Between Binaries: Stories of Suffering, Strength, Loss and Hope!


Very happy to see the recent issue of Arts Illustrated magazine from India, featuring an interview and a selection of my photographs, exploring the theme “Binaries.”

The issue beautifully reflects on the contrasts that exist within everyday life—suffering and strength, loss and hope, the visible and the unseen. These opposing realities often exist side by side, shaping the lives and stories of the people I photograph.

I am deeply grateful to the Arts Illustrated team for publishing our conversation and for giving space to these stories and photographs.

Thank you for seeing, listening, and giving these stories another place to be heard.

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Author: GMB Akash

"I see the beauty of people and the human soul in the pictures I take. And though the circumstances of some of the people I portray may be grim, back-breaking, depraved, the people themselves are always remarkable characters and souls" For me Photography is my language, to access, to communicate, to identify and mostly to make it hear. Through photography I only jot down my heart’s language. The best part about being a photographer is that I’m able to articulate the experiences of the voiceless and to bring their identities to the forefront which gives meaning and purpose to my own life.

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