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Aayna

Photographer

Binaifer Bharucha

Photo Editor

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Dayanita Singh collaborated with PARI in 2022 to institute the Dayanita Singh-PARI Documentary Photography Award. That went to <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ruralindiaonline.org/article/the-dayanita-singh-pari-documentary-photography-award-for-palani-kumar">M. Palani Kumar</a> of the People’s Archive of Rural India.This year's Dayanita Singh- PARI Documentary Photography award of Rs. 2 lakhs goes to another upcoming, talented photographer chosen by her: Aayna of the People’s Archive of Rural India.Aayna came to photography through a personal route – as a way to keep alive in her memory realities that she would have otherwise liked to forget. She learned that what seemed like a tool of resilience-building at the innermost level could also be a political device used to tell the untold stories of many. A realisation that came to her when she encountered the works of Sebastião Salgado, Vivian Maier, Shankar Sarkar, Palani Kumar and others. That awareness was reinforced by working with PARI at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.Her lens has captured very evocative photos of the sex workers of Kamathipura and the village migrants without healthcare support on the pavement during the Covid-19 pandemic. A total of about 23 photo stories by Aayna presents us with an astounding medley of characters living on the neglected corners of a metropolis – a Rajasthani migrant musician on the Mumbai local, city taxi drivers, gateway of India photographers, a donkey-milk seller, a Karnataka migrant dancing and whipping himself on Mumbai’s streets. The sensitivity and empathy with which she presents the rural in the urban in these stories cannot be matched by many.

A list of stories by Aayna published on PARI<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/article/purisai-a-village-festival-seeks-the-world-stage">Purisai: a village festival seeks the world stage</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/article/streets-for-stage-performance-for-passion">Streets for stage, performance for passion</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/article/crafting-the-beats-dahisars-karigars">Crafting the beats: Dahisar’s karigars</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/article/robo-says">Robo says...</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/article/hanging-by-strings-on-mumbai-locals">Hanging by strings on Mumbai locals</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/article/kangras-tea-gardens-falling-off-the-map">Kangra’s tea gardens: falling off the map</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/article/love-and-a-place-of-ones-own-in-a-metropolis">Love and a place of one’s own in a metropolis</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/article/gharapuri-island-missing-medical-care">Gharapuri island: missing medical care</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/article/last-student-standing-on-elephanta-island">Last student standing on Elephanta island</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/article/the-mumbai-guard-who-never-knew-security">The Mumbai guard who never knew security</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/article/in-mumbai-auctioned-cabs-anguished-drivers">In Mumbai: auctioned cabs, anguished drivers</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/article/out-of-focus-gateway-of-india-photographers">Out of focus: Gateway of India photographers</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/article/seeking-covid-care-in-kalyan-debt-unto-death">Seeking Covid-care in Kalyan: debt unto death</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/article/whipping-and-worship-on-mumbais-streets">Whipping and worship on Mumbai's streets</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/article/such-a-long-journey-over-and-over-again">Such a long journey, over and over again</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/article/everyone-knows-what-happens-here-to-girls">'Everyone knows what happens here to girls'</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/article/mumbais-homeless-our-masks-floated-away">Mumbai's homeless: 'Our masks floated away'</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/article/hit-with-cancer-covid-19-and-without-shelter">Hit with cancer, Covid-19 and without shelter</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/article/locked-down-with-cancer-on-mumbai-footpaths">Locked down with cancer on Mumbai footpaths</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/article/when-kajol-and-rani-move-to-a-different-beat">When Kajol and Rani move to a different beat</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/article/aarey-adivasis-then-we-lost-this-land-of-ours">Aarey Adivasis: ‘Then we lost this land of ours’</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/article/balappa-dhotres-craft-is-carved-in-stone">Balappa Dhotre's craft is carved in stone</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/article/from-harpalas-fields-to-mumbais-forest">From Harpala's fields to Mumbai's forest</a>

The Dayanita Singh-PARI Documentary Photography Award for Aayna

दयानिता सिंग-पारी डॉक्युमेंटरी फोटोग्राफी पुरस्कार विजेती आयना

آینا کو ملا دیانیتا سنگھ – پاری ڈاکیومینٹری فوٹوگرافی ایوارڈ

आयना ला दयानिता सिंह-पारी डॉक्यूमेंट्री फोटोग्राफी पुरस्कार

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The Dayanita Singh-PARI Documentary Photography Award for Aayna

Hasselblad Award-winning photographer Dayanita Singh has named Aayna as the winner of the second Dayanita Singh-PARI Documentary Photography Award

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