Notes · 4 min
A permanent home
Why FOI is moving daily work onto its own platform — and what we refuse to outsource.
16 August 2026 · 0 likes · 0 comments · 1 views
The living archive
Journal
Films · 3 min
Luxury film studio
A dark, moody set where the apparatus is celebrated — ARRI lamps, standing mirrors, the camera in the picture.
14 August 2026 · 1 likes · 0 comments · 15 views
Diary · 4 min
Notes from the Hundredth Chamber
A production diary from the rooms that would not sit still for the camera.
12 August 2026 · 0 likes · 2 comments · 4 views
Diary · 3 min
The Kolkata house
Marble, chandeliers, blue wash, a Nikon on a tripod — the FOI house as it actually is.
11 August 2026 · 0 likes · 0 comments · 2 views
Music · 3 min
O Jane Jana
A FOI Studios production: Lavanya Manickam and Satyam Pandey, composed by Sourish Mukherjee.
9 August 2026 · 0 likes · 0 comments · 16 views
Photography · 3 min
Naiad of the Dawn River
A photography note on river light, white cloth, and refusing to build a set around a sitting.
29 July 2026 · 0 likes · 1 comments · 31 views