Drawn Into Isolation

PrizeOfficial Selection in Shoot (photo/video)
ArtistJai Thakur
CategoryNon-Professional
CreditJai Thakur

As a part of my job responsibilities as an Analyst, I have been working on a few research white papers on "Risks and Impact of Coronavirus Globally in coming times". I started working on this self-portrait project during unwanted and unexpected isolation, brought on by the COVID-19 Pandemic which started impacting China especially since January 2020. With all those findings keeping in mind, I tried to give it a visual perceptive thereby mixing my full-time job learning/findings along with my personal conflicts within myself during COVID-19 nationwide lockdown.

Bio
Jai Thakur is an Indian documentary photographer from New Delhi. The majority of his works revolve around the socio-economic environment of the society. Other than the number of group exhibitions, he is a recipient of various national and international awards including Water Hero Award by Govt. of India (Ministry of Water Resources, RD & GR), National Geographic's MyIncredibleStory and Sahapedia Frames Grant. His work has been published in multiple books and platforms. He appeared in the MX Player web series “Express Yourself ” on River Conservation. As a day job, he is working as an Analyst.