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- When a seminar on Gujarati folk art at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in Mumbai was announced to take place in 1967, armed with a Canon SLR analogue camera, and accompanied by artist-friends Gulammohammed Sheikh and Khakhar, Bhatt set out to document the visual culture of Gujarat, transversing the tribal areas of south Gujarat, spending hours on the road, taking trains, buses and walking miles to reach uncharted territories.
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Late in the 1960s, Bhatt was asked to take photographs of Gujarati folk art. Initially, this work was done for a seminar, but it soon became one of the artist's passions to document traditional Indian craft and design work. The disappearing arts of rural Gujarat became a focus.
Dec 14, 2013 · Late in the 1960s Bhatt was asked to take photographs of Gujarati folk art. Initially this work was done for a seminar, but it soon became one of the artist’s passions to document traditional Indian craft and design work. The disappearing arts of rural Gujarat became a focus.
His stint to photography began in the 1960s, when was asked to take photographs of Gujarati folk art for a seminar work. But later it turned his true passion, and he got drawn towards this art form as well. He focussed on disappearing rural art of Gujarat, which made him popular.
Mar 10, 2024 · When a seminar on Gujarati folk art at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in Mumbai was announced to take place in 1967, armed with a Canon SLR analogue camera, and accompanied by artist-friends Gulammohammed Sheikh and Khakhar, Bhatt set out to document the visual culture of Gujarat, transversing the tribal areas of south Gujarat, spending hours on the ...
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Oct 27, 2017 · His direct and simply composed photographs soon started receiving acclaim from several quarters and brought him national and international awards. He joined the artistic initiative ‘Group 1890’ as one of the founder members. He realized that folk art has many strands which strengthen one another.
Dec 17, 2021 · “I have photographed everything, from intricately carved doors to floors, pots, pans, walls, houses that is part of our folk art in rural India. My camera replaced my sketchbook.” Bhatt’s journey as a photographer began in 1967, when the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in Mumbai asked him to photograph Gujarat’s folk art.
When I returned in the 1960s I was asked to take photographs of Gujarati folk art for a seminar at the Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan in Mumbai, the disappearing rural arts of Gujarat became a focus. From that I was asked to create a study in which I chronicle the rural arts and indigenous practices of rural environments
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