LAMEYA CHAUDHURY
PHOTOGRAPHY
 

My postcard project started off at Burning Man 2011. I took candid snaps of burners and gifted them with a blank postcard to write a message to their future self. Six months later when it all seems like a distant memory I send the postcard and photo back to the owner to remind them of that one moment on the playa. Since then, I have collected postcards all over the globe including London Decompression and Afrikaburn. These are their stories.

I returned as an artist at this year’s London Decompression event at The Coronet.

Dressed as a High Priestess, I invited participants to play a game of Truth or Dare to absolve their sins in an immersive photography project. All the sinners (and saints) were documented by my lens.

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A documentation of a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest in Turkey began on 28 May 2013, initially to contest the urban development plan for Istanbul's Taksim Gezi Park. The protests were sparked by outrage at the violent eviction of sit-in at the park protesting the plan.

TEDxBlackRockCity provides a stage for some of Burning Man’s most visionary inhabitants to speak about their ideas and their creations. It draws on the values of Burning Man, whose Ten Principles (radical inclusion, gifting, de-commodification, radical, self-reliance, radical self-expression, communal effort, civic responsibility, leaving no trace, participation, and immediacy) provides touchstones for the speakers in their talks. Ideas into action. TEDx Black Rock City 2013 will Pro:Create.