
"In between Frames."
by Sapan Taneja
What could a reimagined future look like when young people see themselves as storytellers for the first time? What stories would emerge? And more importantly, what would it feel like to make them?
This photo essay captures what it looks like when young people are handed the tools to tell their own stories. At Nazaria Arts Collective, familiar spaces become worlds for stories. Students direct, argue over frames, lift boom poles, check focus, laugh between takes. There is chaos, urgency, stress, and immense joy. Students get to see themselves as storytellers. They see their ideas staged, their voices amplified, their worlds framed with intention. This photo essay capture the moments between takes. The in-between space where learning and creation is alive, collective, and authored by students themselves.





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Sapan is a writer, editor, videographer and the film Programme Lead at Nazaria Arts Collective. At Nazaria, students from marginalized communities are provided high-quality media training and civic education.