"Triptych Stories" is a personal ongoing photography project started in 2017, creating a series of images in triptych-style presentation. Each triptych narrates a story on matters pertaining to biodiversity & environmental conservation. The project is an attempt to create awareness amongst viewers through images.
The first story in the series is titled 'Bookmark' - It's unfortunate but collectors all over the globe pay for butterflies that are smuggled in envelops through couriers and these end up in their collections as decorative wall pieces, used in making jewellery or as a bookmark.
Second story is titled 'Extinction' - Pollinators such as bees all across the globe are declining due to various factors, predominantly because of loss of habitat, over use of pesticides, air pollution etc. Pollinators help in plant reproduction. Their decline would result in decline in flowering plants and finally extinction of such species.
And the third one is titled ' Habitat loss' - Often EIA studies are ignored or norms are flouted to clear infrastructure projects under the pretext of development. While humans may get monetary compensation, the project-affected flora & fauna have no respite.
