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  • The Caravan

    Dream Sequence

    Jul 09, 2019 3 minutes
    PHOTOGRAPHS BY BRIHASPATI MAHATO AND SUTIRTHA CHATTERJEE

    SIX YEARS AGO, when Sutirtha Chatterjee began working on portraits of children at a blind school in Kolkata, he had intended to report on their daily lives and the importance of education for visually impaired Indians. As he grew close with them and gained an insight into their lives, the work started to evolve into a personal exploration of the stories of five students from the school. Chatterjee’s developing friendships with them led him to contemplate questions about the

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