Edition : 1/1

Medium: Digital Photography / Sony A7iii

Photographer : Musthafa

Bio: My name is Mustafa, from India. Documentary and landscape photographer. M.Sc. geography drop out who choose business for the survival.

Collection : As small entrepreneur I meet a lot of people. People who are familiar or non familiar to me. At the beginning of this collection I thought, pick some random strangers, create some portraits and tell their stories. Actually this collection opened my eyes, hearing my subject story is important for me, one month ago I visited an indigenous community in a forest, their lifestyle, their houses, their situations changed my concept about documentary photography

More Power to Women

In this collection, six of my works are mainly focused on three communities.

1. Nayakas
2. Kurumbas
3. Paniyans

Her Name is Seetha, studies in 8th standard. Her dream is to become a doctor. She has to walk 3 kilometers daily to catch the bus in order to reach the school. She is from Kurumba community.

She is the most educated girl from their community. They do everything for her education. When the pandemic hit the country badly the school classes were online. But they managed to buy a smart phone for her. So that she didn't miss any of her classes. I was happy to hear this story from her mother, she was proud too. Only through the proper education we can uplift them, her face still give me the courage to go with this project.