Let’s Sing an Old Song

Photographs: Soumya Sankar Bose
Text: Soumya Sankar Bose
Publisher: Red Turtle Photobook
15 postcards
Pictures: 15 black & white photograph postcards
Year: 2015
Edition of 100
Price: $25
Portfolio box with foiled plastic cover, 5 x 6 in

Soumya Sankar Bose compiles 15 black & white postcards handsomely wrapped in a cardboard case with a legend by the artist describing the series. The focus of the work is a familial connection through his uncle into the theatrical world of Jatra, a folk theatre form of Bengal, employing dialogue, monologue, songs and music to tell the stories