Akshay Mahajan
@lecercle.bsky.social
Photographer, artist, occasional curator. Always chasing light, history, and a good meal. Based in Goa, India often elsewhere
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Opening Roots of the Earth at Jhaveri Contemporary — showing new work from People of Clay, drawn from the folk songs and clay traditions of Goalpara, where memory clings to the earth.
Honoured to share the space with the powerful work of Prabhakar Kamble.
Honoured to share the space with the powerful work of Prabhakar Kamble.
July 6, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Opening Roots of the Earth at Jhaveri Contemporary — showing new work from People of Clay, drawn from the folk songs and clay traditions of Goalpara, where memory clings to the earth.
Honoured to share the space with the powerful work of Prabhakar Kamble.
Honoured to share the space with the powerful work of Prabhakar Kamble.
Hiraeth—I’ve always thought it belonged to South Asia. Its sound slips so easily into Urdu, into Hindi, wears the weight of Persian longing. Only later did I learn it was Welsh. Strange how absence speaks in many tongues, how longing is a language without borders.
March 17, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Hiraeth—I’ve always thought it belonged to South Asia. Its sound slips so easily into Urdu, into Hindi, wears the weight of Persian longing. Only later did I learn it was Welsh. Strange how absence speaks in many tongues, how longing is a language without borders.
Decisive cat moment from the archives. This one from Cairo.
March 13, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Decisive cat moment from the archives. This one from Cairo.
It’s ironic to think that well-intentioned movements like Copyleft and Creative Commons have inadvertently enabled the creation of the massive datasets used to train generative AI. Makes you wonder—was that by design, or just an unforeseen consequence?
#ai #photography
#ai #photography
March 4, 2025 at 4:56 AM
It’s ironic to think that well-intentioned movements like Copyleft and Creative Commons have inadvertently enabled the creation of the massive datasets used to train generative AI. Makes you wonder—was that by design, or just an unforeseen consequence?
#ai #photography
#ai #photography
The loom unravels, thread by thread, as dusk swallows the waiting shore.
Beyond the shrine, the sea hums a promise—of return, of forgetting, of Ithaca never quite reached.
Penelope watches, neither weaving nor unwoven, her fingers tracing ghosts in the wind.
Beyond the shrine, the sea hums a promise—of return, of forgetting, of Ithaca never quite reached.
Penelope watches, neither weaving nor unwoven, her fingers tracing ghosts in the wind.
March 3, 2025 at 6:23 AM
The loom unravels, thread by thread, as dusk swallows the waiting shore.
Beyond the shrine, the sea hums a promise—of return, of forgetting, of Ithaca never quite reached.
Penelope watches, neither weaving nor unwoven, her fingers tracing ghosts in the wind.
Beyond the shrine, the sea hums a promise—of return, of forgetting, of Ithaca never quite reached.
Penelope watches, neither weaving nor unwoven, her fingers tracing ghosts in the wind.
Reposted by Akshay Mahajan
How #AI is quickly transforming the field of #photography and our broader culture of images., a conversation with @paglen.studio. A free online event from Aperture.
The Past, Present, and Future of AI | Aperture Conversations
February 18, 2025 | Join for a conversation between artist Trevor Paglen and art historian Noam M. Elcott.
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February 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
How #AI is quickly transforming the field of #photography and our broader culture of images., a conversation with @paglen.studio. A free online event from Aperture.
Intriguing patterns—possibly the work of termites. Nature’s own abstract art
March 2, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Intriguing patterns—possibly the work of termites. Nature’s own abstract art
Open Call: Excited to curate a show at Platform Project in Athens 2025 for “Postcards from Home” with Photini and Ana. If your work explores home, memory, and belonging, apply here: forms.gle/24ziGdhRtdJo...
March 1, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Open Call: Excited to curate a show at Platform Project in Athens 2025 for “Postcards from Home” with Photini and Ana. If your work explores home, memory, and belonging, apply here: forms.gle/24ziGdhRtdJo...
Elephants belong to water and earth. They drench themselves, then shroud their bodies in dust, becoming the land itself. The mahout murmured, ‘Hathi aru mathi’—‘the elephant is earth.’ Elephants Narayan & Noga at Pobitora, Assam, with head mahout Mr. Deka.
February 28, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Elephants belong to water and earth. They drench themselves, then shroud their bodies in dust, becoming the land itself. The mahout murmured, ‘Hathi aru mathi’—‘the elephant is earth.’ Elephants Narayan & Noga at Pobitora, Assam, with head mahout Mr. Deka.
Max Pinckers’ Open Books at the NCPA in Bombay examines the photobook as a site of experimentation and resistance. I explore his publishing career and six key works in my latest piece for C4 Journal. Read it here: c4journal.com/max-pinckers...
Max Pinckers - Open Books
The exhibition Open Books at the NCPA’s Dilip Piramal Gallery in Mumbai situates Belgian photographer Max Pinckers’ evolving body of work in a city that shaped one of his earliest endeavors.
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February 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Max Pinckers’ Open Books at the NCPA in Bombay examines the photobook as a site of experimentation and resistance. I explore his publishing career and six key works in my latest piece for C4 Journal. Read it here: c4journal.com/max-pinckers...
Just landed in Delhi after more than half a decade—the city carries the scent of burnt embers, perhaps the remnants of whatever decency we once had as a country, as a people.
January 27, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Just landed in Delhi after more than half a decade—the city carries the scent of burnt embers, perhaps the remnants of whatever decency we once had as a country, as a people.
The last boatmaker of on the mythical island of Ithaca, recalling his time in Bombay at the Seaman’s Club in Ballard Estate—trying to remember the island with the caves reached by wooden boats with white sails. “Elephanta,” I prompt. Ithaca clings to its Homeric past. #Odyssey #Ithaca
January 27, 2025 at 6:49 AM
I love how @adobelive.bsky.social steals from you to train their ai models and charges you a subscription from it
January 7, 2025 at 6:37 AM
I love how @adobelive.bsky.social steals from you to train their ai models and charges you a subscription from it
I’ll be in conversation with Max Pinckers on Open Books in Bombay this week—where photobooks challenge the boundaries of truth, fiction, and storytelling.
📅 Jan 9, 3:30 PM
📍 Dilip Piramal Art Gallery, NCPA
Free entry! Register now: in.bookmyshow.com/events/open-...
📅 Jan 9, 3:30 PM
📍 Dilip Piramal Art Gallery, NCPA
Free entry! Register now: in.bookmyshow.com/events/open-...
January 5, 2025 at 3:49 AM
I’ll be in conversation with Max Pinckers on Open Books in Bombay this week—where photobooks challenge the boundaries of truth, fiction, and storytelling.
📅 Jan 9, 3:30 PM
📍 Dilip Piramal Art Gallery, NCPA
Free entry! Register now: in.bookmyshow.com/events/open-...
📅 Jan 9, 3:30 PM
📍 Dilip Piramal Art Gallery, NCPA
Free entry! Register now: in.bookmyshow.com/events/open-...
Curating Archive of Potential (Goan) Futures for the Serendipity Arts Festival has been such a rewarding journey. We’ve reimagined archives—not as dusty records of the past, but as living stories that shape Goa’s future. Can’t wait for you to experience it at the Art Park, Panjim! #SerendipityArts
December 14, 2024 at 2:14 AM
Curating Archive of Potential (Goan) Futures for the Serendipity Arts Festival has been such a rewarding journey. We’ve reimagined archives—not as dusty records of the past, but as living stories that shape Goa’s future. Can’t wait for you to experience it at the Art Park, Panjim! #SerendipityArts
Excited to share my recent interview on See Zeen, where I talk about my artistic practice, the intersections of memory, colonial histories, and photographic narratives.
Read the full conversation here: see-zeen.com/akshay-mahajan
#Photography #Art #Memory #PostColonialNarratives #SeeZeen
Read the full conversation here: see-zeen.com/akshay-mahajan
#Photography #Art #Memory #PostColonialNarratives #SeeZeen
Akshay Mahajan - People of Clay - see-zeen - see-zeen
People of Clay, a blend of text, archival materials, and photographs documenting the Rajbanshi tribe, by Indian photographer Akshay Mahajan reminds us of our shared human origins while examining the i...
see-zeen.com
December 9, 2024 at 7:25 PM
Excited to share my recent interview on See Zeen, where I talk about my artistic practice, the intersections of memory, colonial histories, and photographic narratives.
Read the full conversation here: see-zeen.com/akshay-mahajan
#Photography #Art #Memory #PostColonialNarratives #SeeZeen
Read the full conversation here: see-zeen.com/akshay-mahajan
#Photography #Art #Memory #PostColonialNarratives #SeeZeen
Reposted by Akshay Mahajan
There’s an ancient temple inside the excavator.
December 6, 2024 at 8:14 AM
There’s an ancient temple inside the excavator.
The state of the nation and our new national emblem
December 6, 2024 at 4:37 AM
The state of the nation and our new national emblem
Over a decade at Nakoda Novelties in Bombay (Mazgaon), the cityscape has transformed in the name of progress—or perhaps profit. What remains is a stark reminder of what we’ve lost in the race.
December 1, 2024 at 6:43 AM
Over a decade at Nakoda Novelties in Bombay (Mazgaon), the cityscape has transformed in the name of progress—or perhaps profit. What remains is a stark reminder of what we’ve lost in the race.
A boy poised again the sea’s feral breath
Bombay.
Bombay.
November 29, 2024 at 2:42 PM
A boy poised again the sea’s feral breath
Bombay.
Bombay.
Nearly a year ago, I stepped onto a film set for the first time, immersed in the layered hierarchies of a cinematic dream factory. For two days on the Konkan coast, I glimpsed the magic behind the Palm d’Or winner, All We Imagine as Light by Payal Kapadia.
November 27, 2024 at 4:55 PM
Nearly a year ago, I stepped onto a film set for the first time, immersed in the layered hierarchies of a cinematic dream factory. For two days on the Konkan coast, I glimpsed the magic behind the Palm d’Or winner, All We Imagine as Light by Payal Kapadia.
How do you break old web habits? I’m trying to scroll less and think, learn, make, and do more. Apps I want to use intentionally:
• Bluesky for connections without the noise
• are.na as a research repository
• Substack for thoughtful writing
Less mindless consumption, more purposeful engagement.
• Bluesky for connections without the noise
• are.na as a research repository
• Substack for thoughtful writing
Less mindless consumption, more purposeful engagement.
Are.na
are.na
November 25, 2024 at 9:11 AM
How do you break old web habits? I’m trying to scroll less and think, learn, make, and do more. Apps I want to use intentionally:
• Bluesky for connections without the noise
• are.na as a research repository
• Substack for thoughtful writing
Less mindless consumption, more purposeful engagement.
• Bluesky for connections without the noise
• are.na as a research repository
• Substack for thoughtful writing
Less mindless consumption, more purposeful engagement.