Anu Kumar | अनु कुमार

@kumar_anu

Photographer | Naarm/Melbourne [email protected]
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It’s finally here! Come join me tomorrow from 4-6pm to celebrate the launch of my first book Ghar at @perimeterbooks in Thornbury. Big thanks to everyone who was part of this journey, Dan and Justine of @perimeterbooks @ashsholmes @k_koenning @prateek_chdry and all the supportive friends and fam 💕💕💕 see you all tomorrow to get your book signed with some nice wines by @minimumwines
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Powerhouse is inviting you to share your Sari Story. Do you have a sari that has been passed down through generations, or one that was recently made and holds special meaning for you? We’re looking for stories that reflect the connections between saris, family, faith and culture.​​​​ S‌ubmit 🔗‍​‍​‍‌‍ in bio‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌​‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‍​‍​‍​‍​​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍​‍‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‍​‍‌​​‌​‍‌‍‌‍‌​‌‌‌‌‍​‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‍‍​‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‍‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‍‌‌​​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​​‍‌‍‌‌‍‌‍‌​‌‍‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‍‌‌​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‍‍​‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌​​‌​‍​​​‌​​​‌‍‌‍​​​‌‍​​‍​​‍​​‍‌​‍‌‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌​‌‍​‍‌​‌​‌‍​‌‍‌‍​​​‍‌‌‍​‍​‌‌‌‍​‌‍‌‍​‍‌‌‍‌‍‌‍​‌​‍​‌‍​​​​‌‍‌​‌‍​‍​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‍​‍‌‌​‌‍‌‌​​‌‍‌‌​‌‌​​‌‍​‌‌‍‌‌‍‌‌​‍‌​​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‍​​‌‌‍​‌‍‌‍‍‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‍‌‌​‌​​‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‍‌​​‍‌‌​‌‌‌​​‍‌‌‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‍‌‌​​‌​‌​​‍‌‌​​‌​‌​​‍‌‌​​‍​​‍​‌​‌‍‌‌​‌‌‌‍‌‍​​‌‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌​‌‍‌‍​​​​‌‌​‍‌‌​​‍​​‍​‍‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍‍‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‍‌‌​​‍‌‌​‌‌‌​​‍‌‌‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‍‌‌​​‌​‌​​‍‌‌​​‌​‌​​‍‌‌​​‍​​‍‌‍​‌‍​‌‍​‌​‌​‌‍​‍‌​‌‌​​‍​‍‌​‌‌​​‌‍​‌​‍‌‌​​‍​​‍​‍‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‍​‌‍‍‌‌‍​‌‍‌​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‍​‍‌‌​‌‌‌​​‍‌‌‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‍‌‌​​‌​‌​​‍‌‌​​‌​‌​​‍‌‌​​‍​​‍‌‍‌​​​‍​‌​​‌​‌‍​​‌​‍‌​‍​​​​‌‍​‍​​‌‍‌​​‍‌‌​​‍​​‍​‍‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‍‍‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍​‌‌​​‌‍​‍‌‍​‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‍‌‍​​‌​‍‌‌​​‍‌​‌‍‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‍​‍‌‌​​‍‌​‌‍‌​​‌​‍‌‍‌‍‌​‌‌‌‌‍​‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‍‍​‍‌‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌​​‌​‍​​​‌​​​‌‍‌‍​​​‌‍​​‍​​‍​​‍‌​‍‌‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌​‌‍​‍‌​‌​‌‍​‌‍‌‍​​​‍‌‌‍​‍​‌‌‌‍​‌‍‌‍​‍‌‌‍‌‍‌‍​‌​‍​‌‍​​​​‌‍‌​‌‍​‍​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‍​‍‌‍‌‌​‌‍‌‌​​‌‍‌‌​‌‌​​‌‍​‌‌‍‌‌‍‌‌​‍‌‍‌​​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‍​​‌‌‍​‌‍‌‍‍‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‍‌‌​‌​​‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‍‌​​‍‌‌​‌‌‌​​‍‌‌‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‍‌‌​​‌​‌​​‍‌‌​​‌​‌​​‍‌‌​​‍​​‍​‌​‌‍‌‌​‌‌‌‍‌‍​​‌‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌​‌‍‌‍​​​​‌‌​‍‌‌​​‍​​‍​‍‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍‍‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‍‌‌​​‍‌‌​‌‌‌​​‍‌‌‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‍‌‌​​‌​‌​​‍‌‌​​‌​‌​​‍‌‌​​‍​​‍‌‍​‌‍​‌‍​‌​‌​‌‍​‍‌​‌‌​​‍​‍‌​‌‌​​‌‍​‌​‍‌‌​​‍​​‍​‍‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‍​‌‍‍‌‌‍​‌‍‌​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‍​‍‌‌​‌‌‌​​‍‌‌‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‍‌‌​​‌​‌​​‍‌‌​​‌​‌​​‍‌‌​​‍​​‍‌‍‌​​​‍​‌​​‌​‌‍​​‌​‍‌​‍​​​​‌‍​‍​​‌‍‌​​‍‌‌​​‍​​‍​‍‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‍‍‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍​‌‌​​‍​‍‌‌ Sari Stories has been developed in collaboration with @badamisunil , @aartibetigeri , and @kumar_anu ​‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌ 📸 @kumar_anu
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Really excited to be chatting this weekend with Anu Kumar about Photobooks as Platforms. Platforms for the work to go far, platforms for new connections, opportunities, to earn a bit more money, to extend one's artistic career. If you're curious about how we've approached publishing our projects and what we've done to see how far the work can go please come to @melphotobookfair on Saturday March 21st at 4pm to hear. @kumar_anu
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2 months ago
An archive of home ends this Saturday at @haydens.gallery 🤍 I’ll be roaming around from 2-5pm on Sat for anyone who wants to pop in and say hi! Opening photos by @zoecoldham , Installation shots courtesy of @haydens.gallery
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8 months ago
𝘈𝘯 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘰𝘮𝘦 Anu Kumar 25.07.2025 - 23.08.2025 Opening Celebration: Saturday 26th of July 6 - 8 pm 𝘈𝘯 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘰𝘮𝘦 is an ongoing photographic project that serves as both personal storytelling and collective archive-building, a visual meditation on displacement, memory, and the reconstruction of home across borders. Building upon Kumar’s previous work in Ghar, this project continues to document her hometown in India as an act of preservation and connection. @kumar_anu #AnuKumar Image details: Anu Kumar, 𝘜𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘥 #20, 2023, Archival pigment print on Canson Rag Photographique, 30 x 30 cm
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“An Archive of Home” opens this Saturday, July 26th, at @haydens.gallery . Building upon my previous work in Ghar, this project continues to document my hometown in India as an act of preservation and connection. Please join me for the opening reception from 6-8 PM. I’d also like to extend my sincere gratitude to all the contributors who helped bring this exhibition to life: Printing @peter_hatzipavlis Framing @arten_framing Woodworking @georgie.szymanski Fabric printing @nextstateprint Catalogue @aburrapress
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“if only we can take the time: contemporary Australian photography” considers how the impulse to observe, to record and to share continues to propel photographic practice in Australia today. My work from Ghar and new work taken on more recent visits to my hometown of Kavi Nagar are on display at the National Portrait Gallery till the 2nd of March. “Working with a medium-format camera, which pulls incidental details into clear focus, Kumar catalogues the everyday objects and quiet corners that have been shaped by generations. The portraits that structure the sequence feature family members in moments of rest and private ritual. A grandmother naps, an uncle waits as the henna he uses to dye his hair sets. Time feels suspended, and the fabric that drapes across surfaces, both beds and bodies, only amplifies the stillness.” National Portrait Gallery if only we can take the time: contemporary Australian photography Daily from Saturday 30 November 2024 until Sunday 2 March 2025 Curated by @ipp____ , framing by @arten_framing , printing by @peter_hatzipavlis , install images courtesy of @portraitau
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Honoured to be exhibiting new work after a long time, alongside works from Ghar at @portraitau . Sharing the stage with the best @k_koenning @yingang , and thoughtfully curated by @ipp____ . ‘When I started taking these photos, it was about discovery and learning … but it’s now more about the slow process of saying goodbye … I’m focusing on grief, in a way, and how we make sense when people go – through the possessions they leave behind, the house they lived in. I’m interested in how we use ritual and religion to make sense of the world after we’ve lost someone.’
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Ten years ago I bought a $300 camera from Gumtree to take photos of my family in India. Slowly I started to piece together an archive that became my first book, Ghar. Today I'm excited to share that Ghar has been shortlisted for the @aperturefnd first book award 👏🏾Thanks to the team @perimeterbooks @narellebrewer @wilco_artbooks 🤍
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2 years ago
“Water is important to people who do not have it, and the same is true of control.” - Joan Didion On Holy Water is an exhibition responding to the essay by Joan Didion (Holy Water) and takes a look into the contributing artists’ individual relationships with this element. It invites contemplation and reevaluation on our collective link to water, and takes a deeper look into what our own stories may tell us. Thanks to @sarahjwalker__ for curating such a considered show with some of my favourite artists @sarahpannell @3mmaphillip5 @georgiasmedley @sarahjwalker__ @jamesabugg @_greysea Opening this Saturday 15 JUL, 4.00-6.00PM. Open to view from SAT 15 JUL 4.00PM - FRI 11 AUG 5.00PM at @platformartsgeelong
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Nana Ji’s crockery. A quieter image from my book, Ghar @perimeterbooks . Also on display at @ngvmelbourne
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2 years ago
Little Anu would never believe she'd be in the @ngvmelbourne , but here we are! I still can't believe it 😱 Go check out my work on Level 1 (up the escalators) at the Ian Potter Centre. Can't thank everyone enough for all the support! Susan van Wyk for the curation, @prismimaging for the printing, @frame__of__mind__ for the framing, and all my friends and fam for the love, simply wouldn't be here without you ❣️
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3 years ago