Kumari lived with the community for a considerable time to document their daily practices.
Kirti Kumari spent time living among the Jaunsari community, which provided an alternative way of seeing the environment. All photos: Kirti Kumari
Kirti Kumari's photo series 'Ek din raat ko' (One day at night), won the runner-up prize at Vantage Point Sharjah.
The series documents the daily practices of the women of the Jaunsari community in northern India.
Insulated in the north-west area of Uttarkhand in India for centuries, the community had formed unique tribal beliefs in their ‘land of magical spells'.
Kumari had been looking into pre-modern ways of life as a way of grappling with contemporary questions of sustainability and progress when she came across the Jaunsari people.
Kumari lived with the community for a considerable time to document their daily practices.
Kirti Kumari spent time living among the Jaunsari community, which provided an alternative way of seeing the environment. All photos: Kirti Kumari
Kirti Kumari's photo series 'Ek din raat ko' (One day at night), won the runner-up prize at Vantage Point Sharjah.
The series documents the daily practices of the women of the Jaunsari community in northern India.
Insulated in the north-west area of Uttarkhand in India for centuries, the community had formed unique tribal beliefs in their ‘land of magical spells'.
Kumari had been looking into pre-modern ways of life as a way of grappling with contemporary questions of sustainability and progress when she came across the Jaunsari people.
Kumari lived with the community for a considerable time to document their daily practices.
