Along with this exhibition, photographer Floriane de Lassée is also exhibiting her works of ‘How Much Can you Carry?’ series. Unique in their conceptualizations and symbolism, both these exhibitions opened at the Image Ark Gallery on Sunday.
‘The Playhouse of our Grandparents’ is an idea that most of us have grown up with – playing ‘playhouse’ as children. With nothing more than his camera, a bag of rope, clothespins and some studio spotlights, Nicolas set out to travel communities in the world and interact with them, creating ‘playhouses’ or photo theatres out of the materials and artifacts found in the community, that are important to the local people and photographing them.
“I ask people to share their stories and after some dialogue, we collectively decide what scenario to create, depending on what is important to the people,” shares Nicolas.
In one such photograph, an elderly women is posing from inside a frame decorated with photographs of various gods and goddesses while in another, a man on an airplane is declaring his love to the woman he loves. Through these still moments, Nicolas tells many stories about religion, belief, education and love.
‘How Much Can you Carry?’ was conceptualized by Floriane de Lassée while on a bus in Africa. “I generally don’t do portraits but when I was in Africa, I saw so many people, especially women, carrying all sorts of things,” Floriane shares her inspiration. The photographs are symbolic of the weights of life that people have to carry. Floriane has toured various countries which includes Ethopia, Rwanda and, now, Nepal.
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