EXT 500 WEST ML MK 23
RED ROCK CANYON / HWY 14
35°21'44.5"N 117°58'42.4"W
The increase of wild creatures is in proportion to the things they feed upon: the more carrion the more buzzards. The end of the third successive dry year bred them beyond belief. The first year quail mated sparingly; the second year the wild oats matured no seed; the third, cattle died in their tracks with their heads towards the stopped watercourses. And that year the scavengers were as black as the plague all across the mesa and up the treeless, tumbled hills.
2020, Video, 93519, Desert, Transportation, Infrastructure
Photogravure:
Collage:
VISCOSITY:
Project:
Photobook “Glancing at the Yellow Fields: A Walk Through the Mustard Fields of Banaras”
by Priyanka Kumar and the many women who let me photograph.
PR
Priyanka Kumar is a visual artist based in Rhode Island whose practice brings together documentary photography and printmaking. Working across image-making, research, and archival methodologies, she investigates how photography and print can function as complementary tools for examining memory, social history, and systems of representation.
Kumar earned her Bachelor’s degree in Painting and Drawing from the prestigious Sir J.J. School of Fine Arts, Mumbai, and her Master of Fine Arts in Printmaking from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), where she was awarded the Presidential Fellowship (2024–2026). Her work has been exhibited in the United States, India, and the United Kingdom, and has been featured in online publications across.
Her research-driven practice focuses on the representation of gender roles and gender-based violence in India. Drawing on documentary photography, field research, and printmaking, she creates works that examine lived experiences, cultural narratives, and structures of power around gender based crime.
Through the production of multiples, Kumar explores the potential of printmaking to disseminate research, preserve stories, and foster dialogue across communities.
Behance: https://www.behance.net/priyankakumar13
Email: priyankakumar617@gmail.com
Insta: itslikelypriyanka