My wife’s grandmother, Margaret Jarvis, or Nannu as she was fondly called, lived in Shrewsbury, West Midlands in England. She was a Land Girl during World War 2, and, after much coaxing, spoke of her childhood and her experiences during the war.
My wife Anna, her mother, her sister and I made occasional weekend trips to see Nannu. We spent the time sitting with her as she drank her numerous cups of instant coffee, smoked her John Player Specials and watched the horse races.
I moved from New York to London a few years after I got married. The work during my six years in London came sporadically, and it was difficult to find employment that inspired me.
A lot of time was spent at home cooking, brooding, working the little patch of garden in front of the house and eventually on an allotment a bike ride away.
Anna and I started drifting apart over time but I found comfort in spending time with the friends that I had made. Here are photos of my friends, the landscape I wanted to be near and of the immediate family.
The pictures were part of a group a show to promote the works of emerging and established photographers from the UK and India titled PhotoUKIndia:Origins held at The British Council in Delhi in October of 2015.
