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Rajat Dey
Kolkata WB, India
Rajat Dey, a Kolkata based photographer, has been working on a project based on his home and his lost roots that were based in Bangladesh, erstwhile East Pakistan. Dey likes taking photos of things people wouldn’t ordinarily spare a second glance.
Instagram: @gonddarr
Scissors and Glue
"Scissors & Glue" emerges from the anxiety of preserving fragmented memories. Rooted in the disintegration of subcontinental history, it intertwines personal narratives of his family’s exile from East Pakistan and the demolition of their old home. Using screening, superimposing, cutting, and pasting, Dey reconstructs a cohesive past from fractured histories. The project transforms memory into a tool for rebuilding identity, engaging with the narrative of loss and the emergence of a new life.