Payal Kakkar

I am a self-taught artist from Delhi, India whose work blurs the lines between documentary and art photography. Exploring themes from architectural heritage to landscape and environmental conservation, my work focuses on color, line and form to make an emotional connection with the viewer. My work has been recognized in India and abroad. I work with drone photography to capture an abstract view of land from above in which beauty and destruction are visually ambiguous. I work with a DSLR camera to portray the intimacy of human life within these environments. I use my photographic practice as a way to have a more immediate impact on conservation efforts.