Two of a kind

by Janice Pariat

It is impossible not to think of Diane Arbus’ “Identical Twins” when you browse Ketaki Sheth’s current photo exhibition Twinspotting. Arbus’ picture of two little girls in headbands taken in New York in 1967 was part of her large repertoire of “odd” portraits that included, among others, dwarfs, giants, transvestites, nudists and circus performers. While she strove to capture figures on the margins of society, Sheth aimed for the very opposite – to dig her teeth into a community very much in the forefront and mainstream.