Akshay Mahajan is an Indian photographer whose long-running project People of Clay, begun in 2016, follows the Brahmaputra through the Goalpara region of Assam. The work recreates local myths and folk songs with film-makers and folk theatre performers. He co-founded the New Delhi printing and restoration studio Printer’s Devil in 2011 and the Goa Familia archive of family photographs in 2019. People of Clay is shown at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery as part of Bristol Photo Festival 2026.
Akshay Mahajan
Photographer; staged photographs along the Brahmaputra
Where to see their work
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People of Clay, Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol
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