Annu Palakunnathu Matthew's art photography is an art connoisseur's dream. Here's what goes into these wall collectiblesu00a0

With fine art photography carving a niche for itself amidst the fervent art scene in India and abroad, this one is worth more than a chinwag. You will not find Annu Palakunnathu Matthew doing the mundane, but dabbling with something innovative every time.

Annu is Professor of Art (Photography) at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston, Rhode Island and is represented by Sepia International Inc., New York City & Tasveer Gallery, India. Her latest collection the Virtual Immigrant Series draws on the experience of call centers workers in India. One might perceive these as complex, multidimensional work of art. As Annu explains emphatically, "These Virtual Immigrants become Americans/Westerners for a workday but remain physically in India. To work in these call centers, Indians study American/Western culture and either neutralise their Indian accents and adopt American ones. They virtually work between cultures without leaving their country of origin. The tangible markers of identity such as race, ethnicity, gender or class, are made more malleable."u00a0