Sheetal Mallar
Sheetal Mallar is a self-taught photographer and artist based in India, practising for over 14 years. Her work explores subcultures, people, and the spaces they inhabit, with a focus on the subtle, unspoken relationships that bind individuals to their environments.
She has exhibited widely, including Dabolim at Goa Photo (2016), and her first solo show Transients at Art Musings, Bombay (2020). In 2023, she self-published her first book Braided, launching it at the LA Printed Matter Art Book Fair and later exhibiting it at the India Art Fair (2024). Her recent works include Creatures of Passage and Kudd. Her photography has been featured in Architectural Digest India, Harpers Bazaar India, Verve, Motherland, and global campaigns for brands like Apple and Starbucks.
About Work
Alone Together is an ongoing series by photographer Sheetal Mallar, begun over a decade ago during a transitional phase in her life. Feeling uprooted, she turned to photography as a way to reconnect with her city—Bombay—and the people who offered her a sense of belonging. The series features intimate portraits of family and friends within their personal spaces, exploring how urban life shapes emotional states.
Mallar reflects on the meaning of home—whether it lies within four walls or in intangible connections beyond physical space. Her work questions themes of loneliness, isolation, and shared experience, peeling back layers to reveal the quiet, familiar emotions that bind us in a bustling, chaotic city.
Mia, Mumbai
Bhawna, Mumbai
Saurab, Mumbai
Anusha,Mumbai
Pradeesh, Mumbai
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