscope is a museum of culture in Lucknow built around heritage, oral histories, film, photography, and the arts. These photographs come from across its programming: exhibitions, screenings, events, and the quieter moments in between.
The gallery has mounted exhibitions on subjects as varied as the costumes and crafts of Awadh, the culinary traditions of the city's old households, the lanes and neighbourhoods of Lucknow, the mourning practices of the Shia community, and the life and music of Begum Akhtar. Each exhibition brought together photography, objects, text, and oral material. The aim was always to make something people could walk into and feel.
I have been part of this space since it began, as a photographer, a curator, and the person responsible for how these exhibitions look and feel. The photographs here come from across that body of work: a record of what the place looks like from the inside, across several years of programming.
The work continues as the space continues. Each year adds to it.
