Crossroads

“Crossroads” is a visual narrative based on the lives of Debsuddha’s two aunts, Gayatri and Swati Goswami who have faced an entire life filled with psychological and social ostracism for being born with albinism in Kolkata, India. It is a series that explores the siblings’ long sustained life through their sisterhood and companionship within the melancholic space of the 19th century old residence in north Kolkata of the area where they were born, grew up, and have lived their entire lives. It is a home that parallelly has become a sanctuary and a place of belonging for the sisters.

"Crossroads" book dummy was awarded the Photobook award of The Grand Prix Images Vevey 2023-2024. The jury was chaired by Paul Graham, photographer (UK) based in New York (USA). Jury members: Quentin Bajac, Director Jeu de Paume (FR); Patrick Frey, Publisher, Edition Patrick Frey (CH); Fiona Rogers, V&A Parasol Foundation Curator of Women in Photography (UK); Kathrin Schönegg, co-head of program and curator, C/O Berlin (DE)

"Crossroads" is published by Éditions Images Vevey in September 2024, Vevey, Switzerland.