Portrait of Falak, Bachubhai ki wadi, Bombay, 1990
Parsis pray by the sea, Ava Roz, 1991
Yesha and Niddhi, Gujarat, 1998
Boys from Rander, Surat, 2009
Honest Buggy Band, Bhavnagar, 2007
Thara Studio, Ramanathukara, Kerala, 2016
Prince Studio, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, 2016
Ketaki Sheth (b. 1957, Bombay) lives and works in Mumbai and has been making photographs for 40 years. Until 2014, she was a committed analogue photographer who used only black and white film.
Sheth’s solo exhibitions include Photo Studio at Chemould Prescott Road (2022) and at PHOTOINK (2018); On Belonging: Photographs of Indians of African Descent at National Portrait Gallery, London (2015); A Certain Grace: The Sidi, Africans of Indian Descent at National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi (2013); Twinspotting at PHOTOINK (2010), Bombay Mix at Emile Zola Gallery and at Fête du Livre, Aix-en-Provence (2008).
Her photographs reside in major museums and private collections including Fogg Museum, Harvard Art Museums, Massachusetts; Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Modena, Milan; Guggenheim, Abu Dhabi; Higashikawa Museum, Hokkaido; Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi; Peabody Essex Museum, Massachusetts; Raphael Tous Collection, Madrid; The Alkazi Collection, New York; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA), Philadelphia, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai; Tate Modern, London; The Tia Collection, Mumbai, Dubai, London, and The University of Arizona, Museum of Art, Arizona.
Sheth’s publications include Photo Studio (PHOTOINK, 2018), A Certain Grace: The Sidi, Africans of Indian Descent (PHOTOINK, 2013), Bombay Mix: Street Photographs (Dewi Lewis Publishing and Sepia International, 2007) and Twinspotting: Photographs of Patel Twins in Britain & India (Dewi Lewis Publishing, 1999).
A bedroom on the set of Dilip Kumar’s film, ‘Kalinga’, Nadiadwala Bungalow, Juhu, Bombay, 1991
Silver gelatin print with selenium toning
24 × 20 in (61 × 50.8 cm)
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Actor Chunky Pandey at home, Bandra, Bombay, c.1987
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Movie Moghul Yash Chopra in his office, Juhu, Bombay, 1985
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Actor Sunny Deol with his dog at home, Juhu, Bombay, c.1989
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Actor Shatrughan Sinha rehearsing his lines, Juhu Centaur Hotel, Bombay, c.1987
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Actress Sridevi on the set of Shekhar Kapur’s film, ‘Mr. India’, Kamalistan Studios, Andheri, Bombay, c.1985
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Portrait of a star: Rekha on the set of the film, ‘Souten ki Beti’, Juhu, Bombay, 1988
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Actress Meenakshi Seshadri on the set of Ramesh Sippy’s ‘Akayla’, Bombay, 1991
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Actor Amitabh Bachchan and actress Amrita Singh on the set of Ramesh Sippy’s film, ‘Akayla’, Andheri, Bombay, 1991
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Actress Sonika Gill on the set of Subhash Ghai’s film, ‘Ram Lakhan’, Film City, Bombay, 1989
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Actress Poonam Dhillon on a film set, Kamalistan Studios, Andheri, Bombay, c.1985
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Actress Karisma Kapoor on the set of ‘Jigar’, Film City, Bombay, 1992
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Untitled, Marine Drive, Mumbai, 2022
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Untitled, Marine Drive, Mumbai, 2022
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Framed size: 19 × 23 in (48.3 × 58.4 cm)
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Untitled, Marine Drive, Mumbai, 2022
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Untitled, Marine Drive, Mumbai, 2022
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Untitled, Marine Drive, Mumbai, 2022
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Framed size: 19 × 23 in (48.3 × 58.4 cm)
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Untitled, Marine Drive, Mumbai, 2022
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Framed size: 19 × 23 in (48.3 × 58.4 cm)
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Untitled, Marine Drive, Mumbai, 2022
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Framed size: 19 × 23 in (48.3 × 58.4 cm)
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Untitled, Marine Drive, Mumbai, 2022
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Framed size: 19 × 23 in (48.3 × 58.4 cm)
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Untitled, Marine Drive, Mumbai, 2022
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Framed size: 19 × 23 in (48.3 × 58.4 cm)
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Untitled, Marine Drive, Mumbai, 2022
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Framed size: 19 × 23 in (48.3 × 58.4 cm)
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Jagdish Photo Studio, Manori, Maharashtra, 2015
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Elite Photo Studio, Darjeeling, Bengal, 2016
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24 × 16 in (60.9 × 40.6 cm)
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India Photo Studio, Mumbai, Maharashtra, 2016
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24 × 16 in (60.9 × 40.6 cm)
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Phototec Studio, Calicut, Kerala, 2015
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24 × 16 in (60.9 × 40.6 cm)
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Das Photo Studio, Darjeeling, Bengal, 2016
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Moti Art Studio, Ajmer, Rajasthan, 2016
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24 × 16 in (60.9 × 40.6 cm)
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Studio 786, Cuttack, Orissa, 2016
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Nice Digital Studio, Hyderabad, Telangana, 2016
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16 × 24 in (40.6 × 60.9 cm)
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Prince Studio, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, 2016
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24 × 16 in (60.9 × 40.6 cm)
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National Studio, Mumbai, Maharashtra, 2016
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24 × 16 in (60.9 × 40.6 cm)
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Untitled
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Untitled
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16 × 24 in (40.6 × 61 cm)
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Untitled
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16 × 24 in (40.6 × 61 cm)
24 × 36 in (61 × 91.4 cm)
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Untitled
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16 × 24 in (40.6 × 61 cm)
24 × 36 in (61 × 91.4 cm)
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Untitled
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24 × 16 in (61 × 40.6 cm)
36 × 24 in (91.4 × 61 cm)
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Untitled
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2 sizes available
16 × 24 in (40.6 × 61 cm)
24 × 36 in (61 × 91.4 cm)
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Untitled
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16 × 24 in (40.6 × 61 cm)
24 × 36 in (61 × 91.4 cm)
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Walking home from school, Manchikere, 2006
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Reshma, student and part-time worker on Hirbaiben's fields, Jambur, 2005
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Sisters at a wedding, Surendranagar, 2006
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Hirbaiben Lobi on her three-acre farm, Jambur, 2005
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Girl by a doorway, Bhuj, 2009
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Munira before her wedding, Jamnagar, 2008
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Munira poses for her wedding album, Jamnagar, 2008
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Ramzamma laughs when asked if she is pregnant with her first child. It is actually her fourth. Jambur, 2005
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Hirbaiben's twin granddaughters at home, Jambur, 2009
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Sukhi, Jambur, 2005
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Pilgrim and schoolboy, Banganga, 1988
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Child performer, Chowpatty, 1989
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Girl with watering hose, P.D'Mello Road, 2004
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Boy skipping over puddle, Ganesh gully, Lalbaug, Mumbai, 2004
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Infant and flautist, Haji Ali, 1990
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Family at sundial gate, Muharram, Dongri, 1989
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Saira, Rani and Pinky, Bachubhai ki wadi, 1990
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Portrait of Daisy, Bachubhai ki wadi, 1990
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Portrait of Falak, Bachubhai ki wadi, Bombay, 1990
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Mother and child at Mt. Mary Fair, Bandra, Mumbai, 2002
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Sanchit and Sawan, Gujarat, 1998
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Shilpa and Sheetal, Middlesex, 1995
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Milan and Mayur, Gujarat, 1998
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Triplets Rohan, Roshini and Rinkin, Surrey, 1996
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Rahul and Ronak, Gujarat, 1998
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Ramesh and Suresh, Middlesex, 1997
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Luv and Kush, London, 1996
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Riddhi and Siddhi, London, 1997
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Yesha and Niddhi, Gujarat, 1998
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Triplets Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh, Middlesex, 1996
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