Process of creating a collage
This project was done in collaboration with Spacebar Magazine, an independent digital magazine. It publishes and produces stories that explore both real and imagined 'space'.
Medium: Photography and Collage on Paper
Edited by Nikita Biswal
The summer before moving to New York City, Charvi Shrimali recovered photographs taken by her father during a work trip in the mid-nineties. In a project that acquires sweeping scale, she presents her experience of the city alongside his, cutting between and across space, time and feeling.
Shot by Manoj Shrimali
On the day of Hurricane Ida, I had been walking on Fifth Avenue when I turned to find the road dazzling in reflections.
Shot by Manoj Shrimali
As I stepped out into Manhattan from the underground trains, I was stunned by the light falling on buildings that lengthened upwards until it became impossible to see the sky.
Shot by Manoj Shrimali
I keep finding the Empire State Building wherever I go. Why are you following me?
Shot by Manoj Shrimali
As I walk, I watch the old, lovingly detailed potpourri of buildings that is New York. My favourite ones look like they are just about to come crumbling down.
Shot by Manoj Shrimali
Tucked under the iconic Empire State is a Chipotle, and everywhere alongside the gilded, a little bit of the new. It still amazes me to find running hot water when I turn the taps.
Shot by Manoj Shrimali
There are flower shops at every corner, plotted like pharmacies.
Shot by Manoj Shrimali
I spotted the Statue of Liberty from a hill in a cemetery that stretches through hundreds of acres of Brooklyn, dotted with mausoleums and berried, fruit-heavy trees. It was on this day that I noticed the first signs of fall.
Shot by Manoj Shrimali
This is one of my favourite photographs of Papa’s. On my hardest and happiest days, I always want to go to water – to hear, smell and taste the wind at the shore. Here in the bustle of Manhattan, I only see the river in accidental glimpses.