In an image-driven world, Anuja situates her practice in the elementary aspects of image-making. Her work takes shape from the vantage point of Ladakh, located in the remote Indian Himalayas. Ladakh as a lived experience—its history, geomorphology and ecology underpin her camera-less and analog photography, bookmaking, and mixed-media works.

Anuja’s learnings in and from Ladakh have enabled her understanding of the world as one that does not exist of its own accord, but one that is dependent on causes and conditions. The lingering uncertainties of the mountain communities against the planet’s ailing health, which will soon send stronger ripples across the world profoundly inform her practice.

Having transitioned into visual arts from photography, Anuja’s creative arc has been threaded by the wonders of light. She now endeavours to consolidate her experiences, working with photographic prints as visual notes of the unpronounced rhythms of nature.