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EPISODE · Feb 21, 2026 · 44 MIN

Ravi Agarwal : "Photography is a medium of self-communication."

from The Photobook · host Priyanka Chharia

In this episode, The Photobook Podcast features Ravi Agarwal, an interdisciplinary artist who investigates the relationship shared between humans and the non-human world through photography, video, text and installation. His work ranges from the long documentary to the conceptual and performative. Author of several photobooks and diaries including The Power Plant – Fragments in Time, In the Shadow of the Vulture and Down & Out, he has exhibited widely at international museums and at the Biennials of Havana, Yinchuan, Kochi, Sharjah and Documenta XI. He is the recipient of the UN-IFCS Award for Chemical Safety and the Ashoka Fellowship for social entrepreneurship.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------To know more about our latest episodes, follow us on Instagram at @thephotobookpodcast or write to us at [email protected] can find Priyanka Chharia at @madamphotographer and Ravi Agarwal at @ravig64 on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Photobook Podcast is generously supported by PhotoSouthAsia at @photosouthasia. To view more of their work, log onto www.photosouthasia.org⁠⁠⁠⁠---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

In this episode, The Photobook Podcast features Ravi Agarwal, an interdisciplinary artist who investigates the relationship shared between humans and the non-human world through photography, video, text and installation. His work ranges from the long documentary to the conceptual and performative. Author of several photobooks and diaries including The Power Plant – Fragments in Time, In the Shadow of the Vulture and Down & Out, he has exhibited widely at international museums and at the Biennials of Havana, Yinchuan, Kochi, Sharjah and Documenta XI. He is the recipient of the UN-IFCS Award for Chemical Safety and the Ashoka Fellowship for social entrepreneurship.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------To know more about our latest episodes, follow us on Instagram at @thephotobookpodcast or write to us at [email protected] can find Priyanka Chharia at @madamphotographer and Ravi Agarwal at @ravig64 on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Photobook Podcast is generously supported by PhotoSouthAsia at @photosouthasia. To view more of their work, log onto www.photosouthasia.org⁠⁠⁠⁠---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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