Mardhavi Sakuntala

Posts tagged Mardhavi Sakuntala relate to the bellydance world I documented as a photographer, and the performers and community within it. After taking up photography in 2005, the bellydance community became one of my recurring subjects.

I served as something of a court photographer for the Southern California bellydance scene, capturing performances, dancers, and the culture around them. It was a vibrant world, and photographing it was a privilege.

These posts touch on that community and my work within it as a photographer.

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The comments I get…

I've been exposed to prejudice in many forms for my entire life, even though I am not a "person of color". When I was a child, I was literally beaten…
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Prejudice

This was a post I made in response to a post on facebook. OK, I'll chime in my two cents here. I am white. I was raised by parents and…