Photographer Sunil Gupta's image of two men embracing besides a New Delhi landmark was a balm to what he called the 'repressive atmosphere' of 1980s India.
. At a time when homosexuality was more taboo in the country than it is today — and with consensual gay sex then criminalized as an"unnatural offense" — the photographer had found his subjects via the informal networks constituting Delhi's gay scene. The pair in question had chosen the war monument's gardens for their photo shoot due to its reputation as a cruising spot.Having lived in New Delhi until his mid-teens, London-based Gupta knew this from personal experience.
"There was quite a bit of horsing around in the pictures," he said of the India Gate shoot."And there were other photos that were ... So I picked a somewhat tamer one to put in the series." Although"Exiles" presented a rare portrait of gay life outside the West, Gupta's intended audience was always back in London. Homophobia was rife in 1980s Britain, and the photographer said he faced"a lot of hostility" at art school for making work relating to his sexuality.
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