The Archive

Stories from the field.

Every entry here began the same way: a conversation before a photograph. These are the people and places of Panjab, documented as they are, not as they perform for a camera.

Arjan Singh shaping a clay pot

Vol. 001 · Bhagta Bhai, Panjab

The Potter Who Kept Five Generations Alive

For more than four decades, Arjan Singh has shaped ordinary clay into something meaningful, preserving five generations of knowledge through honest work, patience, and faith.

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Portrait of Tela Singh seated outdoors

Portraits · Panjab · Traditional Craft

The Hands That Never Stopped Weaving

For forty-two years, Tela Singh has woven baskets with the same hands that built his home, raised his daughters, and carried a family tradition older than anyone living to remember its beginning.

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Jagroop Singh working in his carpentry workshop

Portraits · Panjab · Traditional Craft

Jagroop Singh, The Courage to Begin Again

From a successful mason to a traditional carpenter, Jagroop Singh's journey is a story of resilience, patience, and the courage to build a new beginning with his own hands.

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An elder woman standing outside her home

Vol. 014 · Sangrur, Panjab

The Last Phulkari Loom

In a courtyard in Sangrur, an 81-year-old's hands still turn thread into memory. A story about the last of a craft, and the daughter who is learning it late.

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