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| | | Mahesh Shantaram: MatrimaniaText by Mahesh Shantaram, Gita Aravamudan.
 “All that is great about a country and all that is wrong with it can be summarised by a single wedding,” says Indian photographer Mahesh Shantaram (born 1977). In his documentary work, he mostly studies the complex societal system of his home country. Working as a wedding photographer, he has had privileged access to a cross-section of celebrations of the Indian upper- and middle-class societies.
Young adults assume the role of princes and princesses in a Bollywood-like fantasy often choreographed by their parents. On the periphery, a multitude of workers entertain crowds, cater to thousands of guests, and keep the show going on for days.
Using images culled from over 150 weddings and created in the course of six years, Matrimania constructs a fictional narrative—an alternative wedding album—that depicts one long wedding night in India. Matrimania is a personal take on 21st-century India’s contradictions seen through the prism of its wedding culture.
"Wonderland," Chennai, TN (2010) is reproduced from 'Mahesh Shantaram: Matrimania.'PRAISE AND REVIEWSGuardian Tim Lewis Shantaram’s new book, Matrimania, is “an alternative wedding album”, one that features not only the bride and groom, but also guests and workers. Huck Sara Rosen In his work, Shantaram goes further than simply documenting the goings-on of each individual event. Rather, he uses weddings to explore the complexities of Indian society, using photography to expose the complex forces at play in act of matrimony. BBC: Culture Fiona Macdonald Mahesh Shantaram captured the shifts unfolding in Indian marriage celebrations. [He] sought out moments of humour that allowed reality to sneak through the polish. |
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Text by Mahesh Shantaram, Gita Aravamudan. | “All that is great about a country and all that is wrong with it can be summarised by a single wedding,” says Indian photographer Mahesh Shantaram (born 1977). In his documentary work, he mostly studies the complex societal system of his home country. Working as a wedding photographer, he has had privileged access to a cross-section of celebrations of the Indian upper- and middle-class societies.
Young adults assume the role of princes and princesses in a Bollywood-like fantasy often choreographed by their parents. On the periphery, a multitude of workers entertain crowds, cater to thousands of guests, and keep the show going on for days.
Using images culled from over 150 weddings and created in the course of six years, Matrimania constructs a fictional narrative—an alternative wedding album—that depicts one long wedding night in India. Matrimania is a personal take on 21st-century India’s contradictions seen through the prism of its wedding culture.
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