Out of the Ash

Witchcraft was hung, in History,
But History and I
Find all the Witchcraft that we need
Around us, every Day—

— Emily Dickinson, Fr. 1583

Out of the Ash is a photo project suspending itself between fiction, folklore and reality. Rooted in contemporary cases of witch hunting in bengal, this project is a fictional and visual response to the persistence of superstition within lived reality. The work explores the disbelief that something seemingly mythical can continue to shape violence, fear, and social exclusion in the present. Through constructed and atmospheric imagery, the project traces how accusation and collective memory transform women into figures that exist somewhere between person, rumor, and apparition.