My beautiful monkey Shabnam (my eunuch brother’s name) that was killed by the Muslims. They said a monkey is a Hindu god and therefore cannot live in a Muslim graveyard. So they poisoned him, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed"
Dayanita Singh Indian, born 1961- Date
- 1999, printed 2008
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- 30.5 × 45.7 cm (12 × 18 in., image); 40.6 × 50.8 cm (16 × 20 in., paper)
- Department
- Photography and Media
- Credit line
- Photography Associates and Contemporary Art Discretionary Funds