Updated On: 15 March, 2017 08:41 AM IST | | Fiona Fernandez
<p>Architect and photographer Robert D Stephens captures Mumbai's vertical growth by juxtaposing 18th-century traveller accounts with its skyline in 12 black-and-white frames</p>


Malabar Sunrise
How did the idea to play with shadows using aerial Mumbai as your muse, emerge?
As Mumbai's skyline saw a sharp spike in vertical growth over the last few years, so grew the idea of Mumbai as a city of shadows. The two are directly proportional to each other: vertical growth means longer shadows and taller silhouettes - a new visual layer of contrasts that did not exist three or four years ago.