Red Turtle Photobook

Posted • Friends in Kolkata, don’t miss Soumya Sankar Bose in conversation with photographer and curator Dayanita Singh as he launches his new book 𝘈 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘌𝘹𝘪𝘵 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 | 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘞𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘓𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 on Sunday, 21 September 2025, at Experimenter – Ballygunge Place, Kolkata, from 5 – 6:30 pm.

An intimate journey through personal loss, political turmoil, and the quiet weight of remembering, 𝘈 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘌𝘹𝘪𝘵 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 | 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘞𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘓𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 is Bose’s response to the disappearance of his mother in 1969 and his grandfather’s quiet search for her that ended before they could ever meet.

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Images:
2) Soumya Sankar Bose. Photo credit: Tim Bowditch
3) Dayanita Singh. Photo credit: Mads Alexander Selvig

[Soumya Sankar Bose, A Discreet Exit Through Darkness, Things We Lost Last Night, book launch, Dayanita Singh, conversation, Experimenter, Ballygunge Place, Kolkata]

A Discreet Exit Through Darkness is now at the printing stage!

If you haven’t pre-ordered your copy yet, now is the time. Only a few copies are left at the special discounted price of ₹2700 (original price ₹3200)and 75 USD(including shipping, original price 80 USD), limited to the first 100 orders.

This photobook explores a deeply personal family mystery — the disappearance of the artist’s mother in 1969 and her return years later with no memory of what happened. Told through two narratives — his grandfather’s search and his mother’s fragmented recollections — the book combines diary entries, photographs, and imagined memories.

Winner of the Louis Roederer Discovery Public Award at Rencontres d'Arles 2023.

Designed by Barnali Bose.

Pre-order now via the link in bio.