Nima Chozom stands focused on something we can’t see, holding her long hair into four unmistakable locks, with a lovely play of light and shadows all over. Her demeanor, neither sad nor wild, radiates an unobtrusively capable feeling. Behind her, out of center, is a fence that leads onto a desolate slope. This is only one in a progression of staggering pictures caught by Serena Chopra that record the lives of Bhutan’s subjects.

The primary thing you see about ‘Bhutan Echoes’, another photograph show in view of her book The People of yore: Bhutan Journals, is the broadness of encounters it records and the time and meticulous endeavors taken. It has wonderfully created highly contrasting pictures that were aggregated by Serena more than 12 years of travel and connecting with individuals in the nation, and components everything from an easygoing b-ball coordinate in Thimphu to yak herders in the slopes to individuals moving in a club. It additionally has stark and capable pictures of ladies in Bhutan, in their homes and outside, including one of the ruler of Bhutan relaxing in her royal residence. Serena has had a distraction with the nation for over 10 years now, and her first visual investigation of it was showcased in Bhutan, New York and New Delhi in 2007 (the year the Lord Jigme Sinye Wangchuck intentionally gave over his position of royalty to his child) and noticed the impacts of innovative changes in the nation.

Serena Chopra has utilized her abilities as a part of photography and news-casting to dive into the lives and customs of a few groups crosswise over India, from her most up to date extend Majnu ka Tilla Journals, which reports the occupants of an outstanding Tibetan settlement in Delhi, to past deals with Naga sadhus’ interest in the Kumbh Mela and hints of French lives in Chandernagore, West Bengal.

Here are the absolute most striking photos from the show which is on display at Tasveer craftsmanship exhibition in Bengaluru until mid-November.

#1.Serena outside the Gengo Village Ihakhang with local women. Photo courtesy Tasveer. Copyright: Serena Chopra.

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#2.Nima Chozom in Merak village, silver gelatin print with selenium toning, 2005. Photo courtesy Tasveer, Copyright: Serena Chopra.

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#3.Phurba Yangzom in Merak village, silver gelatin print with selenium toning, 2005. Photo courtesy Tasveer. Copyright: Serena Chopra.

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#4.Yangchen and her best friend Lakey at home, Silver gelatin print with selenium toning, 2004. Photo courtesy Tasveer. Copyright: Serena Chopra.

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#5.The former Queen of Bhutan, Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck, at home in her palace in Thimphu, silver gelatin print with selenium toning, 2004. Photo courtesy Tasveer. Copyright: Serena Chopra.

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#6.Shyam in his salon in Thimphu, silver gelatin print with selenium toning, 2004. Photo courtesy Tasveer. Copyright: Serena Chopra.

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#7.Pema Lhamo, Yeshi Dema and Pema Wangmo at the Shechen Ogyen Chodzong Nyingmapa Buddhist Nunnery, Sisina. Silver gelatin print with selenium toning, 2004. Photo courtesy Tasveer. Copyright: Serena Chopra.

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#8.Dorji and her son by their kitchen hearth in Rukha village, silver gelatin print with selenium toning, 2004. Photo courtesy Tasveer. Copyright: Serena Chopra.

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#9.Lexang Pem Dechen and Kesang Wangchuk in traditional wedding attire in Babesa, near Thimphu, silver gelatin print with selenium toning, 2004. Photo courtesy Tasveer. Copyright: Serena Chopra.

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#10.After the Yak Cham performance, Serena Chopra with the Brokpa. Photo courtesy Tasveer. Copyright: Serena Chopra.

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