Cultivate Art in partnership with Soho House Mumbai presented “I’m not here”, the first solo exhibition of photographer Anurag Banerjee at Soho Art Week hosted at Soho House Mumbai.

“Perhaps home is not a place but simply an irrevocable condition.” – James Baldwin

“I’m not here” is the artist’s exploration of the idea of home. It’s the journey of his transition from adolescence to adulthood. Through the evolving relationship with his parents, their dog, and the landscape of Shillong, “I’m not here” is the author’s search for his irrevocable condition.

 Anurag Banerjee is an independent photographer from Shillong based out of Bombay. His entry into the medium was through documentary photography. His first body of work, “Love in Bombay” documented intimacy in public spaces in Bombay, his ode to the city he is still learning to love. With time, Anurag moved away from this kind of work, slowly understanding the power of photography as an introspective tool. “I’m not here” evolved with this understanding, a work that started off as a documentary project and eventually became about an idea, an irrevocable condition. Today, Anurag uses photography, and text, to understand and situate himself within the context of the world around him.