ANDREAS DEFFNER

Andreas Deffner


The German photographer’s  collection of images of Indian people affected by albinism, of various ages and sex. All those photographed were also interviewed by the Indian sociologist Tejas Joseph, in order to delineate a new conception of “genius loci’s identity”. The work underlines the contradictions of a too schematic cultural representation: in fact it would not be easy to recognise instinctively the origin or the cultural identity of the portraits, Indian but physically similar to the populations of northern Europe.


01_Zenab

06_S_RAFIQUE_026

05_S_NAGARAJ

04_V_HEMALATHA_013

08_KULSHAN_027

07_PAPAAMAL020

03_S_P_ARUL_007

02_TAMILSELVI_005

 283935999_353b3c3828

PostTsunami_030

ROO_010

ROO_004

ROO_002

JAS_001

JAS_008

JAS_009