What: From intricately carved doors and painted walls to pots, pans and tribal folk, artist Jyoti Bhatt — who studied painting at MS Univ-ersity of Baroda — travelled across India, between 1967 to 1996, with his camera to archive the fast-disappearing traditions of folk and tribal communities. “The idea was to capture the visual expressions in their original setting along with people who inhabited these spaces. I’ve focussed on daily traditions, like wall paintings and rangolis that are perishable. I used photography as it is more immediate,” the 81-year-old artist reasons. He was often accompanied by fellow photographer Raghav Kaneria on his travels.

Women making a Samha Devi image, Haryana, 1977