Diary · 3 min
Sinderella: a first look
Selected stills from FOI Magazine, January 2026, and the dated collections around it.
19 August 2026 · 1 likes · 1 comments · 31 views
The living archive
Journal
Diary · 3 min
The journal opens
FOI Studios now has a permanent home for the work, the days, and the people who return.
18 August 2026 · 2 likes · 2 comments · 15 views
Photography · 2 min
Shoot on Kodak Vision3 250D
A 35mm motion-picture test with Saptami Banerjee, scanned on a Fujifilm Frontier SP3000.
17 August 2026 · 0 likes · 0 comments · 6 views
Diary · 3 min
Join FOI for free
Membership is an invitation to read, respond and return — not a paywall on the archive.
17 August 2026 · 0 likes · 1 comments · 5 views
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
Diary · 3 min
After the lights are struck
A behind-the-scenes note from the FOI house: ARRI lamps, wet marble, an empty chair, a Nikon still warm.
16 August 2026 · 0 likes · 0 comments · 2 views
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
Notes · 4 min
The courtyard sitting
An artist story about presence, a lace strap, and the time it takes to be seen without performing.
10 August 2026 · 1 likes · 0 comments · 10 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 · 2 min
Stills from the garden
A floral dress, a black bench, rubber-tree shade — FOI photographing in green instead of in a room.
6 August 2026 · 0 likes · 0 comments · 4 views