Departures: A Journey with India

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Nowhere is the human condition more apparent than in India, a window to life, a window to all.

Departures presents a journey through place, life, and our preparations for departure from the material to the ethereal. To journey with India is to reflect, a portal to the experiences of a universal human condition, Departures weaves together a sometimes-haunting story of modernity and urbanization with an ancient, diverse, and complex land.

A work in the humanist and social realist genre of photography, Departures reflects on the 21st century urban stage contrasting the gritty realism of urban life, work and the struggles and joys of the everyday with the dramatic beauty of people, ritual, belief, and landscape. Created from an archive of 20 years photographing, living and working in India, Departures goes beyond the often incidental or serendipitous nature of street photography to open the door and explore the life within.

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UKborn Shaun Fynn is a visual story teller, photographer, designer, and author based in New York. A keen observer of culture and everyday life, his work crafts stories of resonance and empathy for brands, institutions, and culturally focused projects. He founded his design and brand development agency StudioFYNN over 20 years ago has evolved his work to embrace multiple forms of visual communication. As a photographer his work focuses on the portrayal of the human condition. A graduate of Central St Martins College of Art and Design in London, he has lived in the UK, Italy, India, and the US. His award-winning work has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art and the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center in New York City, the Chicago Athenaeum, and the Weserburg in Bremen, Germany. He has also been featured in Fast Company, the Atlantic, the Los Angeles Times, and the Guardian. Fynn has been a visiting lecturer at the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad, the Indian Institute of Technology in Mumbai, and is currently adjunct faculty at Parsons School of Design in New York City. In 2015 he was nominated a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.