Photographer, film maker and educator, Arpita Shah was born in Ahmedabad, western India in 1983, immigrating with her family to the UK in 1994 at the age of eleven. Drawing both visually and conceptually on Asian and Eastern mythology, Shah works with photography and film, exploring the intersections of culture, heritage and identity, particularly through portraiture. Arpita Shah lives and works between Edinburgh and Eastbourne.

Listen to her story here or read the full biography on the BURU database: https://www.buru.org.uk/contributor/arpita-shah