Mahesh Patel

Artist Statement

General Artist Statement

In my early 20s, I experimented with a range of drugs, attended a series of pop music festivals with my tent, and had a marvelous time playing with hippie clothing. I initially experienced drugs as mind-expanding, but later found that they affected my ability to do basic arithmetic and even think clearly. I mostly stopped using drugs, and recovered my skills, but some of my friends suffered more serious addictions and long term consequences. This is about one of them.

Biography

Artist Bio - Mahesh Patel

Mahesh Patel has been an expat for 50 years, living in places such as France, England, India, Kenya, the Sudan, Switzerland and Thailand. About half that time he was with UNICEF, the United Nations Children's Fund. Mahesh worked on several major humanitarian disasters and his photography bears witness to some of those events. In general, he avoids postcard photography and tourist destinations, focussing on capturing the life and culture of his environment, and especially the people he met.

Exhibition History (CV)