Contact Sheet Print: Shivali, Juhu Beach, Mumbai, India, 2017 Size:20 x 24 in (50 x 60 cm)

Contact Sheet Print: Shivali, Juhu Beach, Mumbai, India, 2017 Size:20 x 24 in (50 x 60 cm)In 2016 and 2017, Olivia Arthur traveled to Mumbai, India, capturing identity and intimacy in society in a series named In Private Mumbai. With growing religious conservatism and the re criminalization of gay sex, privacy and seclusion were necessary for self expression, even safety. In the quiet of peoples homes, Arthur captured members of the LGBTQ+ community in undisturbed, frank momentsstripped bare of societal pressure or judgment and in stark

being “hurled when the boat dives

His photographs show the civilians behind makeshift barricades with home-made weapons

a student of the Webbs

Potential for light wear

at its unveiling at the Spanish Pavilion of the International World Fair

making a point to always treat her the same as he would any other subject

“The project interprets the people and animals inhabiting the Pampas

both well-established and recently-arrived

I soon realized that I

Through these experimental elements

On the bed

As a follow-up to her widely acclaimed book Ou Menya