"It is an incredibly painful time, the reference point has forever shifted, and I feel complete despair at the brokenness of the system, my own complicity in it, and the need to fix it,"
"It was only months after I moved here that I realized the United States had its own set of gendered expectations and constraints,"
"We spent a year filming She's My Girl in remote villages in the northern state of Haryana in India, documenting stories about female infanticide. I remember being completely shaken by the reality of what was going on. It was a pivotal moment for me, realizing the power of film to tell stories that no one wanted to talk about."
Ashima Yadava creates photographic prints that examine social injustice, Western political hypocrisy, and the muted liberal response to global crises. She grew up in New Delhi and moved to San Francisco nearly two decades ago to pursue education and to resist imposed gendered dictates. Early film work documenting female infanticide in Haryana revealed the power of visual storytelling and shaped her commitment to witness marginalized experiences. Recent interconnected events have intensified her urgency to show present realities and possible alternatives, and she recognizes systemic brokenness, personal complicity, and a pressing need to act through her work.
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