Aslam Saiyad is an independent photographer and documentary maker. He learned photography from J. J. Institute of Applied Arts and was the Head of Department – Photography at Frameboxx Animation School and lecturer at Nirmala College, Ramesh Sippy Film Academy and Ecole Intuit lab and Shift Focus School of Cinema and Life. Aslam is the co-founder of Hallu Hallu – a walking project. The project believes that walking, observing and engaging is a way to destroy walls, both real and imaginary.It conducts a city visual interaction programme for architecture / Art students. He started working on documentation of rivers of Mumbai under the name Mumbai Rivers Photo Project.
Why do we need to import fish when we have a superior quality locally, such as the local Tuna, Sakla, Ghol, Barracuda, Snapper etc, ask local fishermen.
The Adivasi Community of Mumbai’s Sanjay Gandhi National Park are being asked to vacate their homes from the forest which they have resided in for generations. This means an end to their culture.
