Yawan Rai is a freelance photographer from Gangtok, Sikkim. He completed a diploma in photography in 2014 from Delhi and returned home to practise photography both as a profession and a hobby. Apart from commercial and commissioned photography, his work mostly focuses on documenting the stories and ritual practices of the eastern Himalayan indigenous Kirat communities, including his own (Dumi Rai), guided by their oral and written narratives. Yawan also runs a fine art printing studio called Studio Tetteluna in Gangtok, which he started in 2019.
Photography, printmaking, research
The Conlfuence Collective
