Guftagoo with Dayanita Singh (Part 1/2)

In conversation with noted photographer Dayanita Singh.
Anchor: Irfan
00:32 - 02:10 :- introduction of Dayanita Singh and her work
02:25 :- interview starts
02:50 - 03:20 :- about why she chose photography
04:12 - 05:37 :- about her parents
08:20 - 09:23 :- about her academic career, the influence of her parents and Satyajit Ray, and why she changed her decision in career
09:38 - 11:10 :- decision of going to ICP, the problem facing in India, met with American woman photographer Mary Ellen Mark and her advice, going to New York from mother's support
11:20 - 12:04 :- advice to the newcomers in the photography field, the importance of music, literature in her photography
13:06 - 14:01 :- learning historical perspective of photography in New York
14:27 - 16:35 :- conflict between photo-journalism and humanity, about her family portraits, ethical conflict in photography, photography as an aggressive art
16:36 - 16:59 break
18:40 - 19:19 :- about how she takes a photo
20:02 - 21-44 :- her attachment with papers, files, and books, seeing stories, secrets in files and papers
22:31 - 23:50 :- about her life-symbol, internal journey, contradiction of life and photography
27:06 - 27:43 :- she tells why she apply the concept of equality in her photography
28:03 - 28:45 :- announcement of interview closing
28:50 :- end of interview

[@shweta1655]

Behtareen. What a fabulous interview! The anchor deserves an applause for such profound questions. Dayanita Singh transforms the very meaning of an image and the act of making one. Thank you for giving us such beautiful content.

[@sarayusankar9216]

What an amazing interview! Kudos to the anchor for asking very pertinent questions, and actually listening to what Ms. Singh had to say.

[@ashishjaiswal6223]

there is an old hindi song which plays in the background at 0:18 for few seconds. Does someone know the title/ singer?