“THE CONTINUOUS ACT OF CHIPPING AT THE SOUL OF THE ABUSED IS EXPRESSED BY MAKING CUTS ON THE PORTRAIT OF THE PARTICIPANT.”
- SUJATA SETIA
“Derived from the ancient Asian form of torture -"Death by a Thousand Cuts" or "Lingchi", "A Thousand Cuts" is a series of portraits and stories that present a photographic study of patterns of domestic abuse in the South Asian community.
I have borrowed the metaphorical meaning of Lingchi to showcase the cyclical nature of domestic