Dated: 1957-1968 Home studio: Widdrington Road. This is a portrait of Gordanbhai Bh­­­akta. A guest of Maganbhai's, he travelled from Preston to see him, and stayed for two weeks. He travelled back to Northampton and eventually moved to America.

"My father loved taking selfies," says photographer Tarla Patel as she points to a set of photos at the entrance of Akara Art Gallery. Striking a pose in those black and white photographs, her father Maganbhai Patel, now 94, is the man to whom a touring exhibition is dedicated. Masterji, which opens this evening at Akara Art as part of FOCUS Photography Festival, is a series of archival studio and candid photographs by Maganbhai, who arrived in Coventry in the UK from Surat in 1951. The biennial photo fest that celebrates lens-work from India and abroad is scheduled between March 9 and 23 at venues across the city.