Focus Photography Festival Mumbai 2015 (FOCUS), supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies and in collaboration with education partner, the Mohile Parikh Centre, was conducted from 12 to 26 March 2015. First launched in 2013 as the city’s first ever photography festival, FOCUS has built on the success of its inaugural event, and this year’s programme featured over 30 exhibitions, workshops and educational events taking place across the city. The aim of FOCUS is to engage not just those in the photographic sector but to make the art form accessible to everyone across the city, with every festival event free and open to all. This year’s festival theme was ‘CROSSOVER’. Mumbai is known for its dynamism and diversity fuelled by the intermingling of people from different states, faiths and social structures. The theme celebrates photography’s role in challenging the way we see and understand both our city and the world, not only questioning collective notions of geography and history but also telling the intimate stories of the construction of identity and the exploration of self in today’s age.
