Steffi Sharma is a film photographer based in the UK. Her portfolio is a meticulously composed collection of monochromatic images.
Sharma focuses mostly on architecture and landscape photography, with specifically dedicated projects such as the one presented here.
The artist displays a particular care for framing. Whether it is an image of a desolated seashore, the abundantly ornamental Amer Fort, or an everyday city scene, it is presented with exquisite precision. The photographs are rich and minimal at the same time, perfectly mirroring the duality of the often adapted frame-within-frame technique. In a world where we are constantly reminded to look at the bigger picture, Sharma guides us to look at the details: the tiny doors, the stone carvings, and the particular balconies.
She shows the viewer that instead of hurriedly passing through every door and archway to the other side, it is worth it to take a moment to look beyond it and appreciate the beauty of a unique point of view.
Sharma descends into the depths of her own cultural heritage, pursuing what many yearn to pursue at one point or another during their lives and artistic journeys: their own roots. The ancestral quality of her photography is particularly related to architecture. “I have always felt a deep connection to Indian architecture,” the artist describes, “especially the Rajasthani heritage that reflects my roots.”
The main purpose of Sharma’s artistic endeavor is to partially uncover some of the everlasting charm of Rajasthani architecture featuring a harmonious merging of military, aesthetic, and religious elements. “In Rajasthan,” the photographer explains, “Rajput, Mughal, and Hindu styles converge in stone. Every intricately carved sandstone façade and towering fort carries centuries of history etched into its walls.”
“Photographs can never fully contain its grandeur—but I hope to capture even a fragment of its timeless beauty and share it with the world,” Sharma concludes.
Read our “Aberration” issue in full
The 31 artists featured in RAWGUE. Magazine’s 5th issue stray from the expected, taking untrodden paths, contemplating imperfection, solitude in its many forms, and the ongoing process of self-acceptance. Through shifting perspectives, their works explore what it means to look at oneself from the outside, as if through broken glass.
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.
