Q. Why Mumbai? What was the driving force/reason to decide to shoot Mumbai from the air?
A. I first came to Mumbai in 2006, and then returned in 2007 and have been here since. Year after year, I observed the changing cityscape, which has become more and more visually similar to what one would see in New York City, Tokyo, or London. One could not help but mourn the ebbing loss of context, a specific and local feeling of the place.
But from the air, the geographic city context is redeemed. The reality of Mumbai as a port city is refreshed, surrounded by the highways of sea-based trading routes. Mumbai Articles is meant to celebrate this unique contextual reality.

Mumbai Mist. An aerial view of a misty Mumbai with the Bandra-Worli Sea Link in the foreground. This is Stephens' favourite frame from the current exhibition. Pic Courtesy/Richard D Stephens.