As part of The Ekavalli Foundation’s commitment to nurture and promote talent, it commissioned Painted From Memory, a photographic collective by India-based photographer and filmmaker Uma Damle. This series of theatre portraits and still life images reflect the artist’s aesthetic, with the kanjivaram drape as the focal point of the narrative. In the chiaroscuro technique, […]

Uma Damle is a photographer and filmmaker who lives and works between Zurich and India. She took to the theatrical narrative of fashion photography while pursuing a bachelors degree in Fashion Communication at the National Institute of Fashion Technology. In 2015, she was awarded two prestigious national scholarships to study a fully funded MA in […]

Kingsley played host to the launch of The Ekavalli Foundation’s “Painted From Memory” photo exhibit on the 21st evening. Here are some pics from the evening! Ekavalli got to transform one of the beautifully appointed rooms in Kingsley to an exhibit that married the images from the project with live displays of the saris and props […]

The effort in creating the images in this series spanned several people and places, with the props used coming in from personal collections, carrying with them the inheritance of memory, and forming a perfect framework for the shoot …can you spot the vintage hurricane lantern and the postcard sets from the South Of France and […]