In a handful of still images, 19-year-old Priyanka Shah from Bangalore has captured the side glances and snarky remarks women—especially ones not clad in conservative clothing—face all the time. As part of a class titled “Photography as a 2D message” at the Srishti Institute of Art and Design Technology, Shah photographed her friend Aishwarya Suresh, also 19, in the outfit she feels most comfortable in: a t-shirt and shorts.
The two students went to public spaces like open roads, parks and markets, where Shah covertly shot people’s reactions to Suresh’s presence.
The pictures revealed how Indian women aren’t just battling lecherous stares and catcalls from men. They’re also spending their days surviving judgmental glares from the women around them. The two felt a lot of fear during their shoot and, Shah wrote, even danger at times.
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