A Book, a Social Networking site & 2 Photographers
Thanks to Tapu Javeri for the Twitter Invite. BOOK REVIEW: Dou Rukh / By Arif Mahmood &Tapu Javeri Published in Daily Times / October 15, 2011 Reviewed by: Afrah Jamal Two of the people in the room strive for the same, elusive goal — to crystallise intangible fragments of the soul, to craft safe harbours for frenzied energy; to coax secrets out of ciphers. They may wander the same planes but have different agendas. And only when they are done plumbing the depth of human emotion can the rest experience a world draped in shadow and light. Their separate ideologies run parallel in Dou Rukh (two sides) — a coffee table book that showcases the work of two giants — Arif Mahmood and Tapu Javeri and the exhibition of original photographs that accompanied the launch. With 16 willing subjects — 18 if one counts the cameramen who posed for the shoot, and more than 30 images, these two collaborators briefly transform an ordinary surface into a veritable pantheon. A Twitter inv...