The Shower Project
For the last few months now I have been inviting people to visit my apartment and allow me to photograph them in a very intimate space; my bathroom. I have also been inviting them to take a shower as I continue to shoot them.
I noticed that as warm water ran over their bodies. It relieved them of some of the awkwardness the camera brought about. Once they were relaxed, the bathroom, which was formerly a beauty parlor, now turned into a confessional and I the hairdresser.
Many of my subjects have shared intimate details of their life with me and every new person in the shower has brought a brand new allegory. With every new visit I've had a new protagonist; A new plot and a new parable of hurt and heroism that came undone. Secretly I have been told by my subjects that it is thrilling to be in my shower. Secretly cheating my tame Indian upbringing I live through all of my subjects, fighting their wars and braving their fears. And for those few hours, we are connected through this controversial, pious space, my shower.