Wonderlust by Rohit Chawla

The Strand Gallery, 32 John Adam Street, London
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The Strand Gallery is delighted to present Wanderlust by Rohit Chawla, a wonderful collection of mesmerising images that capture the true essence of the human spirit. With the 'Wanderlust' repertoire, Rohit showcases with characteristic confidence, a portfolio of evocative portraits which is the result of tracking & living amidst the Rabari nomads from Gujarat. The images, all stark and bold play a transportive function for the viewer.

William Dalrymple, award winning art historian, critic and writer quotes, “Rohit Chawla’s Wanderlust portfolio is one of the most remarkable to come out of the travels of any photographer in India since Cartier-Bresson was here with his Leica in the late 1940s”.

Wanderlust doesn’t merely capture portraiture, but renders a narrative, tellingly offering a glance into the lives of the protagonists of his frames; and this is wherein lies Rohit's ultimate achievement: of not merely presenting the apparent frugal simplicity of the Rabari tribe, but in capturing their underlying power, raw and primal.

Rohit Chawla says about his Wanderlust creation, “Far removed from the flamboyance and exaggerated showmanship of fashion performances on catwalks across the world, I found the natural spontaneous style of the ‘Rabaris’ to be more beguiling and enticing to a somewhat jaded, fashion photographer’s eyes. I have tried to place them in isolation of their surroundings, and treated them like fashion portraits, in an attempt to give the pictures a contemporary sensibility. The effort being, to capture their natural intensity in an otherwise alien make shift studio set-up in an unforgiving desert.

Recognized as a leading contemporary photographer, Rohit started his career and spent close to two decades in advertising at JWT before eventually moving out to start his own design and film production company. His solo exhibitions include Wanderlust, Tribute to Raja Ravi Varma, Klimt - The Sequel, Free da! - The Homage, Fine Art of Food and the most recent, Wearable Art Collection. Besides garnering considerable critical acclaim, his work has been exhibited at various venues across the world and his photographs are a part of major private collections and museums. The central theme of his work is essentially travel, which he considers the perfect antidote to any stress.

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