Annu Palakunnathu Matthew

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An Indian from India

As an immigrant, I am often questioned about where I am “really from.” When I say that I am Indian, I often have to clarify that I am an Indian from India. It seems strange that all this confusion started because Christopher Columbus thought he had found the Indies and called the native people of America collectively as Indians.

In this portfolio, I look at the other “Indian.” I play on my own “otherness,” using photographs of Native Americans from the Nineteenth Century and early Twentieth Century that perpetuated and reinforced stereotypes. I find similarities in how Nineteenth and early Twentieth century photographers of Native Americans looked at what they called the primitive natives, similar to the colonial gaze of the Nineteenth century British photographers working in India.

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  • Collage,
  • Mixed Media,
  • Self Portraits,
Bollywood Satirized
  • Black and White,
  • Collage,
  • Installation,
  • Mixed Media,
  • Photo Animations,
  • Polaroids,
  • Self Portraits,
  • Video,
Installation Photos

Upcoming Events

  1. History of Photography

    November 19, 2020 @ 8:00 am - August 4, 2021 @ 5:00 pm
  2. Women Breaking Boundaries at Cincinnati Art Museum

    November 19, 2020 @ 8:00 am - May 21, 2021 @ 5:00 pm
  3. 31: WOMEN / Works from the Daimler Art Collection 1930 – 2020

    November 19, 2020 @ 8:00 am - September 6, 2021 @ 5:00 pm
  4. South East North West

    November 19, 2020 @ 10:00 am - October 9, 2021 @ 6:00 pm

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