| Title | Puja |
| Artist / Creator | Laila Nahar |
| Press Name | Laila Nahar |
| Artist's Nationality | United States |
| Place of Publication | Folsom CA |
| Publication Date | 2025 |
| Author of Text | Laila Nahar. Excerpt from Bhagavad Gita and wikipedia. |
| Process / Technique | Inside pages - Archival Inkjet print on Red River Matte Cover - Archival Inkjet print on Hiromi Paper, Screenprint of Sanskrit scripture on handmade paper from India |
| Number of Images | 24 |
| Image Process | Each spread of 3 photo-montage forms a French flap with 4 folds. 10 spreads of photo-montage/texts and 2 shorter spreads are stitched with Coptic Binding. Hardcover with Screenprint Sanskrit scripture and imagewrap. |
| Structure / Binding | Each spread of 3 photo-montage forms a French flap with 4 folds. 10 spreads of photo-montage/texts and 2 shorter spreads are stitched with Coptic Binding. Hardcover with Screenprint Sanskrit scripture and imagewrap. |
| Medium / Materials | Paper, Thread, Bookboard |
| Paper Stock | Red River 32lb Double Sided Matte, Hiromi Paper for cover and end-sheet |
| Number of Pages | Total 40 pages where each spread making 4 folds/pages. |
| Dimensions (WxHxD) | 4.125 x 5.625 x 0.5 inches |
| Edition Size | Limited edition of 25 |
| Signed & Numbered | Signed and numbered edition |
Puja by Laila Nahar
$100.00
Puja is the worship ritual performed by Hindus to offer devotional homage and prayer to one or more deities. The loving offering of light, flowers, and water or food to the divine - an essential ritual of Hinduism. For the worshipper, the divine is visible in the image, and the divinity sees the worshipper.
Artist Bio
Laila Nahar is a lens-based artist and book-maker in California, USA. She lived her life in stark cultural contrast, born and brought up in Bangladesh and eventually migrating to the USA. She is primarily a self-taught photographer and book-artist exploring belonging, memory, cultural and collective identity. Her background from Bangladesh continues to shape her artistic identity and her work goes back to her roots in the Indian subcontinent. Laila attended workshops with Elizabeth Avedon, Void Impromptu (Publisher), Melanie McWhorter, Yumi Goto, CBA in NYC and Susan Kae Grant. She attended CODEX 2024 with 7 of her handmade Artist photobooks. 'Will you come to Rome with me?' artist photobook was selected for DUMMY AWARD 24 shortlist; also top 10 finalist in APhF: 24 and in 19th Singapore Photo Festival. 'I Have Been Here Before' handmade artist photobook shortlisted in Independent Category Lucie Photo Book Prize 2022, featured in PhotoBook Journal and selected for the 12th Annual Self-Published PhotoBook Show (2022) at Griffin Museum of Photography. 'Unfolding: Color of Life - Old Delhi' artist photobook selected for 13th Annual Self-Published PhotoBook Show at Griffin Museum (2023); and Honorable mention in Back on the Shelf by FilterPhoto in exhibition (2023). Laila’s handmade artist photobooks are in permanent collections of several libraries and museums, including Candela Gallery, University of Colorado Boulder Rhode Island's School of Design, University of Richmond (Virginia), Museum of Fine Arts (Houston) among others.