Soumayan Biswas captures girl absorbed in phone beside fishing nets
Photographer Soumayan Biswas took 'Borrowed Gaze' on an iPhone 15 near his home in West Bengal, India. The image shows 12-year-old Sabana lying beside fishing nets, holding a phone over her face with a mask-like eye image. Biswas was struck by her absorption in the screen, noting the asymmetry of one hand painted with nail polish and the other bare, which mirrors the duality between physical and digital worlds. He emphasizes the photo is not about addiction but acknowledges the difficulty children face avoiding screen temptation.
Key facts
- Photograph titled 'Borrowed Gaze'
- Shot on iPhone 15
- Location: Hooghly district, West Bengal, India
- Subject: Sabana, a 12-year-old student
- Weather was cloudy with light wind
- Biswas had never met Sabana before
- The eye image on the phone was Sabana's idea
- One hand painted with nail polish, the other bare
Entities
Artists
- Soumayan Biswas
Institutions
- The Guardian
Locations
- West Bengal
- India
- Hooghly district