GURUGRAM: Museo Camera in DLF Phase IV is showing Life is in Many Days, an exhibition of photographs by the Irish photographer Seamus Murphy, until 25 October. The show opened on 22 August, so about three weeks remain. It is curated by Zelda Cheatle and runs from 11 am to 7 pm.
According to the museum's exhibition page, the show brings together four major bodies of work from more than three decades, shot across Afghanistan, Ireland, India, Russia and the United States. The page describes Murphy's approach as documentary photography that looks at the people who live through events rather than the events alone. It quotes him: "I'm always striving for intimacy and a certain kind of poetic realism."
The page ends with the line "Free, just drop in". That sits slightly awkwardly beside the museum's general visit page, which lists tickets of Rs 200 for Indian nationals, Rs 300 for foreign nationals and Rs 150 for an audio guide, sold at the counter. The exhibition page does not say whether the Rs 200 applies to this show, so visitors should confirm at the entrance.
Visiting details and what comes next
The museum is on Shri Ganesh Mandir Marg in DLF Phase IV, Sector 28. It is closed on Mondays. Its visit page calls it one of Southeast Asia's largest centres for photography, spread over 18,000 square feet and three floors, and says it runs as a public-private partnership between the India Photo Archive Foundation and the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon.
The events listing records a Coffee with Seamus Murphy session on 8 September, from 2.30 pm to 4 pm. The show is the only exhibition on now. The museum's list shows the next one, Click Trickk by Sagar's Art Stream, scheduled for 11 to 13 December and described as free.
For those who want to learn rather than look, the workshops page lists a two-day Film and Analog Photography Workshop on 24 and 25 October, from 11.15 am to 6 pm on both days. It covers shooting on film and making silver prints on photographic paper, and the fee is Rs 8,260.
Museo Camera also runs a regular events calendar alongside the exhibition, and the days around this weekend carry several screenings, talks and a guided walk. Those are covered separately in a listing of what is on at the museum between 3 and 11 October. The museum's pages give enquiry forms and a phone line, +91 9810752279, rather than a dedicated booking desk for the exhibition itself.
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