#dayanita

[inthedarktrees]

Dayanita Singh, Go Away Closer, 2007

[las-microfisuras]

From <Museum of Chance> 2013 © DAYANITA SINGH

[outofeverythingthisnamewasleft]

[shellibisshe]

— ship traits + picrew

tagged by @marivenah @rhettsabbott @imogenkol and @inafieldofdaisies to do the ship traits game + @kyber-infinitygems @crownrots @roofgeese @captastra @leviiackrman @katsigian @risingsh0t and @loriane-elmuerto to use this picrew!

no tags because I think both of these have made their rounds, but if you want to do this then tag me!

also under a read more since this got long

dayanita yarrow + shadowheart height difference / mutual pining / first kiss / wedding / in-jokes / lgbtq+ / family disapproves / would die for each other / would kill for each other / fake relationship / arranged wedding / cuddlers / pda friendly / and they were roommates / holding hands / secret relationship / opposing worldviews / getting a pet / have kids / want kids / grow old together / relationship failures / rests head on shoulder / share a bed / relationship doubts / they have a song / first date / sharing a blanket / mutual interests / study buddies / bathing together / crash into hello / accidental nudity / laundry / same hobbies / cooking for each other / big fancy gala / forehead touches / hair stroking / sitting on each other’s laps / sexual tension / can’t be together / battle couple / Friends to Lovers / Enemies to Lovers / Lovers to Enemies / keeping secrets / love after loss / exes / declaration of love / flirting / love triangle / destructive romance / envy / “I Don’t Want to Ruin Our Friendship” / shared values / slow burn / does not end well / happily ever after / love letters

corinne faera + wyll ravengard height difference / mutual pining / first kiss (for cori) / wedding / in-jokes / lgbtq+ / family disapproves / would die for each other / would kill for each other / fake relationship / arranged wedding / cuddlers / pda friendly / and they were roommates / holding hands / secret relationship / opposing worldviews / getting a pet / have kids / want kids / grow old together / relationship failures / rests head on shoulder / share a bed / relationship doubts / they have a song / first date (again, for cori) / sharing a blanket / mutual interests / study buddies / bathing together / crash into hello / accidental nudity / laundry / same hobbies / cooking for each other / big fancy gala / forehead touches / hair stroking / sitting on each other’s laps / sexual tension / can’t be together / battle couple / Friends to Lovers / Enemies to Lovers / Lovers to Enemies / keeping secrets / love after loss / exes / declaration of love / flirting / love triangle / destructive romance / envy / “I Don’t Want to Ruin Our Friendship” / shared values / slow burn / does not end well / happily ever after / love letters

[vincekris]

Dayanita Singh

[mariaangels]

Dayanita Singh Nalin & Natasha 1996

[abwwia]

Dayanita Singh, We lie around like a normal mother and daughter (1992)

[craigfernandez]

[todayworldnews2k21]

Why photobooks are making the cut | As photographers are self-publishing, experimenting with travelling exhibitions and so on, these artworks are selling out quickly

For the past few months, my social media timeline has been awash with photobooks. There was the release of Anurag Banerjee’s The Songs of Our People, Aparna Nori’s How to Climb a Tree, Ritesh Uttamchandani’s Where are you, and Bharat Sikka’s Souvenir Shop. Srinivas Kuruganti’s Pictures in my Hand of a Boy I still Resemble released andwas shortlisted in early September for the Aperture Photobook…

[putas--peruanas]

Tu problema es ser un cabro, creído y engreído la reconchatumadre!

[garadinervi]

Amour Systémique, Capc Musée d'art contemporain de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, April 7, 2023 – January 5, 2025

W/: Sung Tieu, César Andrade, Leonor Antunes, Pierre Barès, Nú Barreto, Irma Blank, David Boeno, Jean-Pierre Bruneaud, Daniel Buren, capcMusée d’art contemporain (Philippe Thomas), Nicole Eisenman, Chohreh Feyzdjou, Michel Gérard, Gilbert & George, Claude Gilli, Liam Gillick, Nan Goldin, Dan Graham, Mona Hatoum, Carmen Herrera, Noritoshi Hirakawa, On Kawara, Claude Lagoutte, Clémence de La Tour du Pin, Guillaume Leblon, Sol LeWitt, Benoît Maire, Nicolas Milhé, Thierry Mouillé, Max Neuhaus, Olu Ogunnaike, Masahide Otani, Bernard Pagès, Anne-Marie Pécheur, Présence Panchounette, Jean Pierre Raynaud, Ed Ruscha, Takako Saito, Dayanita Singh, Meredyth Sparks, Sung Tieu, Wolfgang Tillmans, Kaari Upson, Fredrik Vaerslev, Mona Varichon, Claude Viallat, Danh Vō, Marthe Wéry

[mangopodcast]

DECOLONIAL QUEER HISTORY SERIES

Hijras are the third gender of South Asia. Some hijras might identify as women, but others would also identify as neither male or female, or as “in-between”.

Hijras have been part of South Asia’s culture for thousands of years. They were celebrated in sacred Hindu texts, including the Mahabharata, and they enjoyed influential positions in the courts of the Mughal empire.

The current climate of discrimination and ostracism they suffer is a direct consequence of colonialism. When Britain colonized India a lot of laws were passed criminalizing sexual diversity and non-binary genders expressions, including Hijras, who created their own communities and their own secret code language for protection.

Since 2014 legislations to recognized a separate third gender category on official documents have been passed in India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.

Photographer Dayanita Singh wrote about her friendship with an Indian hijra where she reported, “When I once asked her if she would like to go to Singapore for a sex change operation, she told me, ‘You really do not understand. I am the third sex, not a man trying to be a woman. It is your society’s problem that you only recognise two sexes.'”

sources: theguardian.com/pbs.org

DISCLAIMER: Terms under the LGBTQ+ umbrella are Western terms. A lot of these communities might not or would not have felt identified with such terms. Due to colonialism, imperialism, and aggressive religious expansions a lot of these communities' history was destroyed, however they managed to survive to this day one way or another, and they are part of the global queer community and history.

[outofeverythingthisnamewasleft]

[shellibisshe]

— ocs (+ships) as tarot card pairs

tagged by @corvosattano @unholymilf @jackiesarch @anonymousmalkavian @adelaidedrubman @deputyash and @leviiackrman to take this uquiz! thank you all!!

tagging @bloodofvalyria @loriane-elmuerto @queennymeria @chuckhansen @risingsh0t @nightbloodbix @confidentandgood @florbelles @shallow-gravy @blissfulalchemist @socially-awkward-skeleton @roofgeese @thedeadthree @poisonedtruth @strafethesesinners @nuclearstorms @inafieldofdaisies @benwishaw and anyone else!

the tower + the lovers

meeting this person shook your whole world. crumbling down is everything you thought you knew about life and love. their warmth, their generosity, their naivete, their knowing...! you don't know how anything made sense before them. all you know is that nothing will make sense afterwards. deck: the tarot of the divine by yoshi yoshitani.

the two of cups + the star

your romance is a wish granted. finally, finally, they're here. finally, *it's* here! the time where you don't have to feel lonely anymore - you'll never feel that way ever again. laughter, joy, sweetness, kisses - be at ease. all of these are things you have found someone to share with. your love is a dreamy fantasy of love and devotion and miracles. at first, your chest gets too tight when they're around - until they become as natural as the air in your lungs. deck: ethereal visions tarot.

ace of cups + ten of cups

your romance is the love story that seems only possible in movies. it starts from a youthful first meeting, innocent. and from what may seem like a lifetime later, you both end up happily in union, perhaps even married! your coupling is the epitome of emotional fulfillment and devotion. neither of you thought you'd end up here, but damn if you aren't glad you did. deck: thelema tarot.

[100hands]

photo: Dayanita Singh

RIP Kamala Aunty. We remember your warmth, grace, curiosity and wisdom. Fortunate to have had some time with you.

[mybeingthere]

From “Little Ladies Museum”, Dayanita Singh.

Dayanita Singh was born in New Delhi in 1961 and studied at the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad and the International Center of Photography in New York. Her work has been exhibited at institutions including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Tate Modern, London; the Art Institute of Chicago; Hayward Gallery, London; the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi; and the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum. In 2013 she represented Germany at the Venice Biennale. Bookmaking is central to Singh’s practice. 

Her books with Steidl include Privacy (2004), Chairs (2005), Go Away Closer (2007), Sent a Letter (2007), Dream Villa (2010), File Room (2013), Museum of Chance (2014), Museum Bhavan (2017)—Book of the Year at the 2017 Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation Photobook Awards and winner of the 2018 ICP Infinity Award for Artist’s Book—and Zakir Hussain Maquette (2019). Singh is the 2022 Hasselblad Award recipient.