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Photo series represents the dual life of LGBT community in India

Calcutta-based fashion photographer, Amit Bittoo Dey, recently did a photo series titled “Coy Mistress”.

By :  R Ayyappan
Update: 2016-07-18 07:01 GMT
Calcutta-based fashion photographer, Amit Bittoo Dey, recently did a photo series titled “Coy Mistress”. (Photo: Amit Bittoo Dey/Facebook)
These pictures have got shared over hundreds of times and he is receiving positive response about his work. (Photo: Amit Bittoo Dey/Facebook)
Dey has shared these pictures on his Facebook page and got a overwhelming response. (Photo: Amit Bittoo Dey/Facebook)
While the other part depicts his sexuality which draws him towards another man. (Photo: Amit Bittoo Dey/Facebook)
One life where he is expected to fulfill his duties towards the woman who he has got married to for the sake of the society. (Photo: Amit Bittoo Dey/Facebook)
The photos tell us a story of a man torn between two lives. (Photo: Amit Bittoo Dey/Facebook)
It took him six months to research over the subject. (Photo: Amit Bittoo Dey/Facebook)
“I wanted to make a point about love having no bar on gender. It just happens and we cannot predict how or when it does,” Dey said to BuzzFeed. (Photo: Amit Bittoo Dey/Facebook)
Dey wanted to tell the people that love knows no gender or age bar. (Photo: Amit Bittoo Dey/Facebook)
Being bisexual himself and noticing his peers, he realised that many people were hiding their sexual identities with other parties suffering because of it. (Photo: Amit Bittoo Dey/Facebook)
Dey tries to show how the people from the LGBT community have to live because of the pressures of society. (Photo: Amit Bittoo Dey/Facebook)
Dey highlights the struggle and sufferings of LGBT community in India. (Photo: Amit Bittoo Dey/Facebook)
The series focuses on the dual lives that people from the LGBT community. (Photo: Amit Bittoo Dey/Facebook)
Calcutta-based fashion photographer, Amit Bittoo Dey, recently did a photo series titled “Coy Mistress”.

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