The collection seems like a detailed insight into the names that define modern Indian art. When did you begin?
It started about 10 years ago. Photography is a way of trespassing into the lives of people that interest me. In 2003, I started an art series recreating the works of Raja Ravi Varma, Gustav Klimt, and Frida Kahlo. Soon after, I felt the need to meet the artists whose work intrigued me. The book, backed by Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA) and Mapin, offered me a chance to be pleasantly surprised.

Rohit Chawla