Pablo Bartholomew
Outside In
70s & 80s
A Tale of 3 Cities
Photographs by Pablo Bartholomew
8th May - 14th June, 2008 at Bodhi Art, New York
A visual diary of Pablo’s earlier days, Outside In 70s & 80s A Tale of 3 cities… comprises of resonant photographs of people whose youth is variously evoked and celebrated. This work is, at an important level, what Bartholomew calls “documentary photography”, a valuable record of the metropolitan Seventies and Eighties in India. But neither the autobiographical nor the documentary would have been of enduring interest, if both had not been made part of another journey altogether.
I wish I could have caught his photo exhibition at some point while it was touring with the NGMA. I was always a city behind the tour. (I did, however, manage to catch the excellent Raghu Rai exhibition in Delhi.) Anyway, Bartholomew’s photos are amazing, and anyone with the chance to see them up close should definitely take advantage of it.
Comment by Shruti — May 7, 2008 @ 4:39 pm