During a journey through Rajasthan in 2013, Andreas Dietl undertook a road trip across the region, beginning and ending in New Delhi. Travelling through cities, desert towns, markets, and landscapes shaped by centuries of history, the journey unfolded as a series of encounters rather than destinations.

These photographs made during this time do not attempt to describe the vastness or complexity of India. Instead, they offer glimpses, fragments of everyday life observed along the way. Faces, gestures, garments, animals and landscapes are therefore approached with quiet attention, allowing moments to emerge without spectacle or explanation.

This approach is sealed by the printing style: the dignity of people at rest or at work, the calm of animals amid crowds, the layered textures of places marked by time and a rich heritage. A memory-like treatment lends the images a sense of timelessness, distancing them from a specific moment, approximating them instead as a recollection.

As in his earlier work, these photographs are guided by observation rather than narrative.

Text and curation by Tatiana Hopper