• HOME
  • STORIES
  • CONTRIBUTORS
  • INITIATIVES
    • HVDD
    • DrishyaKatha
    • THEK
    • Everyday History
    • BookCase
    • YPPY
    • LensOut
    • ClickRights
  • ABOUT US
  • NEWS
  • REACH US
    • Contact Us
    • Get Involved
    • Submissions

Up close with Abba

25 April 2015 Tags: PhotoPeer, Photography, Book Review

Just got the second monograph from Nazar Foundation - Adil Hasan’s, “When Abba Was Ill”.

The cloth binding of the book gave a warm feeling when I first took it in my hands. The small blurred image on the cover creates a personal touch, instantly making you feel up-close with Abba.

Your Abba (father) is the one who helps you walk when you are a toddler. He gives you the courage to face the world, helps you discover yourself, makes you familiar with your roots. Always protecting while guiding you on the path you fit the best. But then you grow up and suddenly he leaves you all alone.

While browsing through Adil’s book, I was haunted by the beautiful memories of my father. As I dug deeper, it seemed like poetry filled with glimpses of Mahmood Hassan’s last days. The images are soft, intimate and tell a story which makes you feel close to the gracefully passing moments of Hassan’s life.

The images talk about a father-son relationship. They capture the silent pain of the moments and at the same time bring up the question “why should I fear death?” It seems that this image making process brought the father & son closer than ever.

Adil used to visit his father in Jamshedpur during the last six months of his life. He took these images with his old film camera. The images transported me to the very personal space of his life. It seems that the process of filming his father has served as a distraction from the hard reality of terminal illness.

Although, Indian photography has seen personal stories in past but only a few photographers have explored death. Adil Hasan’s, “When Abba Was Ill” will definitely add a new feather to contemporary Indian photography.


Book Details:

When Abba Was Ill by Adil Hasan
Hardcover
106 pages
Published by Nazar Foundation

Gallery

Back

About Us

  • PhotoPeer is an endeavour to quench the thirst of restless creative souls. The same thirst that inspired Rabindranath Tagore to write these immortal lines and chased Steve Jobs to innovate the iPhone.

Initiative

  • Art, in any form, dies without sharing. And if shared, it blooms and blossoms and grows from one bud to a garden of beauties that touch the heart and soul alike.

Submission

  • At PhotoPeer, we are always looking for meaning full content.

Tags

PhotoPeer Photography Book Review Interview THEK Indian Photography CRY Short Film

Submission

  • At PhotoPeer, we are always looking for meaning full content.

Newsletter

To be updated about our website and get the latest news, signup at our newsletter today! Provide us with your email id and be part of our family... we're waiting!

Like Us

© Copyrights

The text, images, graphics, sound files, animation files, video files and their arrangement on the PhotoPeer Arts & Media Resource Foundation web site are all subject to Copyright and other intellectual property protection. These objects may not be copied for commercial use or distribution, nor may these objects be modified or posted to other sites.

Copyrights | Disclaimer

Copyrights:

The text, images, graphics, sound files, animation files, video files and their arrangement on the PhotoPeer Arts & Media Resource Foundation web site are all subject to Copyright and other intellectual property protection. These objects may not be copied for commercial use or distribution, nor may these objects be modified or posted to other sites.

PhotoPeer Arts & Media Resource Foundation hereby authorizes you to copy documents published by PhotoPeer Arts & Media Resource Foundation on the world wide web for non-commercial use within your organization only. In consideration of this authorization, you agree that any copy of these documents which you make shall retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained herein.

Each individual document published by PhotoPeer Arts & Media Resource Foundation on the world wide web may contain other proprietary notices and copyright information relating to that individual document.

Nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring by implication, estoppel or otherwise any license or right under any patent or trademark of PhotoPeer Arts & Media Resource Foundation to any third party. Except as expressly provided above nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring any license or right under any PhotoPeer Arts & Media Resource Foundation copyright.

Note that any product, process or technology in this document may be the subject of other intellectual property rights reserved by PhotoPeer Arts & Media Resource Foundation, and is not licensed hereunder.

All software used on this site is the property PhotoPeer Arts & Media Resource Foundation, its associates or its software suppliers and are protected by Indian and international copyright laws. The content and software on this site may be used as a shopping resource. Any other use, including the reproduction, modification, distribution, transmission, republication, display or performance, of the content on this site is strictly prohibited, unless specifically permitted by PhotoPeer Arts & Media Resource Foundation.

We reserve the right to report to law enforcement agencies any activities that we reasonably believe to be unlawful.

Disclaimer:

The materials on the PhotoPeer website is for general informational purposes only. Whilst all efforts have been taken to ensure the accuracy of the information published on this website, PhotoPeer Arts & Media Resource Foundation, does not warrant that the content and information contained in or accessible through this website is suitable for your purposes and without error and does not accept responsibility for any omissions or errors.

In accessing this website, you agree that PhotoPeer Arts & Media Resource Foundation is not liable to you for any direct, indirect or consequential loss or damages arising out of the use by you of any information provided on this website or any loss or damage which you may incur as a result of being unable to access this website for any reason.

PhotoPeer Arts & Media Resource Foundation is not liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential or punitive damages arising out of your access to or use of this website, including but not limited to any viruses that may infect your computer equipment.

© 2015 PhotoPeer Arts and Media Resource Foundation. All Rights Reserved.