Over the past five decades, Ayesha Taleyarkhan’s body of work has spoken for itself. Since she entered the field of photography in the black-and-white era, the veteran artist has dabbled in various forms of creativity and produced photobooks such as ‘Stree: Woman of India’, ‘Beyond Bombay Balconies’ and ‘Under the Sun: Business as Usual’. 

In 2017, Taleyarkhan shifted her focus to some of the most striking photographs in her collection to create photo art, possibly a culmination of her work of so many decades. This love for her evolving photo artwork focuses on the theme of ‘Integration’, with diversity and inclusion as its central theme. The artist says ‘Integration’, a solo show on display at Tao Art Gallery in Worli, showcases `Integration 3.0`, her latest work in the series. It sparked off because of the current deterioration in international relations she witnessed, and the discrimination based on caste, colour and culture, which makes diversity look like a weakness.