Long before the digital revolution in photography, India had put forward several exceptionally talented photographers who captured India for the world in their black and whites. Of them, the number of female photographers is even less, the most famous being the legendary Homai Vyarawalla. Another name that pops into one’s mind is Dayanita Singh.

A student from Ahmedabad’s National Institute of Design, Singh works from her personal projects and her stint as a photojournalist have been lauded all over the world.

Apart from her exhibitions, Singh has also received critical success for her books such asu00a0Zakir Hussain and Myself Mona Ahmed. We caught up with the photographer who was recently in the city for Literature Live! where she shared the dais with author Siddharth Dhanvant Sanghvi in a talk on photo fiction.