Seeking Moksha
By: Nishant Shukla
Publisher: The Alkazi Foundation for the Arts
Published: 2017
Place of publication: New Delhi
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781635357158
Subjects: Portrait photography; Documentary photography; Pictorial works; Social conditions
Notes: Edition of 1000.

9 x 7.2 inches, 38 Colour images, 3 Inserts, 88 pages.

This edition has been published and enabled by the Alkazi Foundation for the Arts: Photography Grant 2016.

Design: Asmita Parelkar.

"In 2011, I walked to the source of the Ganga in the Himalaya to collect water for my grandfather, a Hindu priest, who was on his deathbed. I hoped it could give him some connection with a place of which he had spoken, but was never able to visit. By the time I got back, he had lost his memory, and could no longer recognise his grandson. In subsequent journeys I often fantasised about spending my time as a hermit, and considered finding a cave to live in. During those visits I collected wildflowers, stones, earth and water to offer to those close to me, and carry them, in spirit, to the places where these things came from. Seeking Moksha evolved through such personal journeys. It is informed by encounters with people who seemed more lost than found in their search for transcendence, as perhaps I was too."