{"product_id":"dayanita-singh-dayanita-singh-9783969994245","title":"Dayanita Singh: Forget Me Knot","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo photographic series documenting the material wear and tear of India's archival bundles\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe archive has long been an obsession for Indian photographer Dayanita Singh (born 1961)--both literal archives and the photobook as a moveable archive which the viewer can revisit and display at will. \u003ci\u003eForget Me Knot\u003c\/i\u003e combines two series exploring the intriguing cloth bundles of India's archives. In \u003ci\u003ePothi Khana\u003c\/i\u003e (Hindi for \"archive room\"), Singh presents black-and-white photographs of India's seemingly endless private and public archives: shelf after shelf of bundles wrapped and knotted in pieces of cloth once colorful but now almost white with age. \u003ci\u003eTime Measures\u003c\/i\u003e marks the first time Singh has made portraits of the archive bundles, photographing them individually and close up against a neutral stone background. Their details are thus revealed: the unique sun-bleached red patterns, the varying shapes and knots (tied and retied over the decades by unseen hands), the outlines of the secret contents within. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dayanita Singh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3969994241\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783969994245\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Steidl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/13\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Dayanita Singh","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48997611634943,"sku":"9783969994245","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dayanita-singh-dayanita-singh-9783969994245","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}