. My transnational life impacts my work as a photographer. I draw influences and combine elements, which are rooted in my experience of eastern and western traditions. I combine elements from these visual cultural traditions to address the mutual influence they have had on one another. The large scale color photographs combine visual projections, multiple exposures and sculptural poses to create visually intriguing abstractions that are rich in emotion and colour. I project images drawn from Indian paintings, sculptures and carvings onto western bodies. The process of photographic abstraction that infuses the work is inspired by Robert Heinecken’s combination of super-imposed images, Richard Avedon's touch of fashion portraits and Lucien Clergue’s usage of light on bodies to construct shapes and abstracted forms. No culture exists or develops in isolation. My projects challenge ideas of self-contained cultural purity and western cultural dominance. I strongly believe the fact that, in order to know where you are going, you need to know where you come from!