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Background information
"Ba & Dada were paired together by their parents in Gujarat when they were three & five years old respectively. Now aged 94 and 96, their relationship is still evolving albeit the limbo that a long and healthy life leaves you in. This photo series in the self published book 'Dori' (english: thread) by Kaamna PATEL looks to bind questions on love and family by observing an important relationship that the author grew up with as a child within a joint family, that of her grandparents.
Content
Incorporating images with family archives and conversations, the photo book 'Dori' by Kaamna PATEL stands testament to a life shared between two strangers who met as children, and of their love through the ages. Beneath the photographs and many inserts there is also a text by Veeranganakumari Solanki.
Additional information
The photo volume 'Dori' by Kaamna PATEL is self published in a print run of 500 copies, the special edition of 50 comes wrapped in a piece of Ba's saree with Piko edges, a stitching technique that is standard practice after buying a saree to protect the edges. The book dummy of 'Dori' was shortlisted for the Kassel Dummy Awards 2019 and two years later, in 2021, for Paris Photo Aperture Photobook Award." (slightly adapted text, © Kaamna PATEL, 2021)