desi aesthetic

<n>Peaceful Paradise Wallpaper</n> from <n>Genie Art</n>, an illustration in the <n>Pichwai</n> painting style.

<n>Minimalist</n> <n>Wood Grain Inspired Henna</n> design by artist <n>Azra Khamissa</n>.

A young fisherman among <n>Victoria regia lily pads</n>. Photo by <n>Bruno Barbey</n>, 1974.

Dyed wool and silk fabrics hang to dry in the sun at the <n>Dyers' Souk</n> in <n>Marrakech</n>, Morocco.

<n>波 和柄 青 壁紙</n>, a blue <n>Japanese wave pattern</n> wallpaper.

A selection of playing card back designs from a <n>De La Rue</n> sample book, c. 1870.

<n>Shakuntala looking back to glimpse Dushyanta</n>, an 1870 oil painting by artist <n>Raja Ravi Varma</n>.

From the <n>Straavi</n> campaign <n>Mallippū vācal</n>, photographed by <n>Karan Kumar Sachdev</n>.

A <n>Kurbits</n> painting, a style of <n>Swedish Folk Art</n>, by artist <n>Tina Rawson</n>.

The “Garden Room” apartment designed by The White Room in India 🪴💧

Odissi dancer <n>Akshiti Roy Chowdhury</n> at the <n>Anubhava</n> festival, 2023. Photo by <n>K S Krishnamurthy</n>.

<n>High Gate in Ajmer</n>, a 1931 woodblock print by Japanese artist <n>Hiroshi Yoshida</n>.

<n>Monsoon Rains, Monghyr, Bihar</n> by <n>Raghubir Singh</n>, 1967.

Acoustic patterns of heart cells from research by <n>Utkan Demirci</n> at <n>Stanford University School of Medicine</n>.

Digital illustration titled <n>Jaipur Garden</n>, a collage incorporating elements from the <n>Wazir Khan Mosque</n>.

<n>Jama Masjid, Delhi</n> (c. 1931), a <n>Ukiyo-e</n> woodblock print by Japanese artist <n>Hiroshi Yoshida</n>.

<n>'Bougainvillea portal'</n> by photographer <n>Imdad Barbhuyan</n>.

<n>Shriya Pilgaonkar</n> and <n>Aishwarya Sonar</n> for <n>Straavi</n>'s "<n>Mallippū vācal</n>" series. Photo by <n>Karan Kumar Sachdev</n>.

<n>Leap of Faith</n> by photographer <n>Subhran Karmakar</n>.

re: lrt, what i like abt hiroshi yoshida's art is that he has woodblock prints of his travels to india, which i think is very fascainting, because it forces you to consider that cultural exchange/travel does not have to include white ppl and i love it

A campaign image for <n>LITTLE THINGS™️ | INDIA</n> featuring <n>Ankita Srivastava</n>, photographed by <n>Sahil Behal</n>.

A photograph by <n>Neşe Arı</n>, an editor's pick for the January 2024 Street Photography Award.