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Girl Gaze: Journeys Through The Punjab & The Black Country, UK is a photographic exploration of the Punjab and diaspora communities in the West Midlands through the voices of young girls and women. The exhibition brings together newly-commissioned work by four women artists: Jocelyn Allen (UK), Andrea Fernandes (India), Jennifer Pattison (UK), and Uzma Mohsin (India).

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The idea for the Ichha exhibition came from the organisation CRY – Child Rights and You – when they launched their Click Rights Campaign to campaign for the girl child’s right to education. “CRY asked  Nazar Foundation to partner with them to mount an exhibition on the theme in Delhi,” says Prashant Panjiar, managing trustee, Nazar Foundation. The photographs in the exhibition came from three sources: Nazar Foundation approached prominent photographers to contribute images; photographers Mansi Midha, Anshika Varma and Abhinav Sanghi photographed in CRY project sites in Rajasthan, UP & Delhi; and Nazar volunteers conducted a one-day workshop with CRY volunteers and helped them photograph in CRY project sites within Delhi. Although the work of several prominent photographers is also part of the exhibition, Panjiar maintains that creating awareness about the issue is at the core of the exhibition. “Participating in such campaigns also allows photographers to express solidarity with causes they believe in, thereby enriching their own work,” he avers.

   ‘Barely after having learnt to write her name in Hindi, Muskaan, 8, had to leave school to take up household responsibilities. She misses her school and friends. Photo © Anshika Varma’

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Mahmood Hassan passed away in November 2012 in Jamshedpur, his hometown, where he had worked with Tata Steel for 21 years.

Adil is Mahmood Hassan’s son. He is a photographer based in New Delhi. He shot these photographs over 6 months as he came to terms with his father’s cancer. His old film cameras served as distractions from the reality of the illness.