Sonali Si is a photographer from India with a wide-ranging portfolio, from portraiture, through ICM and abstract, to detailed architectural images.
Through every technique, she embraces Indian culture and the richness of its aesthetic. In the presented series, Si takes her lens intimately close to the sculptures of deities, to the divine portrayed in clay. She uses shadowplay, blur, and close-up, so the viewer is not presented with a full picture, similarly to the inability to see gods themselves.
Si has been a strong advocate for portraiture since she first started photography. Her collection of sincere and powerful captures of villagers, children, and people experiencing homelessness represents a formidable portfolio in its own right.
Lately, however, the artist seems to be moving through a transient stage where her focus leans increasingly toward local traditional art with religious connotations. It is an experimental phase of sorts—one where she seeks to express more through less in an ongoing journey to find her own path.
Read our “Camouflage” issue in full
RAWGUE.’s 4th issue delved into the grey, moody, and cold atmosphere of winter. Yet it did not sink into the depths of madness or depression. Instead, it embraced this season of hibernation, allowing 31 artists from all over the world to present their timid work beneath a veil of quiet beauty.
We’re a team of writers using our craft to spotlight art in its most honest form. RAWGUE. started as a bi-monthly editorial experiment where each issue’s theme is dictated by the submitted work, thus removing editorial bias from the equation and preserving a more raw approach. We focus on all forms of poetry: written, photographed, painted, drawn, and filmed.
