Sohrab Hura's 'Snow' Captures Kashmir's Unspoken Conflict

Sohrab Hura's latest photobook 'Snow', published by MACK in 2026, documents Kashmir over five winters leading up to 2019, when the Indian government revoked the region's semiautonomous status. The images resist direct commentary on the political rupture, instead focusing on daily life under duress: people repairing sheds, children playing in snow, and haunting absences like uneaten plates and abandoned chairs. Hura uses sequencing to evoke violence through recurring motifs of red—terracotta bricks, crushed tomatoes, blood—contrasting with the pervasive white of snow. The book ends with ambiguous scenes of women facing an unseen threat and a dark red pool on the ground, suggesting ambient violence without explicit reportage. 'Snow' is reviewed in the April & May 2026 issue of ArtReview.