India, April 17 -- You've seen the Reels spoofing how Hollywood montages present the Wife Who Will Die In The First Half? All tousled hair, innocent devotion, wholesome sexiness? Nitesh Mohanty's self-published 2020 photobook Nowhere / Now Here is the opposite of that. It's a chronicle of his time as caregiver to his wife, Diya, through her battle with a brain tumour. But, like all good art, it is so much more.

It takes immense courage to display one's vulnerability. Mohanty took thousands of images during the 12 years of his wife's illness and eventual demise. He worked with his friend and editor Deshna Mehta who runs Studio Anugraha in Mumbai, to depict that journey honestly and formally in the book. The images are in black-and-white a...