Chaman tries to humor Ayesha before taking her away. I fear that she will make Ayesha into a singing girl, and I wanted to make her an educated and respectable woman, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed"

Chaman tries to humor Ayesha before taking her away. I fear that she will make Ayesha into a singing girl, and I wanted to make her an educated and respectable woman, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed"

Dayanita Singh

1999, printed 2008

Accession Number

221957

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

30.5 × 45.7 cm (12 × 18 in., image); 40.6 × 50.8 cm (16 × 20 in., paper)

Classification

photograph

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Photography Associates and Contemporary Art Discretionary Funds