
Courtesy Bell Gallery
Fazal Sheikh takes
photographs of the displaced—immigrants, refugees, and people forced to
leave their homes and live on society's margins. Until May 30, the
David Winton Gallery is exhibiting Sheikh's recent photos of women in
rural India. These photos depict widows who come to the Indian holy
city of Vrindavan to seek
moksha, the Sanskrit term for being
free from suffering. Sheikh, who won a 2005 MacArthur "genius" award,
says he spends extensive time with his subjects, earning their trust
and seeking a true understanding of their plight.