Three women waste segregators sit among a pile of discarded footwear at the Bhalswa landfill, New Delhi.

Streets, Homes, Landfills — What an Exhibition at Bikaner House Taught Me About Visibility

The idea came from a conversation that did not begin as one about art. I had been working with women at the Bhalswa landfill for years — meeting them at the site, documenting their hours, trying to understand in policy language what their days actually looked like. When I finally went with a photographer, I did not need to plan the visit. I knew exactly where to take him. I knew which hours the light was worst, which corners smelled like burning plastic, which women would talk and which would not. ...

June 1, 2024 · 5 min · Anshu Jha