small aluminum photo frames stacked or displayed
Object 14 of 22 in the box
The Metal Frames
Aluminum boundaries for the sacred and the personal. A hidden archive behind the glass.
The aluminum photo frame is a ubiquitous object of the Indian household, serving as a durable, metallic boundary for both the sacred and the personal. Often sold with vibrant prints of deities, these frames frequently transition into custom cases for one's own memories, with a primary image held tight against the glass. Over time, the space behind the main photograph becomes a hidden archive, a domestic storage for multiple images of the same dimensions layered and preserved for years.
This object isn't sold on its own — it travels as part of The Jaipur Box, alongside twenty-one others.